(a) Any person who operates a vessel towing any person riding or attempting to ride upon one or more water skis or upon a surfboard or similar device, or engaging or attempting to engage in barefoot skiing, on the waters in this Municipality shall have present in the vessel a person or persons other than the operator, 10 years of age or older, who shall at all times observe the progress of the person being towed. The operator of the towing vessel shall at all times observe the traffic pattern toward which the vessel is approaching.
(b) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this Municipality in violation of this section.
(ORC 1547.15)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 1547.99(C))