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ONE-YEAR SLIP LICENSE:


The Port District Commission adopted a
policy designed to stimulate used boat sales for
the benefit of existing slip licensees, the people
on the waiting list, and the boat purchaser. The
features of the policy are as follows:
• A one-year slip license will be authorized
for new boat owners who purchase a boat
from a licensee, provided that a signed slip
release from the licensee accompanies the
berthing request. This policy is specific to
the boat which was sold. Other boats may
not be substituted.
• The one-year license period shall begin on
the first day of the month following the
point of sale of the boat. The point of sale
shall be defined as the first exchange of
money and use of the boat between the two
parties. Prompt notification of the point of
sale and the signing of a slip release form
by the licensee is required.
• The Port District is under no obligation to
provide berthing if the licensee’s account is
not paid in full within 30 days of the slip
release.
• The new boat owner shall complete a oneyear
slip license agreement, which includes
the payment of one month’s slip fee and a
deposit.
• If the new boat owner sells the boat to
another party within the year, the Port
District is under no obligation to provide
any further berthing or provide berthing for
the portion left in the one-year agreement.
• The former slip licensee will not be
responsible for charges incurred by the
purchaser after the date of slip release.
• Anyone securing a special one-year slip
license shall not be eligible to liveaboard,
unless they have been a liveaboard in good
standing for one year prior to the
acceptance of the new one-year license.
• The former slip licensee will not be eligible
to obtain another permanent slip, either
from the waiting list or through the slip
leave program, for two years after the slip
release. The former slip licensee
essentially transfers one year of their slip
privileges to the new vessel owner.
SLIP LEAVES:
This program was developed to give slip
licensees a simple means of releasing the
financial burden of paying for a slip occupied
by a seldom-used vessel, yet enabling them to
retain the rights to a slip at a future date. It was
also designed for those licensees who wish to
pursue boating elsewhere. The advantage of
this program is that those on slip leave can
return to a slip with ease and speed.
The Port Commission reviewed the
framework of the slip leave program on
October 24, 2000. After reviewing the intent
of the program, the Port Commission placed a
limit on slip leaves in January 2001. The limit
was reviewed in January 2005, and increased to
ten years.
One to ten year absence:
If the total time to be absent from the slip
is one to ten years, staff will usually request
that the slip be released for reassignment to the
waiting list and the licensee may choose to take
a slip leave.
The slip leave program allows slip
licensees to release their slip, yet preserve the
option to obtain another slip of the same size,
without undue delay, within ten years. No
justification for taking a leave is necessary.
The slip leave program works like this:
• licensee signs a slip release form so the slip
can be reassigned to the waiting list;
• all past slip rent must be paid in full;
• Port District must be notified in writing,
within 30 days of slip release, of intention
to take a slip leave;
• annual fee for slip leave is $250 and will
NOT be prorated (the fee is reviewed
annually and subject to change) – January
is the renewal month;
• those on slip leave must wait at least one
year after releasing their berth before
exercising their right to return to another
berth, or two years if the licensee sells their
vessel and releases the slip under the oneyear
slip license policy (see previous);
• slips are assigned to those returning from
slip leaves as they become available
through releases to the waiting list and will
take precedence over the regular waiting
list – the only people who may take
precedence are those also on leave who
made earlier requests to return to a slip of
the same size;
• staff would appreciate as much advance
notice as possible from those returning