Pier definition

Pier means any structure extending into navigable waters from the shore with water on both sides, built or maintained for the purpose of providing a berth for watercraft or for loading or unloading cargo or passengers onto or from watercraft. Such a structure may include a boat shelter which is removed season- ally. Such a structure may include a boat hoist or boat lift, and the hoist or lift may be permanent or may be removed seasonally.
Pier means any pier, wharf, dock, float, gridiron or other structure to promote the convenient loading or unloading or other discharge of vessels or watercraft, or the repair thereof.
Pier means a platform structure supported by piles in a water body that abuts the shore to provide landing for water-dependent recreation or moorage for vessels or watercraft and does not include above water storage.

Examples of Pier in a sentence

  • The location of the Debtors’ service address for purposes of these chapter 11 cases is: Pier 3, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111.

  • The location of the Debtors’ service address for purposes of these chapter 11 cases is: Pier 3 on The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94111.

  • Supporting Information: Information used to reach this determination and applicable State laws and Port of Seattle policies, regulations, and procedures are available for public review at the Port of Seattle, Pier 69, Environment and Sustainability Department, Third Floor, 2711 Alaskan Way, Seattle or Sea-Tac Airport, Environment and Sustainability Department, Fifth Floor, 17801 Pacific Highway South, Seattle, WA 98158.

  • An industrial building (the old auction hall) on the South Pier currently accommodates the Harbour Workshop and the Marine Institute.

  • As set out in paragraph 82 of NTT's application, due to Shotover Jet's location at Arthurs Point Road approximately 7km out of Queenstown, NTT expects that last minute walk-ins are less common than for jet boat providers who operate from the Main Town Pier in Queenstown.


More Definitions of Pier

Pier means any structure, such as a dock, which extends into navigable waters from the shore, with water on both sides, and which is built or maintained for the purpose of servicing watercraft, providing a berth for watercraft, or for loading or unloading cargo or passengers onto or from watercraft. A pier may be an open−deck or solid−fill structure.
Pier means a fixed or floating structure extending from land out over water, that is used primarily for fishing or swimming and not designed or used for mooring or accessing vessels.
Pier means a permanent man-made structure built for use by the public extending from land out over the water.
Pier means that portion of the support system between the footing and the manufactured home, exclusive of caps and shims.
Pier means dock, floating dock, and wharf.
Pier means a fixed moorage facility constructed outward from the river bank.
Pier means a fixed or floating structure used primarily for fishing or swimming and not designed or used for mooring or accessing vessels.