§ 46-4-6.3 - Town of South Kingstown – Powers conferred.
SECTION 46-4-6.3
§ 46-4-6.3 Town of South Kingstown –Powers conferred. – The provisions of § 46-22-14, or any other provisions of the general lawsnotwithstanding and in addition to any authority and powers conferred upon thetown council of the town of South Kingstown, authority shall also be granted tothe town council of the town of South Kingstown 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, and to regulate by ordinance the speed,management, and control of all vessels and the size, type, location, and use ofall anchorages and moorings within the public waters within the confines of thetown including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the authorityand power to prohibit waterskiing on any of the public waters, to designateupon a map of the public waters within the town the places where permanent ortemporary moorings or anchorages may be maintained, to assign moorings, toremove moorings, to collect a fee for the use of moorings, to provide forminimum mooring specifications, to provide regulations for houseboats that arenot self-propelled, to provide regulations for regattas, races, marine parades,tournaments, and exhibitions, to provide for the removal of wrecks or derelictor abandoned boats or docks, and to impose penalties for violation of theordinances, not exceeding in amount one hundred dollars ($100) or imprisonmentnot exceeding ten (10) days in some jail or house of correction, for any oneoffense, the fines to be recovered to the use of the town.