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Persons using the Willard Upground Raw Water Storage Reservoir and City lands and facilities adjacent and contiguous thereto shall do so at their own risk. The City assumes no liability whatsoever for the safety of boats, boat slips or moorings or the operators or users thereof or passengers therein or thereon. The City assumes no liability toward persons using City lands or facilities contiguous or adjacent to such Reservoir.
(Ord. 2298. Passed 4-1-74.)
The City Manager, as conservator of the property of the City, through the Superintendent of the Water Production Division, is hereby charged with the enforcement of all rules and regulations relating to the use of the Willard Upground Raw Water Reservoir and contiguous or adjacent City owned lands and facilities as hereinafter set forth. The City Manager and the Superintendent are hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce such additional rules and regulations regarding the use of the Reservoir and adjacent property as are reasonably necessary to protect the interests of the City, the health, safety and welfare of its inhabitants and the health, safety and welfare of the users of the Reservoir and City owned lands and the public generally. The Superintendent may enforce such regulations directly or through a legally appointed subordinate or agent.
(Ord. 2298. Passed 4-1-74.)
The City Manager shall nominate and appoint a Marine and Reservoir Police Supervisor, subject to the approval of Council. Such Supervisor shall directly supervise the use of the Reservoir and adjacent City owned lands and exercise police power over such property. He shall enforce the rules and regulations hereinafter set forth and subsequently promulgated by the City Manager as the duly authorized agent of the City Manager. He shall have the authority to inspect all boats, motors, slips and moorings to determine whether they are in compliance with the laws, rules and regulations. He shall make recommendations to the City Manager for the condemnation of any boats or docks and for the temporary or permanent suspension or cancellation of any license or permit where the terms or conditions of issuance have been violated, or for which the fees or rentals are in arrears. The City Manager shall have the authority to approve, reject or modify such recommendation.
The Supervisor or his deputized patrolmen shall have the authority to arrest disorderly or drunken persons or persons littering Reservoir waters and adjoining City owned property and to arrest any person violating any of the laws, rules and regulations set forth in this chapter pertaining to the public use of the Reservoir and contiguous land, or in these Codified Ordinances or in the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 2298. Passed 4-1-74.)
Marine and Reservoir. Police shall issue orders, either in person, in writing or by means of visible or audible signals, for the purpose of controlling the use of the Reservoir and adjacent City owned property in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. The Marine and Reservoir Police Supervisor shall determine when an emergency exists in the event of fire, high water, storm or other occurrence and, when reasonably necessary for the health, safety and welfare of the public or the inhabitants of the City, he shall issue and enforce such emergency orders as the conditions may require. For the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the public, users of Reservoir facilities and inhabitants of the City, he may restrict or prohibit boating on the Reservoir or the use of any City owned land or facilities adjacent thereto when he, the Superintendent of the Water Production Division or the City Manager has declared an emergency. A suitable, accepted signal shall be available at all times at the Reservoir site and shall be clearly displayed or sounded in the event of emergency.
(Ord. 2298. Passed 4-1-74.)
No person shall refuse or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of an officer of the Marine and Reservoir Police. No person shall resist, hinder, obstruct or abuse any officer of the Marine and Reservoir Police attempting to arrest offenders under any of the provisions applicable on or about the Willard Upground Raw Water Storage Reservoir or on contiguous City owned property.
(Ord. 2298. Passed 4-1-74.)
No person shall operate any boat on the Willard Upground Raw Water Storage Reservoir without a valid certificate number for such boat issued by the Chief of Watercraft of the State. No person shall operate an outboard motor on such Reservoir without a valid license issued by such Chief. No person shall use a boat on the Reservoir without first registering the same on forms provided by the City. Each registration shall be effective for a period of three years, and thereafter must be renewed every three years. All registrations issued prior to June 1, 2007 shall be effective through December 31, 2008, at which time a new registration will be required.
(Ord. 2298. Passed 4-1-74; Ord. 5228. Passed 5-7-07.)
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