A commercial marina’s mooring buoys are not taxable as real property, the Court of Appeals held last month. The buoys, which the marina uses to moor its patrons’ boats, can be removed without ...

And last year, in May, the TRPA settled with Action Water Sports, another boat rental company, and the Hyatt Regency for $90,000 over 10 illegal buoys on the water in Incline Village.

With boaters scrambling for space, moorings -- buoys to which boaters tie their vessels -- have shed a reputation as “second class citizens,” Orange County’s Grand Jury wrote.

Boats anchored on North Lake in Hollywood may one day have to pay to stay overnight if the city moves forward with a plan to install mooring buoys.

Mooring is both a noun and a verb. A mooring is a fixed structure that you can secure your vessel to, such as a buoy or a wharf. Jetties, quays, and piers are also included in this category. The ropes ...

The idea of setting up mooring buoys in waterways throughout the county has increasingly been touted by Pinellas officials as a potential solution to a growing boat slip shortage in the past two ...

Mooring buoys owned by a West River marina should be assessed as personal property for taxation purposes and not real property, the Court of Appeals held last week. The top court affirmed a Dec ...

Boats attached to buoys on Lake Tahoe. ... TRPA also settled a violation for $30,000 in 2017 with AWS for unauthorized placement of additional moorings within the Hyatt buoy field.

The Sea Trader (left), seen from the deck of the tug James Dunlap, waits to be tied on to Unalaska's emergency mooring buoy. At center, the city's harbor patrol boat stands by to assist.

Buoys also help limit the number of divers swimming at one site, as they can only accommodate several boats at a time. This made it easier to spot and punish violating tourist boat owners,” he said.

A yacht club either wants its $4,200 donation returned or Kootenai County to anchor about six mooring buoys in Blue Creek Bay so the public can tie up boats and camp. Property owners in the narrow ...