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(A) Each number required by this chapter or the state laws shall meet all of the following requirements:
(1) Be painted on or permanently attached to each side of the forward half of the vessel or motorboat, except as allowed by divisions (B) or (C) below;
(2) Be in plain vertical block characters of not less than three inches in height;
(3) Contrast with the color of the background and be distinctly visible and legible;
(4) Have spaces or hyphens that are equal to the width of the letter “M” between the letter and number groupings (e.g., MC 0000 AA or MC-0000-AA);
(5) Read from left to right; and
(6) Be as high above the water line as practical.
(B) When a vessel or motorboat is used by a manufacturer or dealer for testing or demonstrating, the number may be painted on or attached to removable plates that are temporarily, but firmly attached to each side of the forward half of the vessel or motorboat.
(C) On vessels or motorboats so configured that a number on the hull or superstructure would not be easily visible, the number must be painted on or attached to a backing plate that is attached to the forward half of the vessel or motorboat so that the number is visible from each side of the vessel or motorboat.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-43) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
(A) Each decal required by the laws of the state to indicate payment of fees required of vessels documented by the United States Coast Guard or federal agency successor thereto shall be:
(1) Identical to the validation decal prescribed in Mich. Admin. Code R. § 281.1208;
(2) Be permanently affixed to each side of the forward half of the vessel; and
(3) Be as high above the water line as practical.
(B) When a decal is lost, destroyed or defaced, the owner of the documented vessel shall apply to the Secretary of State for a duplicate decal.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-45) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
The person whose name appears on a certificate of number as the owner of a motorboat or vessel shall remove the number and validation decal from the vessel when one of the following occurs:
(A) The motorboat or vessel is documented by the United States Coast Guard or federal agency successor thereto; however, the decal prescribed in Mich. Admin. Code R. § 281.1206 shall then be displayed;
(B) The certificate of number is invalid under the Act; and/or
(C) The motorboat or vessel is no longer principally used in the state.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-46) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
(A) The validation decal required by the laws of the state shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Be permanently attached to each side of the forward half of the motorboat or vessel;
(2) Be approximately three inches square;
(3) Indicate the year in which the decal expires by the colors, blue, international orange, green and red, in rotation beginning with blue decals that expire in 1973 (e.g., decal expires 12-31-1973: blue; expires 12-31-1974: international orange; expires 12-31-1975: green; expires 12-31-1976: red; expires 12-31-1977: blue; and the like); and
(4) Be displayed on each side of the motorboat or vessel three inches beyond the last letter of the assigned number and on the same strake or level as the number.
(B) When a validation decal is lost, destroyed or defaced, the owner of the motorboat or vessel shall apply to the Secretary of State for a duplicate.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-47) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
CASUALTIES
(A) Applicability.
(1) Divisions (B) and (D) below apply to a vessel operated on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the city when the vessel is either of the following:
(a) Operated by its operator for recreational purposes; and
(b) Required to be numbered in the state.
(2) This section does not apply to a vessel required to have a certificate of inspection under 46 C.F.R. Ch. I.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-61)
(B) Assistance to injured persons.
(1) The operator of a vessel involved in a collision, accident or other casualty, and the operator of any other vessel, to the extent that he or she can do so without serious danger to his or her own vessel, crew and passengers, shall render reasonable assistance to a person affected by the collision, accident or other casualty, including the transporting of the injured person to a physician or surgeon for medical or surgical treatment, if it is apparent that treatment is necessary or when requested by the injured person.
(2) A person who complies with division (B)(1) above, or who gratuitously and in good faith renders assistance at the scene of a vessel collision, accident or other casualty without objection of the person assisted, is not liable for civil damages as a result of the rendering of assistance, or for an act or omission in providing or arranging towage, medical treatment or other assistance, if the assisting person acts as an ordinary, reasonably prudent person would have acted under the same or similar circumstances.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-62)
(C) Exchange of identification. In the case of collision, accident or other casualty involving a vessel, the operator shall stop his or her vessel and give his or her name and address and identification of his or her vessel, and the name and address of the owner of the vessel if he or she is not the operator, to the operator or occupants of any other vessel involved or to the owner or his or her agents of any property damaged by the accident.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-63)
(D) Report.
(1) In the case of collision, accident or other casualty involving a vessel, the operator shall report the collision, accident or other casualty to the nearest peace officer, state police post or the sheriff of the county in which the collision, accident or other casualty occurred.
(2) A report of a collision, accident or other casualty involving a vessel that is made to a peace officer other than the sheriff of the county in which the collision, accident or other casualty occurred shall be reported without delay by the peace officer to the sheriff of the county in which the collision, accident or other casualty occurred.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-64)
(Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
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