(A) It shall be a violation of these regulations to operate any boat for a fee or profit upon the water of Moss Lake unless the operation is authorized by lease, license or concession contract with the City Council.
(B) No boat shall be operated in prohibited areas of a lake, reservoir or other body of water. The areas shall be designated by the City Council and marked by the posting of appropriate signs.
(C) No person shall operate any boat or manipulate any water skis, jet skis or other similar device in a careless, negligent or reckless manner so as to endanger any person or property. While water skiing a person will wear an approved life jacket. The operator and passenger of any personal watercraft or sail boards must wear an approved life jacket. Personal watercraft may not be operated without the lanyard-type engine cutoff switch attached to the body, clothing or personal flotation device.
(D) No jet skis or similar device or craft shall be operated by a person under the age of 16. No machine-powered boat shall be operated by a person under the age of 16 unaccompanied by an adult in the boat.
(E) No person operating or responsible for the operation of a vessel shall permit it to enter any marked swimming area.
(F) No person shall operate any motorboat or vessel at greater than no-wake speed within 50 yards of any boat launching area, dock, pier, marina, boat storage structure, boat service area, swimming area or bank fishing area, which has been properly marked and approved by the executive director of the State Wildlife Resources Commission or the Director’s representative.
(G) The Police Department is designated a suitable agency for placement and maintenance of markers implementing this rule.
(Prior Code, § 14-52) (Ord. passed 11-26-1991; Ord. 93-7, passed 3-30-1992) Penalty, see § 92.99