§ 12.20.100. Access walkways and facilities.  


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  • A.

    All slips or walkways providing access for more than two berthing spaces shall have a clear width of four feet. Main walkways from slips to the shore shall be five and one-half feet clear width. Any walkway or slip that extends over one hundred feet shall be considered a main walkway. All gangways serving more than one residence shall be provided with guardrails on each side and have a clear width of four feet. All nonfloating walkways or piers shall be equipped with guardrails.

    B.

    All gangways and walkways shall comply with the following requirements:

    1.

    Gangway design live load shall not be less than forty pounds per square foot.

    2.

    Guardrails must withstand a fifty-pound lateral load per linear foot of rail.

    3.

    Floating walkways shall serve no more than four houseboats and shall have sufficient buoyancy to support a twenty-pound-per-square-foot uniform live load, plus the dead load of the structure.

    4.

    Framing shall be at least two inches nominal thickness if constructed of wood. If the entire structure is of plywood, it shall be at least three-fourths-inch thickness, marine grade, except for the portions above water, which may be exterior grades.

    5.

    All floats or walkways shall have an identification number at berthing spaces. Identification numbers shall have standard four-inch-high numbers, and be kept legible at all times.

    6.

    Piling for floating equipment shall be adequate to resist lateral forces produced by any combination of wind, current, wave and impact.

    7.

    All walkways shall be lighted.

(Ord. 847 § 1 (part), 1987: prior code § 5958)