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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-1 Establishment; regulation.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-1" heading="Establishment; regulation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Anchorages established.">
      <para num="(1)">There is hereby created in the Baltimore Harbor, which comprises the Patapsco River and its tributaries, a series of locations to be known as anchorage areas, designated A and C, and 1 to 9 inclusive.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Harbor Engineer shall have the authority to:<para num="(i)">designate such other emergency anchorage locations in the Baltimore Harbor as the needs may require; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">maintain and to patrol said locations until the emergency has ceased.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Use by vessels.">
      <para num="(1)">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Harbor Engineer shall adopt rules and regulations for the purpose of regulating the mooring, anchoring, and storing of vessels of all types in Baltimore Harbor.</para>
      <para num="(2)">All vessels anchoring in the harbor shall:<para num="(i)">anchor so as to keep within 1 of the said anchorages; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">be subject to all rules and regulations which the Harbor Engineer may adopt to make this section effective.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">All vessels, when at anchor, between sunset and sunrise, shall comply with Federal regulations governing anchor lights.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Harbor Engineer to maintain and regulate.">The Harbor Engineer is hereby vested with the authority of locating, maintaining, and patrolling these anchorages.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 15, §4</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 11, §1(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 10, §1(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 10, §1(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 09-293</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 48-477</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Texts Conformed 02/18/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed the text of subsections (a)(2) and (b)(1) to refer expressly to the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.</annotation>
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</baltimore-city-law>
