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El Lago City Zoning Code

CHAPTER VII

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MARINAS

§ 7.01 Definitions.

(1) 
Marina:
An in-water boat storage facility consisting of two (2) or more boat slips.
(2) 
Private Marina:
Individually owned boat slips on or attached to private residential property with two (2) or more different owners.
(3) 
Public Marina:
Marina and boat slips owned as a unit and rented or leased to the general public for profit.
(Ordinance 381, sec. 5, adopted 2/3/10)

§ 7.02 Rules for public marinas.

(1) 
Live aboards:
Live aboards will be permitted only if the boat on which they reside has a sewage holding tank and sewage disposal conforms to all Coast Guard and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requirements. Documentation in the form of pump out receipts must be supplied upon request to the appropriate authorities.
(2) 
Automobile parking:
A minimum of one (1) automobile parking space must be provided for each boat slip in the marina.
(3) 
Water and electricity:
Water and electricity must be provided each boat slip. All docks must be lighted so that the entire dock area is fully visible at night.
(4) 
Refuse containers:
Refuse containers must be provided and all refuse must be contained so that there is no standing or piling of trash, debris or litter.
(5) 
Safety equipment:
Each pier must have at least one (1) fire extinguisher (thirty (30) pounds or more) mounted at a distance of no more than seventy five (75) feet of each slip. Said fire extinguisher(s) must be inspected at least biannually.
(6) 
Security:
Marinas must post emergency contact information including telephone numbers and other necessary information for the fire department, police department and marina manager. No public marina shall have access to or from private residential property.
(7) 
Boat regulations:
Speed may not exceed five (5) miles per hour or no wake speed, whichever is less. No trash, oil, sewage or other debris shall be allowed to enter the marina waters. All boat users shall obey all state, federal and county regulations currently in effect at all times. No boat user shall operate his or her craft in an unsafe manner within the marina.
(Ordinance 381, sec. 5, adopted 2/3/10)

§ 7.03 Rules for private marinas.

All private marinas must adhere to the above public marina rules numbered (1), (3), (6), and (7).
(Ordinance 381, sec. 5, adopted 2/3/10)