[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett
Harbor 2-10-1955 as Ord. No. 37. Section
13-13 amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I. Other amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Bulkheads — See Ch. 25.
The rules and regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply with
respect to the speed and operation of vessels upon any waters or waterways
situated within the territorial limits of the Village, including Hewlett Bay,
Macy Channel, Mallow Reach, Auerbach Canal, Lake Kathellen and Thixton Creek,
except when prohibited by the laws of the United States.
All provisions of the Navigation Law of the State of New York, all the
inland rules enacted by Congress and governing the navigation of the inland
waters of the United States and all the pilot rules for the United States
inland waters applicable to the waters of the Village, relative to the rules
for vessels passing each other, as to lights on vessels and other matters
consistent with the proper use of said named waters, shall be complied with
by all vessels navigating said waters.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A powerboat, sailboat, scow, barge, canoe or rowboat and every description
of watercraft or other contrivance used on or capable of being used as a means
of transportation in water or in air.
Discharging of toilets from vessels is hereby prohibited.
The dumping of oil, refuse, garbage or waste in any waters is hereby
prohibited.
Vessels shall not moor or anchor except at the edge of the channel,
and in no case shall vessels moor in such a way as to interfere with the full
use of the channel.
A.
Any vessel which becomes a menace to navigation or unseaworthy,
or sinks, grounds or becomes otherwise disabled, shall be removed by the owner
or person in charge thereof on order of the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Hewlett Harbor or any duly authorized officer or agent thereof.
B.
If said vessel is not removed after the owner or person
in charge thereof is ordered to so remove it, it may be removed by or at the
direction of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Harbor or any
duly authorized officer or agent thereof, at the expense of the owner or person
in charge of said vessel.
A.
Vessels shall not moor or anchor so as to endanger the
safety of or cause damage to any vessel previously anchored or moored or so
as to interfere with any mooring previously laid down. Any vessel so moored
or anchored shall be removed by the owner or person in charge thereof on order
of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Harbor or any duly authorized
officer or agent thereof.
B.
If said vessel is not removed after the owner or person
in charge thereof is ordered to so remove it, it may be removed by or at the
direction of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Harbor or any
duly authorized officer or agent thereof, at the expense of the owner or person
in charge of said vessel.
A.
Every person operating a vessel shall at all times operate
the same in a careful and prudent manner and at such a rate of speed as to
not endanger the property of another or the life or limb of any person or
so as to interfere with the free and proper use of the waters.
B.
Throwing up a dangerous wake when approaching or passing
another vessel or when proceeding close to shore is hereby prohibited.
No vessel shall be operated at a greater speed than four miles per hour
in Thixton Creek, Macy Channel, Auerbach Canal, Mallow Reach or Lake Kathellen,
or at a greater speed than 12 miles per hour elsewhere.
No person shall operate a vessel propelled wholly or partially by an
engine operated by the explosion of gas, gasoline, naptha, kerosene or other
substance without having the exhaust from the engine run through a muffler
so constructed and used as to muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable
manner.
Any person owning, operating or in charge of any vessel which violates or on which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall occur or who assists in or permits a violation to occur shall be punishable as provided in § 1-15 of this Code.
