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(a) No person shall throw or attempt to throw at any watercraft any stone, stick or other missile with intent to injure anyone or damage any property.
(Ord. 76-O-27. Passed 12-14-76.)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(a) (1) No operator of any watercraft involved in a collision, accident or other casualty, so far as he can do so without serious injury to his own watercraft, crew and passengers, shall fail to render to other persons affected by the collision, accident or other casualty, such assistance as may be practical and as is necessary in order to save them or minimize any danger caused by the collision, accident or other casualty. No such person shall fail also to give his name, address and identification of his watercraft, in writing, to any person injured and to the owner of any property damaged in the collision, accident or other casualty, or to any person who requests such information.
(2) In case of collision, accident or other casualty involving watercraft, the operator thereof, if a collision, accident or other casualty results in death or injury to a person or damage to property in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00), shall file with the Police Department a full description of such collision, accident or other casualty within 24 hours.
(Ord. 76-O-27. Passed 12-14-76.)
(b) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(a) (1) No person shall operate or permit the operation of a personal watercraft unless each person on the watercraft is wearing a Coast Guard approved wearable personal flotation device used in compliance with manufacturer labeling.
(2) A person operating a personal watercraft that is equipped by the manufacturer with a lanyard type engine cutoff switch shall attach the lanyard to the person, the person's clothing, or the personal flotation device as appropriate for the specific watercraft.
(3) No person shall operate a personal watercraft at any time between sunset and sunrise.
(4) No person who owns a personal watercraft or who has charge over or control of a personal watercraft shall authorize or knowingly permit the personal watercraft to be operated in violation of this chapter or Ohio R.C. Chapter 1547.
(b) This section does not apply to a person who is participating in a regatta, race, marine parade, tournament, or exhibition that is operated in accordance with Section 670.17 or Ohio R.C. 1547.20 or that is United States Coast Guard approved.
(ORC 1547.41)
(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 1547.99(C))
(a) A watercraft constructed on or before November 1, 1972, shall have a hull identification number permanently displayed and affixed to it in accordance with Federal law.
(b) A watercraft constructed before November 1, 1972, shall have a hull identification number assigned to it by the Chief of the Division of Parks and Watercraft at the time of registration, at the time of application for title, after transfer of ownership, or at the time of a change to this State as the principal location of operation. The number shall be permanently displayed and affixed as prescribed by rules.
(c) A person who builds a watercraft or imports a watercraft from another county for personal use and not for the purpose of sale shall request a hull identification number from the Chief of the Division of Parks and Watercraft and permanently display and affix the number as prescribed by rules.
(d) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any watercraft on the waters in this State in violation of this section.
(ORC 1547.65)
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 1547.99(F))
(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Firearm" and "handgun" have the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2923.11.
(2) "Unloaded" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2923.16.
(b) No person shall knowingly discharge a firearm while in or on a vessel.
(c) No person shall knowingly transport or have a loaded firearm in a vessel in a manner that the firearm is accessible to the operator or any passenger.
(d) No person shall knowingly transport or have a firearm in a vessel unless it is unloaded and is carried in one of the following ways:
(1) In a closed package, box, or case;
(2) In plain sight with the action opened or the weapon stripped, or, if the firearm is of a type on which the action will not stay open or that cannot easily be stripped, in plain sight.
(e) (1) The affirmative defenses authorized in Ohio R.C. 2923.12(D)(1) and (2) are affirmative defenses to a charge under division (c) or (d) of this section that involves a firearm other than a handgun. It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (c) or (d) of this section of transporting or having a firearm of any type, including a handgun, in a vessel that the actor transported or had the firearm in the vessel for any lawful purpose and while the vessel was on the actor's own property, provided that this affirmative defense is not available unless the actor, prior to arriving at the vessel on the actor's own property, did not transport or possess the firearm in the vessel or in a motor vehicle in a manner prohibited by this section or Ohio R.C. 2923.16(B) or (C) while the vessel was being operated on a waterway that was not on the actor's own property or while the motor vehicle was being operated on a street, highway, or other public or private property used by the public for vehicular traffic.
(2) No person who is charged with a violation of division (c) or (d) of this section shall be required to obtain a license or temporary emergency license to carry a concealed handgun under Ohio R.C. 2923.125 or 2923.1213 as a condition for the dismissal of the charge.
(f) Divisions (b), (c), and (d) of this section do not apply to the possession or discharge of a United States Coast Guard approved signaling device required to be carried aboard a vessel under Ohio R.C. 1547.251 when the signaling device is possessed or used for the purpose of giving a visual distress signal. No person shall knowingly transport or possess any signaling device of that nature in or on a vessel in a loaded condition at any time other than immediately prior to the discharge of the signaling device for the purpose of giving a visual distress signal.
(g) No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this municipality in violation of this section.
(h) (1) This section does not apply to officers any of the following:
A. An officer, agent, or employee of this or any other state or of the United States, or to a law enforcement officer, when authorized to carry or have loaded or accessible firearms in a vessel and acting within the scope of the officer’s, agent’s, or employee’s duties;
B. Any person who is employed in this State, who is authorized to carry or have loaded or accessible firearms in a vessel, and who is subject to and in compliance with the requirements of Ohio R.C. 109.801, unless the appointing authority of the person has expressly specified that the exemption provided in this division (h)(1)B. does not apply to the person;
C. Any person legally engaged in hunting.
(2) Divisions (c) and (d) of this section do not apply to a person who transports or possesses a handgun in a vessel and who, at the time of that transportation or possession, is carrying a valid license or temporary emergency license to carry a concealed handgun issued to the person under Ohio R.C. 2923.125 or 2923.1213 or a license to carry a concealed handgun that was issued by another state with which the Attorney General has entered into a reciprocity agreement under Ohio R.C. 109.69, unless the person knowingly is in a place on the vessel described in Ohio R.C. 2923.126(B).
(i) If a law enforcement officer stops a vessel for a violation of this section or any other law enforcement purpose, if any person on the vessel surrenders a firearm to the officer, either voluntarily or pursuant to a request or demand of the officer, and if the officer does not charge the person with a violation of this section or arrest the person for any offense, the person is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and the firearm is not contraband, the officer shall return the firearm to the person at the termination of the stop.
(ORC 1547.69)
(j) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 1547.99(F))
(a) No person shall knowingly:
(1) Damage, remove, or tamper with any signal, buoy, or other aid to navigation;
(2) Sever the mooring lines of, set adrift, or tamper with any vessel that is moored or tied up on the waters in this municipality.
(ORC 1547.92)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 1547.99(F))