The following steering rules shall govern the use and operation of boats on the reservoir;
(A) RULE 1. When two motor or engine driven boats are meeting head on, or nearly head on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard (right) so that each shall pass on the port (left) side of the other.
(B) RULE 2. When two motor or engine driven boats are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the boat which has the other on her own starboard (right) side shall keep out of the way of the other.
(C) RULE 3. When a motor or engine driven boat meets, crosses the course of or overtakes a boat propelled by oars or muscular power, the motor or engine driven boat shall keep out of the way of the other.
(D) RULE 4. Where, by any of the rules herein prescribed, one of the two boats shall keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed.
(E) RULE 5. Where, by any of the rules herein prescribed, one of two boats shall keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed.
(F) RULE 6. Every motor or engine driven boat which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another boat, shall on approaching her, if necessary, slacken her speed or stop or reverse.
(G) RULE 7. Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, every boat or craft overtaking any other shall keep out of the way of the overtaken boat or craft.
(H) RULE 8. In obeying and construing these rules, due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
(I) RULE 9. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any boat or craft, or the owner or operator thereof, from the consequences or any neglect to keep a proper outlook, or of a neglect of any precaution which may be required by the exercise of due care and caution or by the special circumstances of the case.
(J) RULE 10. No boat or craft shall collide with, run against, strike injure, deface or damage any buoy, stake, sign, piling or other structure installed by the City or with the City’s consent, or be anchored or moored so as to obstruct the view of any buoy or navigation sign or signal.
(K) RULE 11. No boat or craft commonly known as a houseboat or craft on which the occupants have sleeping accommodations shall be permitted on the reservoir.
(L) RULE 12. Persons using or operating any boat or craft on the waters of the reservoir shall do so in such manner as not to create any unsanitary condition in or about said waters and shall not pollute said waters by the discharge, in any material amount, of oil or other polluting liquid or solid tending to make said waters unwholesome or unfit for water supply purposes or injurious to the aquatic life thereof.
(M) RULE 13. No boat or craft shall be used or operated, nor any horn or sound device sounded so as to create a nuisance or disturb the peace or quiet.
(N) RULE 14. The City shall at all times have power and authority to prohibit, restrict or otherwise limit or regulate the keeping, maintenance or operation of any or all boats and crafts on the waters of the reservoir, should it become necessary to do so in the interest of the public health or safety, or for the protection or improvement of the reservoir or other cause.
(O) RULE 15. Any boat or craft found abandoned or adrift in the reservoir or any unlicensed boat or craft thereon shall be taken up by the City and the City shall have a lien thereon for all license fees therefor and the expenses of taking, towing, keeping, advertising and selling of the same and for all damages caused by such craft to property of the City, and may enforce such lien by advertisement and sale of such craft in like manner as chattel mortgages may be foreclosed under the laws of this State. Nothing herein shall be construed as exonerating the owner or operator of any boat or craft from personal liability to the City, or any other person, for any damage, or injury caused by such boat or craft.
(Prior Code, Art. 33, § 33f)