5-1-31: FAILURE TO OBEY WATERWAY SPEED AND PROXIMITY RULES:

   A.   Regulations:

      1.   The operator of any vessel may not exceed a wakeless speed when within one hundred fifty feet (150') of:

         a.   Another vessel;

         b.   A person in or floating on the water;

         c.   A water skier being towed by another boat;

         d.   A water skier that had been towed behind the operator's vessel unless the skier is still surfing or riding in an upright stance on the wake created by the vessel;

         e.   A water skier that had been towed behind another vessel and the skier is still surfing or riding in an upright stance on the wake created by the other vessel;

         f.   A shore fisherman;

         g.   A launching ramp;

         h.   A dock; or

         i.   A designated swimming area.

      2.   As used in this section:

OPERATOR: Means the person who is in control of a vessel while it is in use.

VESSEL: Means every type of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

WAKELESS SPEED: Means an operating speed at which the vessel does not create or make a wake or white water trailing the vessel.

         a.   This speed is not in excess of five (5) miles per hour.

      3.   A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (Ord. 19-12, 7-30-2019)