Who Can Dock At Your Dock?

At the May meeting of the lake association, it was brought to our attention by many members and residents that ordinance #46, better known as the dock ordinance, is being violated by some riparians. Specifically, section 4 of this ordinance states: All docked boats and watercraft shall be registered to the owners, riparians and/or occupants of the property to which they are attached. Our lake is very crowded, so we do not need non-riparian boats being stored at a friend or relative's dock. This has been a matter of concern of the board members for a number of years then, when riparians came to us recently, we decided we must take a stand to uphold the ordinance.

The procedure for alerting the police or the code enforcer is to have all of the MC numbers from all the boats at the dock in question.. The address of the residence is the other important piece of information. You can then take those pieces of information to the township and fill out a form for investigation of this matter, and it can be done anonymously. If, however, you do not feel comfortable with this procedure please call your district representative, so he/she can deliver the information to the township.

It was decided we should have this posted on the web site to allow anyone in violation to take steps to become compliant. Perhaps knowing that section 9 states that anyone found guilty of a misdemeanor is punishable by a fine up to $500.00, will be enough to have the violators comply.