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(a) No person shall operate any vessel if the person is so mentally or physically incapacitated as to be unable to operate the vessel in a safe and competent manner.
(b) No person shall permit any vessel to be operated on the waters in this municipality in violation of this section.
(R.C. § 1547.12)
(c) Whoever violates this section without causing injury to persons or damage to property is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(R.C. § 1547.99(D))
(d) Whoever violates this section causing injury to persons or damage to property is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(R.C. § 1547.99(E))
(Prior Code, § 670.11)
(a) Except on the waters of the Ohio River, or Lake Erie and immediately connected harbors and bays, any person who rides or attempts to ride upon one or more water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or who engages or attempts to engage in barefoot skiing, and any person who operates a vessel towing a person riding or attempting to ride on one or more water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or engaging or attempting to engage in barefoot skiing, shall confine that activity to the water area within a designated ski zone on all bodies of water on which a ski zone has been established.
(b) On all bodies of water where no specific activity zones have been established, the activities described in division (a) of this section shall be confined to areas where the activities are not specifically restricted by this chapter, R.C. Chapter 1547 and rules.
(c) Divisions (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to an activity described in division (a) of this section if the vessel involved in the activity is traveling at idle speed in a designated no wake zone and the activity is not being conducted in any of the following areas:
(1) Within 300 feet of a gas dock, marina, launch ramp, or harbor entrance;
(2) Within a designated anchorage area, swim zone, boat swim zone, or boat camping area;
(3) Under a bridge or within 300 feet of a bridge underpass;
(4) Any area designated as a no ski zone.
(d) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this municipality in violation of this section.
(R.C. § 1547.14)
(Prior Code, § 670.12)
(a) Any person who operates a vessel towing any person riding or attempting to ride upon one or more water skis or upon a surfboard or similar device, or engaging or attempting to engage in barefoot skiing, on the waters in this municipality shall have present in the vessel a person or persons other than the operator, ten years of age or older, who shall at all times observe the progress of the person being towed. The operator of the towing vessel shall at all times observe the traffic pattern toward which the vessel is approaching.
(b) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this municipality in violation of this section.
(R.C. § 1547.15) (Prior Code, § 670.13)
No person shall ride or attempt to ride upon water skis, surfboard, or similar device, or engage or attempt to engage in barefoot skiing, or use or operate any vessel to tow any person thereon on the waters in this municipality during that period of the day between sunset and sunrise, except upon special permit issued by the state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision having jurisdiction and control of such water.
(R.C. § 1547.16) (Prior Code, § 670.14)
(a) Except as provided in division (b) of this section, no person shall engage in any form of towed watersports without wearing an adequate and effective Coast Guard approved wearable personal flotation device specifically designed for towed watersports, in good and serviceable condition and of appropriate size, except upon special permit issued by one of the following persons or entities that manages the waterway:
(1) The political subdivision having primary jurisdiction;
(2) The administrator of a federal agency;
(3) The director of a state agency;
(4) The board of directors of a conservancy district;
(5) Any other governing body having jurisdiction.
(b) Division (a) of this section does not apply to a person engaging or attempting to engage in barefoot skiing if the person is wearing a wet suit specifically designed for barefoot skiing that is in good and serviceable condition and of appropriate size.
(c) No operator of a vessel shall allow any person who fails to comply with division (a) or (b) of this section to engage in any form of towed watersports.
(R.C. § 1547.18) (Prior Code, § 670.15)
No person shall install or maintain any structure or inclined platform known as a water ski jump on the waters in this municipality. No person shall use any such platform or structure for the purpose of water ski jumping, except upon special permit issued by the state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision having jurisdiction and control over such water.
(R.C. § 1547.19) (Prior Code, § 670.16)
(a) No person or organization shall conduct any race, regatta, or other special event upon the waters in this municipality without first obtaining written permission, upon application not less than 30 days prior to the time of the proposed race, regatta, or event, of the federal agency, state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision having jurisdiction and control over such waters. Any state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision may suspend its respective rules during a race, regatta, or special event. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that the operator of a vessel competing in a specially authorized race, regatta, or special event shall not attempt to attain high speeds on a marked racing course.
(b) On any waters in this municipality over which no federal agency, state department, conservancy district, or political subdivision has jurisdiction and control, no person or organization shall conduct any race, regatta, or other special event without first obtaining written permission, upon application not less than 30 days prior to the time of the proposed race, regatta, or event, of the Chief of the Division of Parks and Watercraft. The Chief of the Division of Parks and Watercraft may, after determining that the public safety will be adequately protected, grant written permission for holding such race, regatta, or special event. This section does not apply to privately owned lakes or ponds nor to canoes or rowboats.
(R.C. § 1547.20) (Prior Code, § 670.17)
No person shall use or offer for use on the waters in this municipality any inflatable vessel made of canvas, rubber, synthetic rubber, or vinyl plastic unless the inflatable vessel is of multiple air cell or compartment construction and is capable of remaining afloat if one air cell or compartment is punctured or collapsed.
(R.C. § 1547.21) (Prior Code, § 670.18)
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