Parents are required to provide direct supervision of their
children under age 12 whenever said children are in the Long Meadow
Lake and surrounding park area or to delegate such supervision to
a person who is legally and physically capable.
No dogs, horses or other animals shall be permitted on the Town
beach, picnic grove or in the lake. Guide dogs for sight- or hearing-impaired
persons, dogs trained to assist mobility-impaired persons or dogs
being used for law enforcement purposes shall be excluded from this
section.
No boats shall be permitted in the designated Town swimming
area.
[Amended 9-5-1996; 12-20-1999]
The swimming area maintained by the Town and the Town property
surrounding the lake shall be closed to all use by the public from
9:30 p.m. until sunrise the next day, except that, during the fishing
season, authorized persons may fish in the area until 12:00 midnight.
Except for personal flotation devices approved by the United
States Coast Guard as lifesaving devices (life vests), flotation items,
such as tubes, rafts, rings, kick boards and "swimmies" (arm band
flotation devices), are prohibited from use in the Town beach swimming
area as designated by the Parks and Recreation Commission. Exceptions
apply when used under the direction of Red Cross or other sanctioned
swimming instructors while conducting a Town-sanctioned class.
The use of soap, detergents or other washing materials is prohibited
in the swimming area and on the beach and picnic area adjacent thereto.
Homeowner private docks may be no more than six feet wide by
twenty feet in length. Private floating rafts are prohibited.
No watercraft shall travel in excess of 15 miles per hour.
Except for official use approved by the Board of Selectmen,
the use of internal combustion engines on boats operated on Long Meadow
Lake in the Town of Bethlehem is hereby prohibited.
[Amended 12-20-1999]
In accordance with C.G.S. § 14-390, no person shall
operate a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle on the frozen surface
of Long Meadow Lake or on Town-owned property adjacent to Long Meadow
Lake, except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and sunset.
Any person violating any section of this article shall be fined
not more than $100.