"Well, first of all, there's 17¢ new-in-town tax, and there's 45¢ rowboat-under-the-wharf tax, and one dollar leaving-your-junk-lying-around-the-wharf tax, so all together, you owe the Commodore $1.87."
Yeah, the quickest way to solve a problem is to tax it or slap a fee on it. They can dress it up any way they want, but still sounds like a money grab to me.