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(A) If a person carelessly or heedlessly operates a vessel upon the waters of the city in disregard of the rights or safety of others, without due caution and circumspection, or at a rate of speed or in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger a person or property, that person is guilty of reckless operation of a vessel punishable as set out in § 95.999 of this chapter.
(B) If a person while being towed on water skis, a water sled, a surfboard or a similar contrivance upon the waters of the city, carelessly and heedlessly navigates, steers or controls himself or herself in disregard of the rights and safety of others or without due caution and circumspection and in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger a person or property, then that person is guilty of reckless operation of the contrivance that he or she controls and is subject to the penalties described in division (C) below.
(C) Upon a person’s conviction under this section, the court may issue an order prohibiting that person from operating a vessel on the waters of the state for a period of not more than two years. Upon a person’s subsequent conviction under this section, the court shall order that person to participate in and complete a marine safety educational program approved by the state. An order issued pursuant to this division (C) is in addition to any other penalty authorized under this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-87) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
(A) Subject to the exceptions described in division (B) below, a person shall not operate a motorboat at more than slow-no wake speed if any of the following circumstances exist:
(1) A person is located on or in the bow of the motorboat, and that motorboat is not manufactured to provide bow seating; and/or
(2) A person or a portion of a person’s body extends beyond the exterior port or starboard walls of the hull of the motorboat.
(B) This section does not apply to either of the following:
(1) A person engaged in the operation of a sailboat that is not being powered by a moto; and/or
(2) A person on board a vessel who is attempting to anchor, moor, dock or otherwise secure the vessel.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-88) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
Persons operating vessels on the waters of the city in areas not marked by well-defined channels, canals, rivers or stream courses shall operate the vessels in a counter-clockwise fashion to the extent that it is reasonably possible. These persons and persons being towed on water skis or on a water sled, kite, surfboard or similar contrivance shall maintain a distance of 100 feet from any dock, raft, buoy or occupied bathing area, or vessel moored or at anchor, except when the vessel is proceeding at a slow-no wake speed or when water skiers are being picked up or dropped off, if that operation is otherwise conducted with due regard to the safety of persons and property and in accordance with the laws of the state.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-89) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998)
A person shall not operate a vessel on any of the waters of the city within a lawfully authorized restricted area clearly marked by buoys, beacons or other distinguishing devices as being prohibited to vessels.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-90) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998) Penalty, see § 95.999
(A) An operator of any vessel shall not have in tow or otherwise be assisting in the propulsion of a person on water skis or on a water sled, surfboard or other similar contrivance during the period of one hour after sunset to one hour prior to sunrise.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-91)
(B) (1) A person shall not operate a vessel on the waters of the city if he or she is towing or otherwise assisting a person on water skis or on a water sled, aquaplane, surfboard or other similar contrivance unless a person capable of communicating to the vessel operator the condition and needs of the person being towed or assisted is on board the vessel and positioned to observe the person being towed or assisted.
(2) Division (B)(1) above does not apply to vessels used by duly constituted ski schools in the giving of instructions or to vessels used in sanctioned ski tournaments, competitions, expositions or trials. Vessels described in this division (B) shall be equipped with a 170-degree wide-angle rearview mirror affixed in a manner that will permit the operator to observe the progress of the person being towed.
(3) This section does not apply to motorboats less than 16 feet in length actually operated by the person being towed and so constructed as to be incapable of carrying the operator in or on the motorboat.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-92)
(Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998; Ord. 1118, passed 6-11-2001) Penalty, see § 95.999
Any occupant or operator of any vessel under way on the waters of the city shall not sit, stand or walk upon any portion of the vessel not specially designed for that purpose, except when immediately necessary for the safe and reasonable navigation or operation of the vessel.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-93) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998) Penalty, see § 95.999
A person not in a boat shall not intentionally rock, tip, jostle or otherwise interfere with the operation of any vessel, except under supervised training.
(Prior Code, § 21.5-94) (Ord. 1048, passed 5-18-1998) Penalty, see § 95.999
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