3-113: ELUDING A PEACE OFFICER; FAILURE TO YIELD:
   A.   Any person operating a vessel who wilfully flees or attempts to elude a pursuing police vessel, when given a visual or audible signal to bring the motor driven watercraft to a stop, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The signal given by a peace officer may be by emergency lights or siren.
A person convicted of eluding a peace officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six (6) months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both.
   B.   Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency or police vessel making use of any audible or visible signal, the driver of every other vessel or watercraft shall yield the right of way and stop until the authorized emergency or police vessel has passed, except when otherwise directed by a peace officer.
A violation of this subsection B shall constitute an infraction. (Ord. 552, 5-3-2016)