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Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 11. WATERCRAFT, DOCKS, PIERS AND WATERWAYS |
Article I. IN GENERAL |
§ 11-1. Definitions. |
§ 11-2. Violations of chapter. |
§ 11-3. Signs and markers to enforce chapter. |
§ 11-4. Distance between motorized watercraft and swimmers or waders in tidal waters. |
§ 11-5. Distance between skiers and swimmers or waders in tidal waters. |
§ 11-6. Operation of watercraft prohibited in designated swimming areas. |
§ 11-7. Personal watercraft and skiing prohibited in certain waters. |
§ 11-8. Swimming prohibited in certain waters. |
§ 11-9. Safe operation of watercraft generally. |
§ 11-10. Passing watercraft under way. |
§ 11-11. Operation of watercraft so as to endanger moored watercraft, etc. |
§ 11-12. Watercraft lights and sound equipment. |
§ 11-13. Approach and exit lanes to docking facilities and launching ramps for watercraft. |
§ 11-14. Limitation on speed of watercraft in certain waters; "no wake" designation of certain waters. |
§ 11-15. Watercraft not to be moored on portion of Salters Creek. |
§ 11-16. Storing, painting and repairing watercraft upon the public beaches and shorelines of the city; exception. |
§ 11-17. Use of public pier or dock by motor vehicles. |
§ 11-18. Diving or jumping off piers. |
§ 11-19. Deposit of injurious material in or on harbors or yacht basin. |
§ 11-20. Floating loose timber or logs in harbors. |
§ 11-21. Use of public pier for commercial purposes prohibited; exceptions. |
§ 11-22. Fishing and crabbing prohibited. |
§ 11-23. Violation of No Wake Zone. |
§ 11-24. Sinking of watercraft in harbor; marking and removal of sunken watercraft. |
§ 11-25. Unlawful to maintain a domicile in a moored or anchored watercraft; exception. |
§ 11-26. Unlawful to store private property on public property. |
§ 11-27. Watercraft required to be sound, seaworthy and operational. |
§ 11-28. Removal, disposal or repair of abandoned vessels; docks, wharves, piers, pilings, bulkheads or other structures or vessels, which are hazardous or obstructions. |