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Figure 17. Adjacent park complements harbor development. 



V. FUNCTIONAL PLANNING AND DESIGN 

 1. Primary Objectives. Once the site has been selected and environmental factors evaluated, 

 the harbor must be planned with certain primary objectives as follows: 



The entrance should be safe to enter by all using craft under aU conditions of winds and 

 waves that may occur in the water body served, except for conditions under which the craft 

 cannot navigate. This objective may not always be achieved, as other factors may place 

 limits on the orientation, size of opening, controlling depth, and perimeter features of the 

 entrance that preclude the development of the best entrance plan for aU-weather safety. 

 Nevertheless, this basic objective must be kept in mind throughout the planning stage. 



The interior channels, fairways, and berthing areas must be adequate for the sizes, types, 

 and numbers of craft to be berthed. Long, tortuous channels should be avoided. Channels 

 must be wide enough to accommodate the anticipated peak -hour traffic without undue 

 hazard to navigation. Fairways must be wide enough to permit the maneuvering of boats in 

 and out of slips and to and from the entrance channel. Berthing areas must be large enough 

 for the planned number of berths without encroaching pn estabhshed clearance standards 

 and fairways. 



The water area use allocation must be planned to accommodate all classes of boats, such 

 as privately owned rental, charter, and commercial fishing, and where possible, to avoid 

 interferences with the use of perimeter lands, fairways, and turning basins. 



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