For the purpose of this chapter the following words and phrases have the following meanings:
EXCESSIVE WAKE: | A wave resulting from operating a vessel at the speed at which boats create the most wake, moving quickly and displacing the most water, i.e., plowing; or the wave resulting from operating a vessel in an artificially bow-high manner to increase or enhance a wake, including wake enhancement by use of ballast, mechanical hydrofoils, or uneven loading; or the wave resulting from operating a vessel to cause water to lap onto or over a dock, pier, or other lawfully permitted encroachment. |
LENGTH OF VESSEL: | The distance measured at the centerline at the highest point above the water line from the fore part of the outer hull at the bow to the aft part of the outer hull at the stern, excepting any bowsprits, railings or extraneous or additional equipment. |
MOTOR DRIVEN WATERCRAFT: | Any boat or vehicle of any type which is propelled by any type of motor or machinery including "personal watercraft". |
NIGHT: | One-half (1/2) hour after sunset until one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise. |
NO WAKE ZONE: | An area in which a vessel may be operated at not more than five (5) miles per hour or in a manner where no wake greater than four inches (4") in height is created, whichever is less. |
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT: | A small vessel which uses an outboard motor or an inboard motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of power and is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on, rather than in the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel. |
SHORELINE OF THE CITY OF COEUR D'ALENE: | The line of demarcation between water and land at the time in question without regard to property lines or high and low water lines or marks within the city limits of Coeur d'Alene. |
TOY BOATS: | A small motor driven craft not designed to be used as a means of transportation that is typically controlled by remote control. |
VESSEL: | Every description of watercraft, including motor driven watercraft and seaplanes on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, but does not include diver's aids operated and designed primarily to propel a diver below the surface of the water, and nonmotorized devices not designed or modified to be used as a means of transportation on the water, such as inflatable air mattresses and inner tubes. |
WAKE: | The visible track of turbulence created by the movement of a vessel through the water. (Ord. 3690 §1, 2021: Ord. 3382 §17, 2010) |