§ 46-4-6.15 - Town of Cranston – Powers conferred. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 46-4-6.15

   § 46-4-6.15  Town of Cranston – Powersconferred. – (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 city council of the city of Cranston, authority shall also be grantedto the city council of the city of Cranston to authorize for the appointment ofa harbormaster and by ordinance grant such authority as the said city councilmay deem necessary to the harbormaster for the enforcement and supervision ofany ordinances, rules and regulations governing the public waters within itsjurisdiction, to regulate by ordinance the speed, management and control of allvessels, both wind and power, and the number, size, type, location and use ofall anchorages and moorings within the public waters within the confines of thecity including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the authorityand power to prohibit waterskiing on any of the public waters, to provide forthe regulation of skin diving and scuba diving, to designate upon a map of thepublic waters within the city the places where permanent or temporary mooringsor anchorages may be maintained, to assign moorings, to remove moorings, to setand collect a fee for the use of moorings, to provide for minimum mooringspecifications, to provide regulations for houseboats that are notself-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 an amount of one hundred dollars ($100) orimprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days in some jail or house of correction,for any one offense, the fines to be recovered to the use of the city.

   (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.