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Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this title may, in addition to any other provision of law regarding the same, take immediate possession or impound and remove any watercraft, or obstruction, when:

A. The master of the same reasonably appears incapable of safely operating or incapable of directing the disposition of the same; or

B. The master of the same refuses to sign a citation, or refuses or neglects to obey an order of a law enforcement authority to proceed from or to an area following a citation or in an emergency; or

C. The master operates a watercraft or obstruction in a negligent, reckless or other manner so as to endanger the safety of others or to unreasonably interfere with the navigation of other watercraft, and the enforcing authority believes such operation of the watercraft or obstruction would continue unless possession be taken of the same; or

D. The watercraft or obstruction appears unsafe for transportation of persons or goods; or

E. The watercraft or obstruction appears abandoned, or is anchored or moored in an anchorage, waterway or submerged street area after expiration, cancellation or violation of a permit or in violation of this chapter; or

F. The watercraft or obstruction is delinquent in its moorage payments to any moorage operator located in the city of Bellingham, including the port of Bellingham. [Ord. 9515, 1985; Ord. 8655 § 1(B)(1), 1978].