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SEC. 32-47.   LIFE PRESERVERS; LIGHTS; MUFFLERS; SPEED.
   (a)   Life preservers must be worn in compliance with Texas Parks & Wildlife regulations regarding life preserving devices.
   (b)   All motorboats or boats propelled by motors in the waters of White Rock Lake must be equipped with lights according to United States government regulations. All rowboats, sailboats, or other watercraft must have a light on some part thereof. The lights on such boats must be operated after sunset so that the same are visible for a distance of one-half mile.
   (c)   All motorboats must be equipped with mufflers on the exhausts. The park and recreation board shall have authorization to establish safety zones and speed limits by the placing of buoys wherever deemed advisable for the safety of all water participants and it shall hereafter be unlawful for a speed boat or motorboat to go or travel within the designated areas plainly marked by buoys or shorelines and at a speed greater than five miles per hour. Motorboats or speed boats in coming to the docks or landing places must slow down to five miles per hour.
   (d)   Boating is prohibited from sundown to sunup on Bachman Lake, unless under a formal city agreement. (Ord. Nos. 8018; 32407)