Saint Paul’s harbor operational management plan is effective upon adoption and will become a permanent chapter in the Saint Paul Code of Ordinances which shall be reviewed and revised as may be necessary every six months for two years following its effective date, and every two years thereafter. The ordinance codified in this chapter is enacted in response to increasing pressure and competing demands for limited port facilities, harbor resources, and a safe harbor. The ordinance codified in this chapter, among the first of its kind in the nation, provides the enabling authority and sets forth the criteria for the enactment, enforcement, and maintenance of municipal regulations of port and harbor; establishes plans, rules and management regulations for implementation by and through the Saint Paul Port Control and Harbormaster Department; and provides for the appropriate and efficient enforcement of these rules and regulations enacted by the City Council of Saint Paul, Alaska. The port of Saint Paul is a transient, commercial harbor and there are no provisions for permanent, public moorage facilities at the time of adoption.

This harbor operational management plan is intended to incorporate the full range of components which are included herein or may later be modified or annexed hereinto the Saint Paul City Code of Ordinances. This plan has been prepared in consultation with appropriate State of Alaska and Federal government authorities having jurisdiction, and is in furtherance and fulfillment of the requirements of an agreement between the City of Saint Paul and the Department of the Army, evidenced in that certain document entitled Local Cooperation Agreement executed between the parties on June 30, 1988, pursuant to 204(e) of Public Law 99-662 and incorporates all attachments by reference. [Ord. 89-02 § 2 (Att.), 1988. Code 1979 Ch. 18.14.]