A.
Boundaries.
(3)
The offshore jurisdiction limits are shown on the
North Haven Village Waterways Chart and are as follows:
(a)
From mean low tide at the west end of the North Haven
Bridge to the western boundary of the Sag Harbor Main Channel; north
along this boundary to a point 1,500 feet from the North Haven shoreline
(MLW);
(b)
Continuing along a line 1,500 feet from the shoreline
(MLW) into Shelter Island Sound (north) and into Noyack Bay (west)
to the bayward extension of the North Haven Village/Southampton Township
boundary; south along this boundary to the Sag Harbor Cove shoreline
(MLW);
(c)
Southerly along a line midway between the North Haven
and Bay Point shorelines to a point 250 feet out from the North Haven
shoreline into Sag Harbor Cove;
(d)
Along this line to the northern boundary of the Sag
Harbor Cove Main Channel, returning to the west end of the North Haven
Bridge (start point).
B.
Designated areas.
(1)
(2)
Fairways.
(a)
The ferry fairway is defined as including the waters
from 250 feet offshore extending to the limits of North Haven Village
bounding waters (1,500 feet or as shown). The start and end boundaries
of the ferry fairway are:
(b)
The Genet Creek Fairway is defined as the bounds of
the creek connecting out to the ferry fairway by the channel as shown
on the waterways map.
(c)
The Cove Fairway starts southerly along a line midway
between the North Haven and Bay Point shorelines to a point 250 feet
out from the North Haven shoreline into Sag Harbor Cove. Along this
line to the northern boundary of the Sag Harbor Cove Main Channel,
returning to the west end of the North Haven Bridge.
(3)
Channels. (Reserved)
A.
Dangerous operation prohibited. No person shall operate
a vessel at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent, including,
by way of illustration, not limitation, the throwing of its wake:
(1)
So as to endanger the life or limb of another person
using the harbor under the then existing conditions and having regard
to the actual and potential hazards then existing; or
(2)
So as to disturb the reasonable comfort or endanger
the safety of a person on or operating another vessel or cause damage
to another vessel, structure, shoreline property or the environment
or interfere with the free and proper use of the waters of any channel.
B.
Speed of vessels.
(1)
The Village Board of Trustees may, from time to time,
by local law, establish maximum speed limits for any portion or portions
of water or waterways subject to this chapter and provide for the
posting of speed markers.
(2)
No person shall operate a vessel at speeds greater
than five miles per hour within 500 feet of the shoreline or within
the areas indicated as channels, buffers, fairways, restricted anchorages
or designated mooring areas. This will not apply to the normal operation
of the South Ferry service as it currently exists.
(3)
No person shall operate a vessel in any area where
there is congestion of vessels, either underway or at anchor, at a
speed in excess of five miles per hour.
(4)
The Village Board of Trustees may, from time to time,
by local law, and for periods stated in such local law, suspend the
enforcement of this section with respect to any portion or portions
of water or waterways and designate such areas by the location of
appropriate speed markers.
C.
Identification. Vessel operators shall, at all times,
identify themselves and produce the vessel's registration to Village,
state or federal law enforcement authorities upon request. Failure
to produce such registration upon request shall be presumptive evidence
of a violation of this section.
D.
Required equipment. No persons shall operate a vessel
which does not meet all duly adopted and published requirements of
the Navigation Law with regard to safety equipment to be carried on
or incorporated into vessels of its type.
No person shall take off or land any aircraft
within the harbor management area of the Village of North Haven. Aircraft
operating on the waterway surface will be considered a vessel.
A.
No person shall skin dive with any type of diving
equipment within any channel, nor shall any person bathe or swim in
any channel designated on the chart, except in the course of a rescue
or similar emergency.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: A copy of the waterways chart
or map is on file in the Village offices.
B.
No person shall skin dive or use self-contained underwater
breathing apparatus (SCUBA) in the harbor management area unless a
regulation red diving flag is displayed in accordance with the Navigation
Law, nor shall any person allow or permit such diving flag to remain
in any area unless a person is actually skin diving in the area while
such flag is displayed.
C.
No person shall operate a vessel within 50 feet of
any area marked for skin diving by the placement of a regulation red
diving flag.
No person shall discharge any apparatus designed
for use in spearfishing within 250 feet of any lifelines or bathing
float, nor within 250 feet of any public or other beach regularly
used for bathing or swimming nor within 50 feet of any person bathing
or swimming.
No person on or operating a vessel shall dump
or allow the release of either the contents of any marine toilet or
any refuse or any garbage in any waterway.
Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the
Village Board of Trustees from issuing special permits for aquatic
events or vessel races under proper supervision in limited areas and
for limited periods of time.
