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• <br /> • <br /> j ORDINANCE NO. '7 <br /> 2 <br /> AN ORDINANCE regulating vessels and their operation on the <br /> 3 navigable waterways of the City of Everett, adding a new chapter <br /> ' to Title 12 of the Everett Municipal Code, and repealing <br /> 4 Ordinance No. 541 (EMC 12. 12), Ordinance No. 845 (EMC 12.04), and <br /> Ordinance No. 3443 (EMC 12.08). <br /> 5 <br /> 6 WHEREAS, the current ordinances regulating vessels and their operation <br /> 7 need to be updated to be consistent with state and federal regulations; and <br /> 8 WHEREAS, this ordinance is necessary for the health, safety and general <br /> 9 welfare of the citizens of the City of Everett; <br /> 10 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br /> 11 Section 1: A new chapter, entitled "Regulation of Vessels," shall be <br /> 12 added to the Everett Municipal Code, to be codified as Chapter 12.02 and to <br /> 13 read as follows: <br /> 14 <br /> 12.02.010 Definitions. <br /> 15 <br /> When used in this chapter the following words and phrases shall <br /> 16 have the meanings designated in this section unless a different <br /> meaning is expressly provided or unless the context clearly <br /> 17 indicates otherwise. <br /> 18 1. "Boat" means any vessel manufactured or used primarily for <br /> noncommercial use; leased, rented, or chartered to another <br /> 19 for the latter's noncommercial use; or engaged in the <br /> carrying of six or fewer passengers. <br /> 20 <br /> 2. "Waters" and "waters of the City of Everett" means the <br /> 21 navigable waterways within the corporate limits of the City <br /> of Everett. <br /> 22 <br /> 3. "Length" means a straight line measurement of the overall <br /> 23 distance from the foremost point of a vessel to the <br /> aftermost part of a vessel, measured parallel to the <br /> 24 centerline not including bow sprits, bumpkins, boomkins, <br /> rudders, outboard motor brackets, outdrive units, <br /> 25 propellers, and similar fittings or attachments. <br /> 26 4. "Motorboat" means any vessel identified in Title 46, Code <br /> of Federal Regulations, Table 24.05-1(a), Column 6, which <br /> 27 is sixty-five feet or less in length and equipped with <br /> propulsion machinery, including vessels propelled with <br /> 28 steam machinery, and including vessels which are <br /> temporarily or permanently equipped with a detachable motor. <br /> 29 <br /> 5. "Motorboat" shall also mean and include seaplanes while <br /> 30 taxiing and not otherwise governed by valid Washington <br /> state or federal regulations. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 <br />