(a) The display of a distress flag and/or day and night flares, in accordance with Federal regulation, indicates that a watercraft or a person is in distress and in need of help.
(b) No person shall operate a watercraft upon the waters of Lorain unless the watercraft carries the above described equipment according to Federal regulation, except a canoe or row boat upon nonnavigable waterways.
(c) No person shall display such equipment, unless a watercraft or a person is in distress and in need of help. (Ord. 98-81. Passed 6-15-81.)