[Adopted 7-22-1997 by L.L. No. 19-1997]
The Bay Constables, Fishers Island Constables, the New York State Police and other law enforcement officers shall have authority to control waterborne traffic as specified in Chapters
96 and
157 of the Southold Town Code and other applicable state and federal statutes.
The Town Board creates a Fishers Island Harbor Committee to recommend
policies for the management of the waters bounding Fishers Island and to assist
in administration of this article. The membership shall represent a wide range
of groups interested in and using the waters bounding Fishers Island. Members
shall be appointed for five-year terms. The Committee shall meet a minimum
two times per year, prior to and after the boating season. Notice of the meeting
shall be posted 10 days in advance.
No vessel shall be operated in a manner to create a wake which could
endanger or disturb persons or property in any area of Fishers Island waters.
No vessel shall be operated at a speed greater than five miles per hour in
designated speed zones or within 300 feet of shore, pier, anchored or moored
vessels, launching ramps, marinas, sailboat race or other congested areas.
Rafting on a single mooring will only be permitted for not more than
three boats during the daylight hours and two boats at night, provided it
does not interfere with adjacent single moorings or anchorages or navigation
of other boats. Owners or operators of rafted vessels shall not leave the
raft unattended and shall be available to tend to the vessels in the event
of heavy weather.
It shall be a violation of this article to discharge any untreated or
improperly treated sewage, refuse or waste matter, petroleum product or by-product,
paint, varnish, dead animals or debris within Fishers Island waters or adjacent
shores.
Should any provision of this article be adjudged by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate
the remainder of this article, but shall be confined in its operation to the
clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof directly involved in
the litigation in which such judgment shall have been rendered.