[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Sterling 8-20-1955 STM by Art. 7, approved 12-13-1955; 2-14-1955 by Art. 7; 2-15-1958 by Art. 33, approved 4-29-1958; repealed by Chapter
90B, Acts of 1960; adopted 3-6-1965 by Art. 18, approved 7-6-1965; 5-14-1990 by Art. 32, approved 8-13-1990; 5-17-1997 by Art. 49, approved 10-24-1997; readopted 5-14-2012 ATM by Art. 19, approved 10-11-2012. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
All motor boats operated on any waters within
the territorial limits of the Town of Sterling while towing water
skiers are to be operated on such waters so that traffic will proceed
in a counterclockwise direction.
No motor boats operating on any waters within
the territorial limits of the Town of Sterling shall tow water skiers
on said waters between the hours of 1/2 hour after sunset and 1/2
hour before sunrise.
A.
The use of jet skis, surf skis, wet bikes and other
motorized thrill craft, so called, is banned from the waters of East
Lake Waushacum.
B.
The shallow areas of South Cove, Balls Cove (between
the island and railroad tracks) and North Cove (between the island
and North Cove) at East Lake Waushacum are established as "headway
speed zones"[1] to protect the lake's natural bottom contour from erosion.
[1]
Editor's Note: See MGL c. 90B, § 9A.
