[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Hainesport 7-13-1976 by Ord. No. 1976-5 as Ch. 53 of the 1976
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
have the meanings indicated:
Any boat or other means of locomotion on water, propelled
other than by sail or muscular power.
No person shall operate any motorboat on any
of the waters within the limits of this Township at a speed greater
than five miles per hour and in no event at such a speed or in such
a manner as to cause excessive wash or so as to cause injury to the
banks of the stream or to piers, wharves, canoes and other property
or persons on or in the waters.
No person shall operate a motorboat in such
a manner as to cause excessive noise to emanate therefrom to the annoyance
of any person.
[Amended 4-12-1994 by Ord. No. 1994-4-3; 5-23-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-5-4]
Any person violating any provision of this chapter
shall, upon conviction, be subject to one or more of the following,
at the discretion of the Judge before whom such conviction shall be
had: a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment in the county jail
for not more than 90 days or a period of community service not exceeding
90 days. The Township waives the additional fine for a violation of
an ordinance within one year of a previous violation of the same ordinance,
provided in N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.
