The selectmen of any town bordering upon navigable waters shall cause to be removed all obstructions and structures from the shores, beaches or other land in such town, adjacent to such waters, to which shores, beaches or other land the public has the right of access or which the public has been accustomed to use, occupy or enjoy, unless such obstruction or structure has been erected or maintained by, or by the express or implied permission of, the person having title to the land on which it has been so erected or maintained or having a legal right to erect and maintain it thereon; and such selectmen may, in the name of the town, have equitable relief by way of injunction against any person who, without legal right, interferes with the use and enjoyment of such shores, beaches and lands by the public or attempts to exercise any exclusive possession or use of any part thereof.
(1949 Rev., S. 4756.)
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 15 - Navigation and Aeronautics
Chapter 263 - Harbors and Rivers
Section 15-1. - Harbor masters.
Section 15-2. - Compensation of harbor masters.
Section 15-3. - Powers of deputies.
Section 15-3a. - “Derelict vessel”, “harbor”, “navigable waters”, “navigable waterways”, defined.
Section 15-4. - Jurisdiction in Branford harbors.
Section 15-8. - Power to station vessels. Penalty for resisting.
Section 15-8a. - “Harbor”, “navigable waters” and “navigable waterways”, defined.
Section 15-9. - Vessels may be removed. Procedures. Notice. Regulations. Penalty.
Section 15-10. - Penalty for neglect of duty.
Section 15-11. - Channels from wharves.
Section 15-11a. (Formerly Sec. 15-31). - Removal and taking of derelict vessels.
Section 15-12. - Obstructions upon lands bordering navigable waters.
Section 15-13c. - Connecticut Pilot Commission. Members. Appointments. Duties.
Section 15-14. - Rates of pilotage.
Section 15-15. - Vessels requiring pilots.
Section 15-15b. - Reports by pilot.
Section 15-15c. - Exemption from pilot requirement.
Section 15-15d. - Pilotage concurrent with New York. Rotation system for assignment of pilots.
Section 15-16. - Speed of vessels.
Section 15-16a. - Slow-no-wake zone on the Mystic River.
Section 15-17. - Baggage on boats to be checked.
Section 15-26. - Local agent of foreign vessel.
Section 15-26a. - Five Mile River Commission. Harbor superintendent.