The following regulations shall apply to all reservoirs, and to the lands surrounding these reservoirs owned by the City.
No person shall:
(a) Injure, remove, deface, damage or destroy any tree, plant, lawn embankment, decoration, poster, sign, building or fence on the premises.
(b) Disturb, remove, damage, destroy, molest or possess any equipment or property of the City or of the State Division of Wildlife or of any other person, firm, corporation, governmental agency or political subdivision.
(c) Commit any act by use or operation of any motor vehicle on any of the premises, which act if committed on a public highway or street in the State would be prohibited and unlawful.
(d) Operate a motor vehicle or permit a motor vehicle to be driven on the lands, except on designated roads and driveways provided for such purposes without first obtaining written permission from the Mayor.
(e) Dump rubbish, garbage, refuse or debris of any kind upon the lands, except in places and within receptacles provided by the City. No person shall deposit in these places or within these receptacles any rubbish, garbage, refuse or debris accruing from any place or area other than on the aforementioned lands.
(f) Remove ice, sand, gravel, stone, wood, fruits or other substances from the lands without first obtaining written permission from the Mayor; provided, however, that this provision shall not prevent berry picking, mushroom picking or nut picking.
(g) On the lands, sell, offer for sale or have in his or its possession with intent to sell or expose for sale, any article of food, frozen dessert, ice cream, imitation ice cream, frozen custard, milk, sherbets, candy, cake, coffee, soda pop, confectionery, jewelry, wearing apparel, motor vehicle, bicycle, watercraft, marine equipment, bait or any other tangible property, without first obtaining the written permission of the Mayor.
(h) Erect or post on the lands any placard, sign, notice, poster or billboard without the written permission of the Mayor.
(i) Swim, bathe or wade in the waters of the reservoirs.
(j) Skate or sled upon or over the ice upon the reservoirs.
(k) Place, use, operate or permit to be used or operated any boat, raft, canoe, inner tube, float or other similar device in, on or under the waters of the reservoirs except that boats may be placed on and in the water of all reservoirs if operated in accordance with the following regulations:
(1) Rowboats, sailboats and canoes shall be permitted on all reservoirs between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. only.
(2) Sailboats and rowboats shall be limited to fourteen feet in length.
(3) Boats shall be of the type authorized under the laws of the State and must be duly licensed pursuant to the laws of the State.
(4) Boats shall be operated pursuant to the Operation and Safety Laws and rules provided by the State.
(5) Boats must carry lights as provided by the laws of the State.
(6) No private sailboat, rowboat, canoe, or any other boat with a gasoline-powered motor shall be on any reservoir.
(7) Boats must be launched and removed from the reservoirs at the places provided for such purposes by the City or the State, and boat ramps must remain clear.
(8) Boats must be removed from the reservoirs and City-owned lands by 11:00 p.m. each day and not be returned before 4:00 a.m. of the next day.
(9) The Mayor is authorized to stop or have stopped the use of all boats on the reservoirs upon the posting of notice thereof if, in his opinion, conditions of safety or sanitation of the reservoirs require the action. Any person using or operating a boat on the reservoirs agrees by usage and/or operation to be subject to the orders and directions of the Mayor.
(10) No person shall place himself in, on or under the waters of the reservoirs. Fishing shall be permitted only from the banks of the reservoirs and from boats in all reservoirs operated in accordance with this subsection (k).
(l) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent ice fishing, fishing through the ice of the reservoirs being hereby expressly permitted.
(m) Erect, install, place or suffer to remain any ice fishing shanty on the ice of the reservoirs or elsewhere on the premises of the reservoirs, other than collapsible shanties which may be used provided they are removed from the premises of the reservoirs prior to closing time each day.
(Ord. 2018-58. Passed 10-9-18.)