§ 46-4-6.14 - Town of East Greenwich – Powers conferred.
SECTION 46-4-6.14
§ 46-4-6.14 Town of East Greenwich –Powers conferred. – (a) The provisions of § 46-22-14, or any other provisions of the generallaws notwithstanding, and in addition to any authority and powers conferredupon the town council of the town of East Greenwich, authority shall also begranted to the town council of the town of East Greenwich to authorize for theappointment of a harbormaster and by ordinance grant such authority as the towncouncil may deem necessary to the harbormaster for the enforcement andsupervision of any ordinances, rules, and regulations governing the publicwaters within its jurisdiction, to regulate by ordinance the speed, management,and control of all vessels, both wind and power, and the number, size, type,location, and use of all anchorages and moorings within the public waterswithin the confines of the town including, without limiting the generality ofthe foregoing, the authority and power to prohibit waterskiing on any of thepublic waters, to provide for the regulation of skindiving and scubadiving, todesignate upon a map of the public waters within the town the places wherepermanent or temporary moorings or anchorages may be maintained, to assignmoorings, to remove moorings, to set and collect a fee for the use of moorings,to provide for minimum mooring specifications, to provide regulations forhouseboats that are not self-propelled, to provide regulations for regattas,races, marine parades, tournaments, and exhibitions, to provide for the removalof wrecks or derelict or abandoned boats or docks, and to impose penalties forviolation of the ordinances, not exceeding in amount one hundred dollars ($100)or imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days in some jail or house ofcorrection, for any one offense, the fines to be recovered to the use of thetown.
(b) No powers or duties granted herein shall be construed toabrogate the powers or duties granted to the coastal resources managementcouncil as provided in chapter 23 of this title.