Winter Dockage Rules and Regulations 2019-2020
City Code Section 15.10
1. The Rules and Regulations of the Winter Dockage Program are effective from noon Wednesday, November 1st, 2019
through noon Sunday, April 1st, 2020. No extensions are permitted. Any vessels arriving earlier or departing later than
the stated period will be charged pursuant to the City's Fee Schedule.
2. Winter Storage customers must abide by all Federal, State and local Maritime laws. Violations may result in written
warnings, civil or criminal charges and/or eviction from city waterways.
3. Prior to arrival you must provide the Harbormaster with:
A copy of your vessel registration/documentation
A copy of your insurance policy providing at least $100,000 coverage per person and $300,000 coverage per
incident covering your vessel (fully paid) through the projected dockage date;
A copy of your US driver’s license (or foreign national Passport), and;
A side view photograph of the vessel.
A valid Credit Card
Payments will be charged to your credit card
Vessels must have a properly-installed working Marine Sanitation Device (Head) and not a porta-potty. Vessels
must provide proof of regular pump-out—at least every 2 weeks.
4. You must provide the Harbormaster with contact information for the owner of the vessel and an emergency contact
person immediately after acceptance of application and the prior to arrival in order to be permitted dockage.
5. Winter dockage fees and electrical service charges are set pursuant to Annapolis City Code Section 15.10.020. Fees
are due and payable in advance and will be charged on a monthly basis. Your credit card will be charged the first of the
month. Winter dockage fees, which include the use of the Boater's Showers and Coined-Operated Laundry facilities
located at the Harbormaster's Office, and electrical fees, per the current Annual Fee Schedule Resolution.
Note: Consideration for proration of a partial month's stay is at the sole discretion of the Harbormaster, and will
never occur after a customer is billed at the 1st of the month.
The City Council may change fees at any time without notice.
6. Commercial activities are prohibited at the City Dock without City Council approval. This includes but is not limited to
selling, hawking, advertising or promoting any product or service including boat rides or charters of any sort, including
meals or overnight lodging. The only exception to this rule is that if your vessel is for sale, you may install two signs no
larger than 16" by 24" advertising that it is for sale.
7. The City reserves the right to cause any boat to be removed from the City Dock for special events, including the Holiday
Lights Parade the second weekend in December. This will require boats moored along the bulkhead to be removed by
noon Friday, December 13, 2019 through noon on Sunday, December 15, 2019. The City may declare other special
events without notice which will require removal from City Dock.
8. In the event of inclement weather, the City may require that all vessels be shifted into the western portion of Market Slip
("Ego Alley"), or may order all boats to relocate elsewhere, or out of port.
9. Owners must attend to any necessary inspections or reinforcements of their mooring lines. The City does not take care
of mooring lines for vessels.
11. The City does not provide parking passes. Initial here
12. Boat awnings are prohibited, but dodgers or other yachting covers over open cockpits are permitted. Covers must be
properly installed, free of excessive "flapping" and of a material that compatible with the surrounding area. All covers
must be approved in advance with the Harbormaster.
City of Annapolis
Recreation and Parks Department
Harbormaster
1 Dock Street
Annapolis, MD 21401-1818
Harbormaster@annapolis.gov 410-263-7973 Fax 410-295-9018 TDD use MD Relay or 711 www.annapolis.gov
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Winter Dockage Rules and Regulations 2019-2020
12. Boat awnings
are prohibited, but dodgers or other yachting covers over open cockpits are permitted. Covers must be
properly installed, free of excessive "flapping" and of a material that compatible with the surrounding area. All covers
must be approved in advance with the Harbormaster.
13. Smoke detectors must be installed on vessels that are used for sleeping or residential purposes.
14. Barbeques are not permitted on vessels at the City dock.
15. Only UL Approved marine grade electrical plugs, sockets, and electrical lines rated for the type of service intended are
acceptable. All combustible devices must be turned off from the tank when not in use.
16. Gas stoves, ovens, water heaters, furnaces, and other devices that use kerosene, gas, alcohol, propane, butane,
diesel or other forms of combustion may not be in operation while a vessel is vacant.
17. Combustible devices that produce an ash residue (such as wood stoves, fireplaces, charcoal heaters, etc.) are
prohibited.
18. Un-vented combustion heaters of any sort are prohibited.
19. Heavy snow must be cleared from your vessels as soon as possible.
20. Do not leave a vessel in gear or engines running when unattended.
21. All below water-line through-hull fittings must be closed when not in use.
22. Do not leave skiffs, dinghies, canoes or kayaks in the water.
23. The City does not guarantee electrical supply and is not liable for any damage due to power failure.
24. Any suspected illegal activity aboard a vessel or in the vicinity of the vessel by the owner, passengers, crew, and/or
excessive complaints by others at the City dock of disturbances emanating from a vessel, will be grounds for removal
of the vessel from the City dock.
25. Other rules and regulations applying to all customers, including winter dockage customers, are located on the back of
the receipt you received from the Harbormaster.
In an emergency, call the U.S. Coast Guard on your Marine VHF or call 911.
During th
e term of your winter dockage at the City dockage, you unconditionally agree that you will take full responsibility
and liability for your own safety and the safety of your passengers, crew and guests and for all personal injury and
property damages sustained by you and your passengers, crew and guests, and that the City has no responsibility or
liability for personal injury or property damage to you, your passengers, crew and guests, or to the heirs and assigns of
you, your passengers, crew and guests, and you further agree that you and your heirs and assigns shall indemnify and
hold the City harmless from all such responsibility and liability.
I HEREB
Y ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THESE CITY OF ANNAPOLIS WINTER
DOCKAGE RULES AND REGUALTIONS AND HEREBY AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THEM AND BE BOUND BY
THEM, AND THAT I HAVE MADE SUCH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AGREEMENT FREELY AND VOLUNTARILY
FOR MYSELF AND MY HEIRS AND ASSIGNS.
Signature Date
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City Dock Winter Storage Application
City Code Section 15.10.020
This appli
cation requires a non-refundable $50.00 application fee which will be credited upon approval toward the first
week's Dockage Fee.
THIS IS NO
T A CONTRACT OR AN AGREEMENT TOWARD WINTER STORAGE.
Date
Owner’s Information
Owner’s name
Address
City ST Zip
Phone(s) Day Evening
Boat Information
Vessel name
Manufacturer Model
Length Beam Draft
Power R
equirement 20Amp 30Amp 50Amp
Registration or Documentation Number
NOTES
: For city dockage in Ego Alley you need to be a live aboard. This means that you have to be aboard your vessel
for at least 10 (ten) days and nights of the 30 (thirty) days.
Payme
nt Information
Dock fees are payable on a monthly basis via credit card.
FOR CITY USE ONLY
Arrival Date Slip No. Bulkhead
Payments Being Made By Month
Month
Days
Receipt #
Amount Charged
Notes
November
1-30
December
1-31
January
1-31
February
1-28
March
1-31
City of Annapolis
Recreation and Parks Department
Harbormaster
1 Dock Street
Annapolis, MD 21401-1818
Harbormaster@annapolis.gov 410-263-7973 Fax 410-295-9018 TDD use MD Relay or 711 www.annapolis.gov
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