§ 5-1. Motor-powered boats defined; regulated.  


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  • (a)

    Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

    (1)

    Motor-powered boat. Any boat or vessel propelled or powered by machinery of six (6) horsepower or more, whether or not such machinery is a principal source of propulsion.

    (2)

    Canal, waterway or lake. Any body of water within the corporate limits of the city not considered to be navigable waters under the jurisdiction of this state or the United States. A canal is a narrow-shaped inland body of fresh water and a lake is a basin-shaped inland body of fresh water.

    (b)

    Operation:

    (1)

    Motor-powered boats may be operated on any canal within the corporate limits of the city, subject to the provisions of this section.

    (2)

    No motor-powered boat shall be operated on any lake within the corporate limits of the city.

    (3)

    No motor-powered boats shall be operated on any canal within the corporate limits of the city from sunset to sunrise of each day.

    (c)

    Violations; penalty. Any person found to be in violation of any subsection of this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or have his motor-powered boat impounded for a period not in excess of thirty (30) days, or both. The court may prohibit such person from operating a motorboat for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days, or invoke both such fine and other penalty or penalties in the discretion of the court.

(Ord. No. 79-101, §§ 1—3, 2-26-79; Ord. No. 81-173, §§ 1, 2, 12-2-81; Ord. No. 85-163, § 1, 7-8-85)