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The county commissioners are authorized and directed to install, or cause or permit to be installed, on the waters, or on the shores, of the county, appropriately marked safety buoys or signs on or near the water at points designated appropriate by the discretion and judgment of said county commissioners. Such markers are required for the safety of the public, and it shall be unlawful to tamper with, tie to, or molest so as to deface or destroy or damage any marker buoy or sign. The county commissioners shall have full authority to establish proper regulations as to size, style, marking, etc., of any and all signs or markers. Said commissioners shall also have full authority to cause any signs or buoys to be altered, changed, placed, or removed at any time or place on the waters of the county. (Ord. 86, 7-10-1995)
The county commissioners shall approve any and all no wake zones in the county. Those areas shall be marked as set forth in section 5-1-5 of this chapter. No wake zones shall be:
A. The channel through the railroad bridge at Lake Chatcolet;
B. All river channels running into or out of an adjacent lake;
C. Cherry Bend boat park;
D. From the east end of Carney pole yard in St. Maries, upriver to First Street;
E. At the St. Joe campground;
F. From the railroad bridge on the St. Maries River, upstream to the Highway Three bridge;
G. At the sportsman's access on the St. Maries River;
H. At any marina or boat launch;
I. Within one hundred feet (100'), and beneath any bridge, structure, or overhang; and
J. From Hell's Gulch Creek, upriver, on the St. Joe, or on any portion of the St. Maries River. No motorboat twenty seven feet (27') in length or over shall operate while causing a wake, nor shall any motorboats of that length run two (2) or more abreast or follow within one hundred feet (100') of another. (Ord. 86, 7-10-1995)
No motorboat shall be operated by any person as follows:
A. Within any swimming area designated and posted as such as provided in this chapter, or within fifty feet (50') of any buoy marking such swimming area.
B. Within any area posted as a no wake area, at a speed which produces a wake.
C. Within any no wake zone while towing any person, ski, surfboard, freeboard, inner tube, or other device at more than a no wake speed.
D. At more than a no wake speed when:
1. Within one hundred feet (100') of any shoreline of any lake; and
2. Within one hundred feet (100') of any swimmer; or
3. Within one hundred feet (100') of any diver displaying a floating diver's flag; or
4. Within one hundred feet (100') of any other watercraft. (Ord. 86, 7-10-1995)
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