SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt Ordinance 9383-20 on second reading, amending Chapter 33, Clearwater Code of Ordinances, to prohibit derelict vessels from being left in the city waterways and providing for enforcement.
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SUMMARY:
During the August 31 work session, the City Attorney reported a scrivener’s error in Ordinance 9383-20 (a superfluous comma found in existing code). Staff is requesting Council make a motion to amend Sec. 33.055(4) as follows: No vessel shall be permitted to occupy the City-owned Island Way Grill, non-leased public dock slips during the period each night between 10:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m., except in an emergency as authorized by the city harbormaster. The harbormaster will determine whether the circumstance constitutes an emergency.