The following rules and regulations shall apply
to all waters or waterways within or adjacent to the city or subject
to its jurisdiction, unless in conflict with the laws of the State
of New York, the County of Nassau or the United States of America.
All provisions of the Navigation Law of this
state, of the inland rules enacted by the Congress and governing the
navigation of the inland waters of the United States and of the Pilot
Rules for United States inland waters, relative to the rules for vessels
passing each other, as to lights on vessels and other matters consistent
with proper use of the navigable waters, shall be complied with by
all vessels navigating said waters.
Every person operating a boat shall at all times
operate the same in a careful and prudent manner and at such a rate
of speed as not to disturb the reasonable comfort or endanger the
property of another or the life or safety of any person or so as to
interfere with the free and proper use of the waters. Throwing up
a dangerous wake when approaching or passing another boat is prohibited
by this article.
No person shall operate a boat propelled wholly
or partly by an internal combustion engine without having the exhaust
from the engine run through a muffler so constructed and used as to
muffle the noise of exhaust in a reasonable manner.
Any vessel which becomes a menace to navigation
or unseaworthy or sinks, grounds or becomes otherwise disabled shall
be removed by the owner or person in charge thereof on order of the
Harbormaster. If such boat is not removed after orders to so remove
it, it may be removed by or at the direction of the Harbormaster at
the expense of the owner or person in charge of such vessel.