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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)
(a) No occupant of any vessel underway on the waters in this municipality shall sit, stand, or walk upon any portion of the vessel not specifically designed for that movement, except when immediately necessary for the safe and reasonable navigation or operation of the vessel. No operator of a vessel underway on the waters in this municipality shall allow any occupant of the vessel to sit, stand, or walk on any portion of the vessel underway not specifically designed for that use, except when immediately necessary for the safe and reasonable navigation or operation of the vessel.
(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. § 1547.22) (Prior Code, § 670.19)
No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel under 18 feet in length while there is present in the vessel any person under ten years of age, not wearing a Coast Guard approved wearable personal flotation device in good and serviceable condition of appropriate size securely attached to the person under ten years of age.
(R.C. § 1547.24) (Prior Code, § 670.21)
(a) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel, other than a vessel exempted by rules, on the waters in this municipality:
(1) That is 16 feet or greater in length without carrying aboard one wearable personal flotation device for each person aboard and one throwable personal flotation device;
(2) That is less than 16 feet in length, including paddlecraft of any length, without carrying aboard one wearable personal flotation device for each person aboard.
(b) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any commercial vessel on the waters in this municipality:
(1) That is less than 40 feet in length and is not carrying persons for hire without carrying aboard at least one wearable personal flotation device for each person aboard;
(2) That is carrying persons for hire or is 40 feet in length or longer and is not carrying persons for hire without carrying aboard at least one type one wearable personal flotation device for each person aboard that complies with all of the following:
A. It is designed to support the person wearing the wearable personal flotation device in the water in an upright or slightly backward position and provides support to the head so that the face of an unconscious or exhausted person is held above the water.
B. It is capable of turning the person wearing the wearable personal flotation device, upon entering the water, to a safe flotation position.
C. It is capable of being worn inside out.
D. It is capable of supporting a minimum of 22 pounds in fresh water for 48 hours.
E. It is a highly visible color.
(3) That is 26 feet in length or longer without carrying aboard at least one throwable personal flotation device in addition to the applicable requirements of divisions (b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section.
(c) Each personal flotation device carried aboard a vessel, including a commercial vessel, pursuant to this section shall be Coast Guard approved and in good and serviceable condition, of appropriate size for the wearer, and readily accessible to each person aboard the vessel at all times, and used in accordance with any requirements on its approval label or in accordance with requirements in its owner’s manual if the approval label refers to such a manual.
(d) A personal flotation device shall not be used in a manner that is inconsistent with any limitations or restrictions related to federal approval under 46 C.F.R. 160 or special instructions for use provided by the manufacturer. Appropriate use shall be indicated on the label of an approved personal flotation device.
(e) As used in this section, COMMERCIAL VESSEL means any vessel used in the carriage of any person or property for a valuable consideration whether flowing directly or indirectly from the owner, partner, or agent or any other person interested in the vessel. The phrase does not include any vessel that is manufactured or used primarily for noncommercial use or that is leased, rented, or chartered to another for noncommercial use.
(R.C. § 1547.25)
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(R.C. § 1547.99(F))
(Prior Code, § 670.22)
(a) No person shall operate on the waters of Lake Erie or the immediately connecting bays, harbors, and anchorage areas at any time a vessel that is 16 or more feet in length or any vessel carrying six or fewer passengers for hire without carrying Coast Guard approved visual distress signals for both day and night use.
(b) No person shall operate upon the waters of Lake Erie or the immediately connecting bays, harbors, and anchorage areas during the period from sunset to sunrise according to local time any of the following without carrying Coast Guard approved visual distress signals for night use:
(1) A vessel less than 16 feet in length;
(2) A vessel competing in an organized marine parade, race, regatta, or similar event;
(3) A manually propelled vessel;
(4) A sailboat less than 26 feet in length with completely open construction and without propulsion machinery.
(c) No person shall operate a vessel on the waters in this state other than Lake Erie or the immediately connecting bays, harbors, and anchorage areas unless the vessel carries either a distress flag at least two feet square and international orange in color or a Coast Guard approved daytime distress signal.
(d) No person shall display any distress signal unless a vessel or a person is in distress and in need of help.
(e) Divisions (a) and (c) of this section do not apply to any of the following:
(1) Vessels competing in an organized marine parade, race, regatta, or similar event;
(2) Manually propelled vessels;
(3) Sailboats less than 26 feet in length with completely open construction and without propulsion machinery.
(f) The distress signals required by this section shall be in good and serviceable condition, readily accessible, and of the type and quantities required by regulations adopted under 46 U.S.C. § 4302, as amended.
(g) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this municipality in violation of this section.
(R.C. § 1547.251) (Prior Code, § 670.23)
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