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Report regarding an ordinance adding Chapter 8.78 ("Mooring Regulations") to the South San Francisco Municipal Code to provide regulations for mooring in the City's navigable waterways. (Rich Lee, Assistant City Manager; Kimia Mahallati, Assistant City Attorney)
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt an Ordinance adding Chapter 8.78 ("Mooring Regulations") to the South San Francisco Municipal Code to provide regulations for mooring in the City's navigable waterways, and waive further reading.
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BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
On August 28, 2024, the City Council introduced and conducted a first reading of South San Francisco Municipal Code (SSFMC) Chapter 8.78 ("Mooring Regulations") to provide regulations for mooring in the City's navigable waterways.
(Introduced on 8/28/24, Vote 5-0)
As of July 9, 2024, there were six vessels in the Oyster Point Cove area that were not connected to a slip at a dock and occupying public property, otherwise known as "anchor-outs." The presence of anchor-out vessels in the Oyster Point area has been an ongoing issue for the City of South San Francisco. In addition to being a blight on the City's navigable waterways, anchor-out vessels are a health and safety risk to water quality. The purpose of this addition to the South San Francisco Municipal Code (SSFMC) is to provide the City with the authority to more effectively manage these vessels and ensure that the navigable waterways are used for recreational purposes and not for habitation, as well as to prevent the degradation in water quality and loss of aquatic habitat that may occur from unregulated anchor-outs.
The City of Oakland, City of Sausalito, the Richardson Bay Regional Agency and the Counties of Contra Costa, Sacramento, and Solano have all adopted local ordinances in coordination with the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) to supplement those in the State Boating and Waterway codes to establish rule...
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