Greenwich, CT Environmental Rules: Boat Dock Permits (2026)

Section 7-1 defines a marine dock as a dock structure or related floating marine facility that provides supplies, provisions, fuel or other paid services, including secure moorings and dockage for boats and other craft. Section 7-2 bars anyone from operating, or letting be operated on land they own, a marine dock without an unrevoked license from the Director of Health, and requires the license application to be in writing on a Health Department form signed by the applicant. The Board of Health can revoke a marine dock's license if it finds the dock is not operating in compliance with Chapters 4 (Health) and 5 (Housing) of the Code, but only after a hearing with reasonable notice to the licensee; once revoked, a new license cannot issue except with the Board's approval.

Related sections in the same article layer on sanitation requirements tied to the license: Section 7-3 requires separate, self-closing, clean and well-lit toilet facilities for each sex and warm running water if a restaurant operates at the dock; Section 7-4 requires an easily accessible supply of sanitary freshwater and bars cross-connections with the public water supply; Section 7-5 requires covered, watertight metal refuse containers kept sanitary and emptied at frequent intervals; and Section 7-6 bars a licensed dock from supplying moorings, fuel or provisions to any boat operator known to be violating state waterway pollution laws, on pain of the same license revocation available under Section 7-2(c).