[Adopted 3-28-2007 by Ord. No. 168]
A. 
No vessel shall be launched and/or removed that is not legally registered or documented.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to launch or remove any watercraft at the public boat launch facility by any means other than by winching or floating. It is expressly prohibited to launch and/or remove watercraft by use of inboard or outboard motors.
C. 
In addition to penalties provided for in Section 1-6 of this Code, anyone who shall violate this Subsection B of this section shall, upon conviction, be prohibited from use of the public boat launch facility for a period of one year.
D. 
Non-motorized canoes, kayaks, rafts or other non-motorized watercraft may be put into the Galien River or Lake Michigan at any accessible site within City-owned recreational properties. All other watercraft shall not be launched or removed at any other place within City-owned recreational properties other than at the public boat launching facility.
[Amended 1-21-2014 by Ord. No. 211]
E. 
Personal watercraft, as defined in Michigan statute, shall be allowed to be moored or parked temporarily for no more than two hours at personal watercraft designated areas only.