Presenter
Presented by Mr. Hertzberg
Title
Resolution supplementing Resolution No. 506 of 1999, effective August 6, 1999, and authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a license agreement or agreements with the Port of Pittsburgh Commission and/or with the owners and/or operators of a water taxi service allowing the docking of water taxi boats at the City-owned Wharves or Docks at the Sixth Street Bridge on the southern shore of the Allegheny River, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and at the Monongahela Wharf.
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WHEREAS, the City owns certain riparian rights on the southern shore of the Allegheny River at the Sixth Street Bridge, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and at the Monongahela Wharf; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Port of Pittsburgh Commission, a body corporate and politic, and instrumentality of the Commonwealth, have determined that the aforesaid docks or wharves are suitable for the docking of water taxis operating between certain points within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to permit the water taxi boats to dock on a regular basis at the southern shore of the Allegheny River at the Sixth Street Bridge, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and at the Monongahela Wharf for the purpose of loading and unloading passengers; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 506 of 1999, effective August 6, 1999, City Council authorized the Mayor and the Directors of the Departments of City Planning, Parks and Recreation and Finance to grant a license or licenses to interested and qualified individuals and/or entities to enter upon and use various docking or landing facilities along the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers as docking locations for water taxi services for the benefit of the general public; and
WHEREAS, by the aforesaid Resolution City Council allowed such licenses to be granted following the final approval process of City Council;
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Resolution No. 506 of 1999, effective August 6, 1999, is supplemented in order to grant final approval to the Director of Finance, as the City Wharf Master, to enter into a revocable, non-exclusive license agreement or agreements with the Port of Pittsburgh Commission, and/or a duly authorized owner/operator of a water taxi service, permitting it or them to dock on the southern shore of the Allegheny River at the Sixth Street Bridge, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and at the Monongahela Wharf for the purpose of loading, transporting and unloading passengers for a reasonable fee.
Section 2. The license or licenses shall be issued in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor and shall specify the precise location of the docking at the aforesaid locations.
Section 3. The license shall be granted for the period August 1, 2004 through October 31, 2004, and may be renewed for a further period from May1, 2005, through October 31, 2005, if the Director of the Department of Finance and the Port of Pittsburgh Commission find such water taxi service to continue to be in the best interests of the City.
Section 4. Any license issued pursuant to this resolution is not intended to replace any permit or other authorization required under federal or state law for the operation of taxi services on navigable waters.