WEIRS BEACH — The verdict is in: commercial enterprises can’t use the public docks at the Weirs free of cost.

Over recent months, a group of private boat charter owners approached city council, dissatisfied with the city’s enforcement of an ordinance that restricts private businesses from docking at public docks. Doing so could result in a $100 fine.

Charter boat business owners argue they’re doing a service to the City of Laconia and its residents by ferrying visitors to and from Weirs Beach, where they presumably spend their time and money, contributing to local businesses and tax revenue.

Councilors say the public docks are public for a reason, and private charter boat owners need to make other arrangements.

At the Aug. 11 meeting of the Laconia City Council, several charter boat bu

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