A person who operates a vessel on the waters of this Township, without
due caution and circumspection, in a manner that endangers, or is likely to
endanger, a person or property shall be guilty of careless operation. Careless
operation shall include, but need not be limited to, the loading of a vessel
beyond the maximum capacity stated on the United States Coast Guard capacity
label or the capacity label of the manufacturer affixed to the vessel.
A person who disregards the rights of safety of others and operates
a vessel on the waters of this Township in a manner which unnecessarily interferes
with the free and proper use of any waters, or which unnecessarily creates
a risk of damage or injury to other craft therein, or to person or property,
shall be guilty of reckless operation of a vessel.
The speed of power vessels shall at all times be regulated so as to
avoid danger or injury to all manner of crafts whether floating, moored anchored
or underway, or to piers, wharfs, bulkheads, draw spans or other waterfront
construction either directly or by the effect of the wash or wave raised by
such power vessels through its speed or otherwise.
A. No person shall operate a power vessel or allow a power
vessel to be operated in a manner where the speed and/or wake of the power
vessel may cause danger or injury to life or limb or damage to property.
B. All power vessels shall reduce their speed to slow speed/no
wake when passing:
(1) Any marina, pier, dock, wharf or abutment at a distance
of 200 feet;
(2) Work barges or work floats while actually engaged in
construction;
(4) Through lagoons, canals and confined areas of less that
200 feet in width;
(5) Vessels not under command; or
(6) Emergency vessels displaying sequential flashing or rotating
blue lights.
C. "Slow speed/no wake" as used in this section means the
speed at which a power vessel moves through the water and is able to maintain
minimum headway in relation to the vessel or structure being passed and producing
the minimum wake possible.
D. All power vessels, when moving through an area not specified in Subsection
B above that has been designated as a "slow speed/no wake" area by the State Police or Township of Brick, either by buoys or by signs stating "Slow Speed" and/or "No Wake" shall reduce their speed to slow speed/no wake.
E. A slow speed/no wake area is any area defined in Subsection
B above and any area within 200 feet of a State Police authorized or Township of Brick slow speed/no wake sign or buoy.
F. No person shall place, anchor, or construct any buoy that states or implies that an area is a slow speed/no wake area pursuant to Subsections
A through
E above. The State Police may remove or have removed any such unauthorized buoy.
No person shall anchor or cause to be anchored, tie or cause to be tied
any power vessel, rowboat, sailboat, canoe, or any other vessel to or within
a radius of 50 feet of any light, beacon, buoy, or any other aid to navigation,
except in an emergency. This section shall not apply to vessels operated by
the state or federal government for the maintenance, replacement or survey
of navigation aids.
Any person who violates provisions of the article shall, upon conviction thereof, before a court of competent jurisdiction, be subject to the penalty as provided in Chapter
1, §
1-15, General penalty.