(A) No person shall operate a motorboat within a water area which has been clearly marked by buoys or some other distinguishing devices as a bathing, fishing, swimming, no wake, or otherwise restricted area by the county, state, or federal authorities, or by an owner or lessee of property except in the manner prescribed by the buoys or other distinguishing devices; provided that this section shall not apply in the case of an emergency or to patrol or rescue craft.
(B) The county shall have the authority within its discretion and after notice and hearing as provided by §§ 73.083 and 73.084 to designate certain areas by proper signs to be boating, fishing, swimming, no wake, or otherwise restricted areas. The county shall further have the authority in order to fully carry out the provisions of this chapter to place signs, beacons, and buoys in designated areas controlling the flow of traffic.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, obliterate, tear down, or destroy in whole or in part or attempt to deface, obliterate, tear down, or destroy any buoys or signs posted pursuant of this chapter and to state and federal regulations.
(1977 Code, § 3:5-2) (Ord. passed 8-11-1992) Penalty, see § 73.999