[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Great
Neck Estates 6-8-1959 by Ord. No. 92 (Ch. 41 of the 1981 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Amended 8-1-1960 by Ord.
No. 98]
The rules and regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply with
respect to the speed and operation of boats while being operated or driven
upon any waters or waterways within the Village of Great Neck Estates, and
upon any waters or waterways adjacent, to a distance of 1,500 feet from the
shore, except when prohibited by the laws of the United States.
[Amended 8-1-1960 by Ord.
No. 98]
All provisions of the Navigation Law of the State of New York, or 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, and the provisions of the Motor Boat Act of 1940 and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, shall be complied with by all vessels navigating the waters and waterways described in § 91-1 of this chapter.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance used
on or capable of being used as a means of transportation in water and in air.
Discharging of toilets from boats and vessels is prohibited.
Dumping of oil, refuse, garbage or waste is prohibited.
Boats shall not moor unless previously granted a mooring permit by the
Captain of the Port of New York.
Boats shall not anchor within channel limits, and in no case shall vessels
tie to or anchor within 50 feet of any channel marker or so as to interfere
with the full use of the channel.
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 Great
Neck Estates or any duly authorized officer or agent thereof. If said boat
is not removed after orders to so remove it, it may be removed by or at the
direction of the Board of Trustees or any duly authorized officer or agent
thereof at the expense of the owner or person in charge of said vessel.
Boats shall not moor or anchor so as to endanger the safety of or cause
damage to any boat previously anchored or moored or so as to interfere with
the mooring of any boat previously laid down. Any boat so moored or anchored
shall be removed by the owner or person in charge thereof on order of the
Board of Trustees or any duly authorized officer or agent thereof. If said
boat is not removed after orders to so remove it, it may be removed by or
at the direction of the Board of Trustees or any duly authorized officer or
agent thereof, at the expense of the owner or person in charge of said vessel.
[Amended 8-1-1960 by Ord.
No. 98]
Every person operating a boat shall at all times operate the same in a careful and prudent manner and at such a rate of speed as not to disturb the reasonable comfort or endanger the property of another or the life and limb of any person or so as to interfere with the free and proper use of the waters and waterways described in § 91-1 of this chapter. Throwing up a dangerous wake when approaching or passing another boat is prohibited by this chapter.
[Amended 8-1-1960 by Ord.
No. 98]
No boat shall be operated at a speed greater than four miles per hour within the waters and waterways described in § 91-1 of this chapter.
No person shall operate a boat propelled wholly or in part by an engine
operated by the explosion of gas, gasoline, oil, naphtha, or other substance
without having the exhaust from the engine run through a muffler so constructed
and used as to muffle the noise of exhaust in a reasonable manner.[1]
