In September 2018, the department denied the city’s request to allow the Stanley Norman, a skipjack owned by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, to dock at City Dock for part of the year. DNR reasoned that the boat was neither recreational — operated for non-commercial purposes — or transient — expected to stay for 14 days or less, two requirements for boats to legally dock there, according to a September 2018 letter to the city by DNR Chesapeake and Coastal Service Director Matthew Fleming.