Section 19-1028. ANCHORING AND MOORING

 

1028.1The Mayor is authorized to abolish existing anchorage areas in District of Columbia waters, whether established by law in the D.C. Code or by local regulation, and to establish new anchorage areas in such locations as the Mayor shall determine pursuant to section 895 of  An Act to establish a code of law for the District of Columbia, approved March 3, 1901 (31 Stat. 1331; D.C. Code § 22-1701 (1996 Repl.).

 

1028.2In abolishing or establishing anchorage and mooring areas, the Mayor shall comply with section 105 of the D.C. Administrative Procedure Act (D.C. Code § 1- 1505 (1999 Repl. Vol.)).

 

1028.3The Mayor is authorized to promulgate regulations relating to the proper use of anchorage areas in District of Columbia waters.

 

1028.4No vessel or amphibian aircraft shall be anchored in a manner or location that obstructs channels in District of Columbia waters, or in portions of District of Columbia waters designated by the Harbor Master as areas where anchorage is prohibited.

 

1028.5No vessel or amphibian aircraft shall be anchored in District of Columbia waters, other than in established anchorage areas, in excess of twenty-four (24) hours without the prior approval of the Harbor Master.

 

1028.6No vessel or amphibian aircraft shall be anchored in portions of the District of Columbia waters designated by the Harbor Master as areas where anchorage is prohibited.

 

1028.7Vessels coming up to anchor within District of Columbia waters shall comply with applicable federal laws and regulations requiring anchor lights on vessels at anchor on navigable waters of the United States.

 

1028.8No person other than the Harbor Master shall place mooring buoys in District of Columbia waters; provided, that nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed as prohibiting the continued use and maintenance of mooring buoys placed prior to the effective date of the “Harbor and Boating Safety Emergency Act of 1979,” subject to regulations that the Mayor may prescribe.

 

1028.9The Harbor Master is authorized to remove any mooring buoy that is placed, used, and maintained in violation of § 1028.8 or any regulations promulgated under that subsection.

 

source

Article 29 § 8 of the Police Regulations of the District of Columbia (January 1983).