For the purpose of this title, the following definitions shall be applicable:
ADULT SUPERVISION: Having a person age eighteen (18) or over on or in a vessel and in a position to supervise.
BRIDGE: A structure spanning and providing passage over a body of water.
COMEBACK BAY: A body of water from the bridge over Fry Creek upstream to the headwaters.
FACILITY: Any park, boat launch facility, dock or other waterways property owned, operated, managed or maintained by Bonner County.
MARINE EVENT: A regatta, race, marine event, tournament or exhibition on any waters within Bonner County authorized by the sheriff of the county.
MOORING: Parking a vessel in the water.
MOORING BUOY: An offshore floating buoy anchored to the bottom that serves as a mooring point to secure a vessel.
MOTOR DRIVEN WATERCRAFT: Any boat or vehicle of any type, which is propelled by any type of motor or engine.
MOTORBOAT: Any vessel propelled by motor whether or not such machinery is the principal source of propulsion.
NEGLIGENT OPERATION: Operating any vessel on the waters of the state of Idaho in a careless or heedless manner so as to be indifferent to any person or property of other persons, or at a rate of speed greater than will permit him in the exercise of reasonable care to bring the vessel to a stop within the assured clear distance ahead.
NIGHT: One hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise.
NO SWIMMING ZONE: A designated area where the swimming shall not be allowed. A "no swimming zone" also precludes the use of float tubes and other nonmotorized devices not designed or modified to be used as a means of transportation on the water, such as inflatable air mattresses, single inner tubes, and beach and water toys.
NO WAKE: The act of operating any vessel whereby the visible tract of turbulence is not more than six inches (6") or the speed is not more than five (5) miles per hour.
NO WAKE ZONE: A designated area where the operation of watercraft must be accomplished at not more than five (5) miles per hour, nor with more than a six inch (6") wake.
OVERNIGHT: From one hour after sunset until one hour before sunrise.
PADDLEBOARDING: A water sport in which a person paddles a long streamlined board with their hands while lying or kneeling on the paddleboard. A derivation of paddleboarding is stand up paddleboarding (SUP) in which a paddle is used to propel or guide the board. A paddleboard is classified as a vessel.
PEND OREILLE RIVER: The body of water from the railroad bridge at Sandpoint downstream to the Idaho-Washington border.
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT: A watercraft, powered by a water jet pump, which can be operated by persons sitting, standing or kneeling.
POSTED WATERS: An area which is a portion of the waters of Bonner County, Idaho, marked with regulatory markers in compliance with Idaho Code section 67-7031 and IDAPA 26.66.21, to regulate the actions of watercraft and persons in such marked portions of the waters.
PUBLIC WATERS: Any river, lake or other body of water within Bonner County, Idaho, other than those which are entirely privately owned, regardless of navigability.
SHORELINE: The line of demarcation between water and land at the time in question without regard to property lines or high or low water lines or marks.
STAND UP PADDLEBOARD (SUP): A vessel similar to a surfboard which is usually propelled on the surface of the water with a paddle. A stand up paddleboard is classified as a vessel.
VESSEL: Every description of watercraft, including a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, but does not include float houses, diver's aids operated and designed primarily to propel a diver below, or modified to be used as a means of transportation on the water, such as inflatable air mattress, single inner tubes, and beach and water toys. For purposes of this title, vessel, motorboat, motor driven craft and watercraft are synonymous.
WAKE: The visible track of turbulence created by watercraft moving through the water.
WATERSKIING: Waterskiing or skiing shall include kneeboarding, wakeboarding, wakesurfing, wakeskating or any other type of towed recreational activity. This is not intended to define the towing of a vessel or other objects at no wake.
WATERWAYS: Any river, lake or other body of water within Bonner County, Idaho. (Ord. 552, 5-3-2016)