[Adopted 10-16-1997 by Ord. No. 21 as Ch.
4.28 and 4.40 of the 1997 Municipal Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to operate, dock or anchor a boat, launch or other vessel, except
in an emergency, in that portion of Canandaigua Lake adjacent to Kershaw
Park and which is commonly used for bathing or swimming; or to operate,
dock or anchor such a boat, launch or other vessel in said waters
closer than 500 feet to the shoreline as indicated by any sign, marker
or buoy hereafter placed in said lake to warn operators of such vessels
away from the shoreline.
It shall be unlawful to operate, dock or anchor
a boat, launch or other vessel in that portion of Canandaigua Lake
within the limits of the City in such manner to annoy, endanger or
interfere with persons lawfully swimming or bathing in said lake.
A.
In that portion of Canandaigua Lake east of the City
Pier and within the limits of the City of Canandaigua where boating
is permitted, it shall be unlawful to operate a boat, launch or other
vessel at a speed in excess of five miles per hour as indicated by
any sign, marker or buoy hereafter placed in said lake to warn operators
of such speed limit.
B.
It shall be unlawful to operate a boat launch or other
vessel at a speed excess of five miles per hour as indicated by any
sign, marker or buoy hereinafter placed in Canandaigua Lake to warn
operators of said speed limit within the area of said lake which is
bounded as follows: On a line due south from the southeast corner
of the City Pier a distance of 500 feet to a point to be marked with
a buoy; thence westerly in a line to the southernmost tip of Squaw
Island; thence due north in a line terminating at the north shore
of Canandaigua Lake; thence easterly in a line terminating at the
City Pier; thence along the westerly and southerly edge of said pier
to the southeast corner of the City Pier.
C.
Within that portion of the harbor which is bounded
on the west by the main pier and on the east by the breakwater, and
which is known as the "basin," no steamboat, launch or other vessel
shall attain a rate of speed higher than is requisite to afford sufficient
steerage way for the purpose of navigating the same. The same care
shall be exercised over other boats using the various slips adjacent
to the small piers on the west side of the main pier.
In that portion of Canandaigua Lake east of
the breakwall which is east of the City Pier and within the limits
of the City of Canandaigua where boating is permitted, it shall be
unlawful to operate or launch a boat, launch or other vessel within
20 feet of any other boat, launch or other vessel or swimmer as indicated
by any sign, marker or buoy hereinafter set in place in said lake
to warn operators of such restriction.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment in the County Jail of Ontario
County for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Each day on which any such violation continues shall constitute a
separate offense.
