(a) "Launch" means the placement or removal of a watercraft in the water. (However, a launch fee shall still be charged in the event that a vessel is only removed from the water at the facility or only placed in the water at the facility.)
(b) No person may launch a watercraft, excluding a canoe, kayak, row boat, or paddleboard at the public boat ramps located at the Scenic Park located in the Rocky River Reservation, Edgewater Park located at the Lakefront Reservation, Gordon Park located at the Lakefront Reservation and Wildwood Park located at the Euclid Creek Reservation. without first paying the appropriate boat launch facility fee, as set by the Board.
(c) This Section shall not apply to governmental entities which need to operate watercraft for governmental purposes.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.