[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Saranac Lake 9-7-1965 (Ch. 41 of the 1965 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
The regulations established by this chapter
shall apply to all navigable waters located within the boundary lines
of the Village of Saranac Lake, except when the provisions thereof
are in conflict with the laws or ordinances of the United States,
the State of New York or any municipal corporation or administrative
authority thereof, having jurisdiction thereover.
All provisions of the Navigation Law of the
State of New York and all laws, rules or regulations enacted by Congress
or promulgated by authority granted by Congress and governing the
navigation of the inland waters of the United States shall be complied
with by all boats using the navigable waters within the boundary lines
of the Village of Saranac Lake.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Every description of watercraft or other contrivance used
or capable of being used as a means of transportation in water.
Any vessel propelled in whole or in part by an engine or
motor whether in-board or out-board.
The person under whose name the vessel was last registered
with the New York State Conservation Department, and in any other
case the last known owner.
No person shall operate a boat at a speed in
excess of 10 miles per hour on the navigable waters within the Village
of Saranac Lake, except on that portion of Lake Flower within said
Village which lies southerly of a line from the point where the Essex
County — Franklin County line intersects the northerly
shore of Lake Flower and thence westerly to the shores of Lake Flower
at Riverside Drive, where it shall be lawful to operate a boat at
a speed not in excess of 30 miles per hour, subject, however, to the
provisions of the Navigation Law of the State of New York.
No person shall operate a boat while under the
influence of intoxicating beverages, narcotics or opiates.
Every boat in the navigable waters of the Village
of Saranac Lake which becomes a menace to navigation, or unseaworthy,
or sinks, grounds or becomes otherwise disabled, is hereby declared
to be a nuisance, and the person in charge thereof shall abate the
nuisance within two days after notice from the Village Board.
Persons in charge of or occupying a boat docked
at or moored to land, dock, piers or wharves abutting navigable waters
shall observe all health and sanitary regulations of the Village of
Saranac Lake. Discharging of toilets or of oil in the navigable waters
of said Village is prohibited.
No person shall ride on water skis, a surfboard
or similar device, or operate a boat to tow a person thereon in the
navigable waters within the limits of the Village of Saranac Lake,
except on that portion of Lake Flower that lies southerly of a line
between the point where the Essex County — Franklin
County line intersects the northerly shores of Lake Flower and a point
on the Riverside Drive shore of Lake Flower that is due west of the
first mentioned point.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall be deemed guilty of the offense of disorderly conduct
and shall be a disorderly person, and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined in an amount not exceeding $100 or be imprisoned for a period
not exceeding 60 days, or be both so fined and imprisoned. A separate
offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which
a violation occurs or continues.
[Added 6-28-1982 by L.L. No. 2-1982]
A.
No boat, vessel, motorboat or other watercraft shall
be docked, moored, tied to or secured to the Village boat docks located
at Riverside Park, nor at any other property owned by the Village
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. through 6:30 a.m.
C.
Removal and impoundment. Whenever any Police Officer
or other Enforcement Officer of the Village finds a boat, vessel,
motorboat or other watercraft parked, docked, moored, tied to or secured
to the Village boat docks, and/or at any other Village property, in
violation of this section, such officer shall be authorized to move
such boat, vessel, motorboat or other watercraft, or require the driver
or other person in charge thereof to move the same. In the event that
the boat, vessel, motorboat or other watercraft is unattended, or
the driver or person in charge thereof refuses to move such boat,
vessel, motorboat or other watercraft to a place of impoundment, the
owner or other person lawfully entitled to the possession of such
boat, vessel, motorboat or other watercraft shall be charged with
the reasonable cost for removal and storage, payable before the boat,
vessel, motorboat or other watercraft is released.
