(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