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 Jefferson Parish
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 39. WATERWAYS AND BEACHES

  § 39-9. Docking of watercraft at Bonnabel Boat Launch Facility.  

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  • (a)

    Regulated.

    (1)

    No person shall dock any watercraft for longer than four (4) hours' duration at the Bonnabel Boat Launch.

    (2)

    No person shall anchor within three hundred (300) feet of the Bonnabel Boat Launch Facility for longer than four (4) hours' duration.

    (3)

    The four (4) hours shall be interrupted by not less than four-hour period, in order that watercraft shall not untie from the facility or raise anchor, drifting out and retieing or reanchoring, thus constituting another four (4) hours of docking or anchoring time.

    (b)

    Removal.

    (1)

    The owner of any watercraft which is in violation of subsection (a), in addition to any penalty provided for the violation thereof, shall remove the watercraft within twelve (12) hours from receipt of written notice to remove the watercraft by the governing authority. If the watercraft is not removed as provided herein, the governing authority may have the watercraft removed and stored at owner's expense.

    (2)

    Such notice may be attached to the watercraft and shall contain the date and time of its attachment.

    (3)

    If not claimed, all watercraft removed and stored shall be held for a period of not less than sixty (60) days. Thereafter, the watercraft may be disposed of according to the procedure for disposing of unclaimed motor vehicles [section 36-143 et seq.].

    (c)

    Definition. As used herein, "watercraft" means any contrivance used or designated for navigation on water.

    (d)

    Fishing pier.

    (1)

    No person shall operate any watercraft within two hundred (200) feet of the fishing pier at the Bonnabel Boat Launch or within the area around said fishing pier marked by signs prohibiting the operation of watercraft should such signs be placed around the pier by the parish or any other authorized enforcement agency.

    (2)

    Each violation of this provision shall constitute a separate offense punishable as per the provisions of section 1-10 of the Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances.

(Ord. No. 17252, §§ 1—3, 4-29-87; Ord. No. 20096, § 1, 8-6-97)