(a) There is created the position of Harbormaster for the City, who, under the direction of the City Manager shall supervise and manage all Saint Paul harbor facilities. The Harbormaster shall be retained, paid, removed and succeeded in office as other appointive positions of the City and shall take the oath of a City public safety officer.

(b) The Harbormaster shall enforce all of the provisions of this title and any rules and regulations duly adopted hereunder. In the performance of such enforcement of the provisions of this title, and only in the performance of such enforcement of the provisions of this title the Harbormaster shall have all of the powers of a peace officer of the City.

(c) The Harbormaster shall classify areas within the harbor for various uses, shall mark mooring spaces to be assigned, and shall post such signs, numbers, markings or other informational devices as will notify and inform interested parties of authorized and prohibited uses of the Saint Paul harbor facilities. The Harbormaster may post informational signs specifying areas where designated conduct is prohibited, but posting of signs shall not be necessary to the enforcement of any provision of this title, unless otherwise required in this title.

(d) The utilization of any City-owned or City-operated mooring facility or waterway within the City limits shall be deemed as a grant of authority to the Harbormaster and members of the Department of Public Safety to board the vessel for the purpose of enforcing municipal ordinances and to move the vessel if it is moored in violation of a provision of this title or if required by an emergency or other conditions as set forth in this title. [Code 1979 § 18.08.010.]