[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Winneconne as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 10-20-1994 (§ 9.13 of the 1994 Code)]
No person shall be in any Town park within the
Town of Winneconne between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. with
the following exceptions:
[Amended 4-21-2005]
[Adopted 10-20-1994 as Ch. 20 of the 1994 Code]
A.
Speed restrictions. No person shall operate a motorboat
at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions
and having regard for the activities and potential hazards then existing.
The speed of a motorboat shall be so controlled as to avoid colliding
with any object lawfully in or on the water or with any person, boat
or other conveyance in or on the water in compliance with legal requirements
and exercising due care. Where required by a posted notice, which
notice shall be conspicuously posted by the Town Board, the speed
of motorboats within 50 feet of a populated shoreline or in canals,
rivers or harbors giving access to Lake Winneconne, Lake Butte des
Morts or the Fox or Wolf Rivers shall be idling speed.
B.
Negligent operation. No person shall operate or use
any boat upon the waters of this state in a careless, negligent or
reckless manner so as to endanger the property or person of another.
C.
Overloading. No boat shall be loaded with passengers
or cargo beyond its safe carrying capacity, taking into consideration
weather and other existing operating conditions.
D.
Mooring at Town dock. It shall be unlawful for any
person to moor his or her boat or any other boat under his or her
control to the Town dock at the south end of Main Street in Butte
des Morts and allow the same to remain moored and unoccupied for a
period in excess of four consecutive hours.
[Added 7-16-1998; amended 7-18-2013]
Except for participation in authorized water
ski tournaments, competitions, exhibitions or trials therefor where
adequate lighting is provided, no person shall operate a motorboat
towing a person on water skis, aquaplane or similar device, nor shall
any person engage in waterskiing, aquaplaning or similar activity,
at any time from sunset to sunrise. Any boat pulling one or more water
skiers, aquaplanes or similar devices must at all times be manned
by at least two persons, both of whom shall be situated in the boat,
one of whom shall give his undivided attention to the steering and
operation of the motorboat and the other of whom shall give his attention
to the person or persons skiing or aquaplaning or similar device being
towed. A person operating a motorboat having in tow a person on water
skis, aquaplane or similar device shall operate such boat in a careful
and prudent manner and at a reasonable distance from persons or property
so as not to endanger the life or property of any person.
