Guiding Principles

• Maintain a safe and secure environment for all members with slip or kayak rack privileges.
• Maximize the opportunity to have slip or kayak rack privileges for those members that want to take advantage of the opportunity afforded to them.
• Instill an equitable process for allocating a limited number of slips among the members who desire to use their slips.

 

Boat Slip Rules & Procedures

1. Only a Howell Point property member can obtain a boat slip.
2. Proof of boat ownership must be provided if requested by the Pier Chairman by providing a copy of your boat registration. The boat must be registered to a Howell Point member.
3. Payment for a slip shall be made to the Howell Point Treasurer. Any unpaid slips will be assigned to those on the waiting list. To remain on the waiting list, General Dues must be paid.
4. With respect to Lots that are owned in a trust, if any Grantor of a trust that has an ownership interest in a Lot is living as of November 12, 2024, such Grantor shall continue to have use of a boat slip or be on the waiting list for as long as such Grantor is alive. Upon the death of all such Grantors, the right to use of a boat slip shall automatically cease, or the Grantors shall be removed from the waiting list. The intent being that the right to use of a boat slip or be on the waiting list shall not pass from a living Grantor of a Trust to any beneficiary of the trust. In the event that all Grantors of a trust are deceased as of November 12, 2024 and a boat slip was assigned to a beneficiary of said trust during the 2024 season, said beneficiary shall continue to have the right to use such boat slip or remain on the waiting list until the earlier of: (i) the beneficiaries death; (ii) the date on which the trust no longer holds title to the Lot; or (iii) the date on which the beneficiary no longer has a beneficial interest in the trust.
5. Members with slips and kayaks racks down at the park will be billed for this access. If subletting, it is expected that the member pays the fee to the treasurer and the subletter will pay the member with the slip and kayak rack.
6. Fees for slips are as follows:
   1. Speed & pontoon boat slip - $200.00
   2. Jet Ski, Fishing & Sailboat slip - $100.00
   3. Kayak (on rack), per boat - $50.00
7. Payment of slip fee constitutes acceptance of all rules.
8. Boat length is limited to 26 feet and beam is limited to no more than 11 feet including mooring poles or boat lifts.
9. All boats are to be docked bow first.
10. No physical attachments to the piers are allowed.
11. Storage spaces on the kayak / canoe racks are for single boats only. Double-stacking of boats is permitted only on those racks designed for this purpose. A slip fee is charged for each boat.
12. No boats shall be moored or beached on shore overnight (i.e. paddle boats, fishing boats, canoes, kayaks, personal watercraft, etc.).
13. No swimming is allowed off of the boat piers or in the dock area.
14. Fishing is allowed off the piers only by Howell Point residents or guests.
15. Boat owners are financially responsible for their own and their guest’s litter, damage to docks, etc.
16. Boat owners must remove their boat and all mooring poles not later that the 1st Sunday of October of each year. None of this equipment can remain in the park.
17. If a boat owner is in violation of any rule their slip use can be terminated and/or monetary damages assessed as follows:
    1. First offence: Actual cost.
    2. Second offence: Two times the actual cost.
    3. Third offence: Four times the actual cost.
    4. Pier chairman will be furnished one boat slip free of charge.