Title 23 — Navigation and Waters
10 chapters · 52 sections in this title.
23 Del. C. § 1501. Limitation on wharves in City of New Castle.
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§ 1501. Limitation on wharves in City of New Castle. Whoever builds or extends any wharf or wharves or landing places, filled up solid from the foundation into the Delaware River, further than by the determination and limitation by the City Council of the City of New Castle of th…
23 Del. C. § 1502. Laurel River; wharf lines and limitations.
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§ 1502. Laurel River; wharf lines and limitations. Commissioners appointed under 18 Del. Laws, c. 224, having adjusted and determined certain limits on each side of the Laurel River in Sussex County, from the iron bridge over the river down river, to which wharves may be extended…
23 Del. C. § 1503. Enforcement of Laurel River restrictions.
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§ 1503. Enforcement of Laurel River restrictions. The Levy Court Commissioners of Sussex County, upon complaint of 1 or more inhabitants of either of the Fourth or Fifth Representative Districts, that any wharf, platforms, landing place, marine railway, pier, pile, abutment or ot…
23 Del. C. § 1504. Drainage into Laurel River.
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§ 1504. Drainage into Laurel River. Nothing contained in §§ 1502 and 1503 of this title shall be construed to prevent the Town of Laurel from constructing, erecting or providing proper sluices, culverts and waste ways for the drainage of the town or to prevent the present drains …
23 Del. C. § 1505. Delaware River opposite Wilmington and Edge Moor; bulkhead and pier lines.
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§ 1505. Delaware River opposite Wilmington and Edge Moor; bulkhead and pier lines. The bulkhead line or lines of solid filling and the pier line in the tidewaters of the River Delaware, lying between the Christina River and the northerly boundary of Edge Moor, opposite the City o…
23 Del. C. § 1506. Filing federal maps and reports.
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§ 1506. Filing federal maps and reports. The Secretary of State shall procure duplicate copies of the federal government’s manuscript map or maps, report or reports accompanying the same, from time to time, and file 1 of the copies in the Secretary’s office at Dover and the other…
23 Del. C. § 1507. Filling in beyond established bulkhead line; structures outside bulkhead line.
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§ 1507. Filling in beyond established bulkhead line; structures outside bulkhead line. It shall not be lawful to fill in with earth, stone or other solid material in the tidewaters of the Delaware River between the points referred to in § 1505 of this title, beyond the bulkhead l…
23 Del. C. § 1508. Littoral proprietors’ rights; deposit of dredgings by United States.
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§ 1508. Littoral proprietors’ rights; deposit of dredgings by United States. The littoral proprietors abutting on the River Delaware, between Christina River and the northerly boundary of Edge Moor, may erect bulkheads, wharves and piers on the line or lines now or hereafter to b…
23 Del. C. § 1509. Title of littoral proprietors to lands filled in.
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§ 1509. Title of littoral proprietors to lands filled in. The land under the waters of the Delaware River, within the limits as determined in § 1510 of this title, on the front of the littoral holdings of the littoral proprietors, respectively, and between the bulkhead line or li…
23 Del. C. § 1510. Waterfront of respective proprietors; determination of.
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§ 1510. Waterfront of respective proprietors; determination of. The breadth of waterfront appertaining to each littoral proprietor or owner of land abutting on the river bank shall be determined by protracting the line of the land to the bulkhead line established under §§ 1505-15…
23 Del. C. § 1511. Proprietors’ right to own and hold structures on river front; further rights.
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§ 1511. Proprietors’ right to own and hold structures on river front; further rights. The littoral proprietors, respectively, may own and hold all bulkheads, docks, wharves, buildings and piers that hereafter may be erected pursuant to §§ 1505-1511 of this title on the front of t…