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 Key West
 Code of Ordinances
 SubPart A. GENERAL ORDINANCES
 Chapter 82. WATERWAYS
 Article II. VESSELS

  § 82-41. No discharge zone.  

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  • (a)

    For the purpose of this section, the term "vessel" means any boat, houseboat, charterboat, fishing boat, or floating structure, whether or not habitable.

    (b)

    The jurisdictional waters of the city are declared to be a no discharge zone. It shall be unlawful for any person to discharge treated or untreated sewage into the jurisdictional waters of the city from any vessel, whether moored, docked, in transit, or otherwise located within these waters.

    (c)

    Every marina in Key West shall install sanitary sewage pump-out facilities to serve every vessel and floating structure that docks at the marina. The marina proprietor shall require that the owner or operator of each vessel and floating structure both lock out the black water discharge pipe and use the pump-out facilities as a condition of dockage; all leases or other agreements for dockage shall include this pump-out requirement, as well as a statement that the jurisdictional waters of Key West are a no discharge zone. Each marina owner shall post conspicuous signage informing vessel operators of the no discharge zone. Except as provided in section 82-33(d), pump-out shall occur within 24 hours of the vessel's arrival at the marina, unless the vessel departs within 24 hours of arrival, in which case pump-out is not required. Every such private marina shall maintain a pump-out log showing the sewage disposal history of each vessel and floating structure during its dockage at the marina. Every owner of a vessel docking or mooring within the jurisdictional waters of Key West shall also maintain such a pump-out log at all times that the vessel is in Key West waters. The marina proprietor shall file with the director of utilities a plan for the collection and disposal of vessel and floating structure sewage not later than December 1, 2002, at which date enforcement of the requirements of this subsection shall commence.

    (d)

    Violations of this section are punishable as provided in section 82-1. A conviction under this section may result in eviction from a city marina.

(Code 1986, § 42.11; Ord. No. 02-25, § 1, 10-1-2002)