[Amended 8-28-2001]
No person shall skin dive with any type of diving equipment within any channel, fairway or legally designated anchorage or mooring area in the city, nor shall any person bathe, swim or skin dive in any such areas, except in the course of a rescue or while performing nonchemical removal of algae during normal boat maintenance, with proper precautions.
No person shall skin dive with any type of diving equipment unless he or she has marked the diving area with the regulation diving flag, nor shall any person allow or permit such diving flag to remain in any area unless such person is actually skin diving in the area at the time. No boat shall operate within 50 feet of any area marked for skin diving by the placement of said regulation diving flag.
A. 
No person shall discharge any apparatus designed for use in spearfishing within 200 feet of any lifelines or bathing float, or if there is no lifelines or bathing float, then within 200 feet of any public or semipublic beach regularly used for bathing or within 50 feet of any person bathing or swimming.
B. 
No person shall skin dive with any type of equipment within the beach area of Pryibil Beach, Crescent Beach, Morgan Park Beach, Mercandante Beach at Garvies Point and within 1,500 feet of the shorelines of the aforementioned beaches and areas.
[Amended 7-22-2008]
No person shall carry loaded apparatus designed for use in spearfishing nor shall any person load apparatus designed for use in spearfishing except while in the water at designated spearfishing areas properly marked for diving with the regulation red diving flag.
Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the City Council from issuing special permits for aquatic events or salvage operations under proper supervision in limited areas and for limited periods of time.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Harbormaster, his or her Deputies, or any police officer or peace officer when operating pursuant to their special duties or by any other duly appointed law enforcement officer of the City of Glen Cove.