[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Salem Lakes as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation — See Ch. 396.
[Adopted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The intent of this article is to provide safe and healthful conditions for the enjoyment of aquatic recreation consistent with public needs and the capacity of the water resource.
The provisions of this article shall apply to the lakes within the jurisdiction of the Village and to the rivers within the Village wherever the provisions of this article would be applicable to river traffic.
A. 
The following sections of the Wisconsin Statutes and any subsequent amendments thereto are hereby adopted and by reference made a part of this section as though fully set forth herein:
Wis. Stats. Section
Title
30.50
Definitions
30.51
Certificate of number and registration; requirements; exemptions
30.52
Certificate of number and registration; application; certification and registration period; fees; issuance
30.53
Certificate of origin; requirements; contents
30.531
Certificate of title; requirements; exemptions
30.54(2)
Lost, stolen or mutilated certificates
30.55
Notice of abandonment or destruction of boat or change of address
30.60
Classification of motorboats
30.61
Lighting equipment
30.62
Other equipment
30.635
Motorboat prohibition
30.64
Patrol boats
30.65
Traffic rules
30.66
Speed restrictions
30.67
Accidents and accident reports
30.675
Distress signal flag
30.68
Prohibited operation
30.681
Intoxicated boating
30.682
Preliminary breath screening test
30.683
Implied consent
30.684
Chemical tests
30.686
Report arrest to Department
30.687
Officer's action after arrest for violating intoxicated boating law
30.69
Water skiing
30.70
Skin diving
30.71
Disposal of waste from boats equipped with toilets
B. 
Any act required to be performed or prohibited by the provisions of any of the above-referenced statutory sections incorporated herein is required or prohibited by this section.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
MOORAGE
An area where continuous mooring of boats for more than 24 hours is permitted.
PUBLIC ACCESS
A marina or landing facility and the adjoining public shoreline under the ownership of the state, county or other municipality.
SHORE ZONE
The water area within 200 feet of any lake shore within the Village of Salem Lakes, except:
A. 
On Silver Lake, where the "shore zone" shall mean the water area from the shore to five-foot depth as shown on the hydrographic map bearing legend DNR 1968.
B. 
On Lake Shangri-La, where the "shore zone" shall mean the water area within 100 feet of any lake shore.
SLOW-NO-WAKE BENCHMARK
The elevation of the surface of inland waters within the Village of Salem Lakes at which operation of motorboats on such waters at a speed in excess of slow-no-wake speed tends to create or cause property damage or abnormal shore erosion due to excessive wake or wash. The slow-no-wake benchmark shall be the surface elevation of such inland waters as indicated by markers established for that purpose, the locations of which are depicted on the attached Marker Maps A and B.[1] The slow-no-wake benchmarks for inland waters within the Village shall be as follows:
[Amended 8-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2020.08-17]
Body of Water
Marker Location
Marker Level
Cross Lake
N42° 29' 53.0", W88° 05' 39.3"
Cross Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is located on the west side of Cross Lake approximately 160 feet north of the intersection of S.T.H. "83" and 127th Place. The datum elevation for Cross Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is 810.00. Cross Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is scaled from 3.33 to 6.67 feet.
4.00
Camp Lake
N42° 30' 32.8", W88° 08' 51.9"
Camp Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is located on the south side of Camp Lake north of C.T.H. "C" approximately 800 feet southwest of 277th Avenue. The gauging station is located approximately 40 feet north of the centerline of C.T.H. "C" and approximately 30 feet west of the dam. The datum elevation for Camp Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is 730.00. Camp Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is scaled from 10.00 to 16.67 feet.
11.50
Center Lake
N42° 31' 56.7", W88° 08' 18.7"
Center Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is located on the south side of Center Lake adjacent to Camp Lake Road (C.T.H. "SA") in the waterway that connects Center Lake and Camp Lake. The gauging station is located north of C.T.H. "SA" approximately 400 feet northwest of 271st Avenue. The gauging station is located approximately 60 feet north of the centerline of C.T.H. "SA" and approximately 10 feet northwest of a small dam in the waterway. The datum elevation for Center Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is 730.00. Center Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is scaled from 10.00 to 16.67 feet.
12.00
Lake Shangri-La
N42° 30' 31.7", W88° 04' 16.6"
Lake Shangrila Gauging Station No. 1 is located on the north side of Lake Shangrila adjacent of 118th Street. The gauging station is located southeast of 118th Street approximately 800 feet southwest of 117th Street. The gauging station is located approximately 30 feet southeast of the centerline of 118th Street and approximately 10 feet northeast of the culvert under 118th Street. The datum elevation for Lake Shangrila Gauging Station No. 1 is 790.00. Lake Shangrila Gauging Station No. 1 is scaled from 3.33 to 6.67 feet.
5.85
Hooker Lake
N42° 33' 21.9", W88° 06' 26.9"
Hooker Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is located on the southwest side of Hooker Lake approximately 300 feet east of the intersection of 83rd Street and 249th Avenue. The gauging station is located approximately 30 feet east of the east end of 83rd Street. The datum elevation for Hooker Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is 745.00. Hooker Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is scaled from 8.50 to 13.33 feet.
9.80
Voltz Lake
N42° 30' 32.9", W88° 05' 17.1"
Voltz Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is located on the northwest side of Voltz Lake adjacent to 231st Court. The gauging station is located east of 231st Court approximately 250 feet south of 117th Street. The gauging station is located approximately 25 feet east of the centerline of 231st Court and approximately 30 feet south of Trevor Creek. The datum elevation for Voltz Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is 805.00. Voltz Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is scaled from 6.67 to 10.00 feet.
8.25
Silver Lake
N42° 32' 35.2", W88° 09' 36.7"
The datum elevation for Silver Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is 739.77. Silver Lake Gauging Station No. 1 is scaled from 6.00 to 10.00 feet.
8.23
SLOW-NO-WAKE SPEED
That speed at which a boat moves as slowly as possible while still maintaining steerage control.
SWIMMING ZONE
An authorized area marked by official buoys to designate a swimming area.
[1]
Editor's Note: The maps are on file at the office of the Village Clerk.
A. 
In addition to the speed restrictions set forth in § 330-3 of this article, adopting § 30.66, Wis. Stats., no person shall operate a boat in excess of the slow-no-wake speed:
(1) 
On any lake within a defined shore zone.
(2) 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, on any lake between sunset and 10:00 a.m. on either the shore zone or the traffic lane. For purposes of this section, "sunset" shall be as determined with reference to sunrise and sunset tables for the current year published by the Department of Natural Resources.
(3) 
On that part of the Fox River bounded on the north by the Highway C bridge and on the south by the Wisconsin-Illinois border.
(4) 
On that part of the Fox River bounded on the south by the south face of the bridge on CTH F and on the north by a slow-no-wake regulatory buoy placed at 42.32768 north latitude, 88.10749 west longitude. Additional slow-no-wake buoys shall be placed to implement the speed restriction as follows:
1 buoy at 42.32517 north latitude and 88.10305 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.32495 north latitude and 88.10413 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.32553 north latitude and 88.10492 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.32675 north latitude and 88.10492 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.32675 north latitude and 88.10509 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.32674 north latitude and 88.10730 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.32701 north latitude and 88.10761 west longitude
(5) 
On Lake Shangri-La in the area of the lake known as "the narrows." Slow-no-wake buoys shall be placed to implement the speed restrictions as follows:
1 buoy 140 feet from the shore of the property identified as 12026 214th Avenue.
1 buoy 140 feet from the shore of the property identified as 21401 121st Street
(6) 
On Camp Lake within the shore zone. Slow-no-wake buoys shall be placed in the following locations to implement the restrictions:
1 buoy at 42.31749 north latitude and 88.08702 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31914 north latitude and 88.08609 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31990 north latitude and 88.08583 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31958 north latitude and 88.08466 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31811 north latitude and 88.08421 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31697 north latitude and 88.08499 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31544 north latitude and 88.08435 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31691 north latitude and 88.08547 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31467 north latitude and 88.08397 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31472 north latitude and 88.08385 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31545 north latitude and 88.08475 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31401 north latitude and 88.08308 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31296 north latitude and 88.08231 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31196 north latitude and 88.08193 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31132 north latitude and 88.08206 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31005 north latitude and 88.08353 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.30942 north latitude and 88.08468 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.30870 north latitude and 88.08575 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.30833 north latitude and 88.08691 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31211 north latitude and 88.08966 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31501 north latitude and 88.08692 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31601 north latitude and 88.08723 west longitude
1 buoy at 42.31699 north latitude and 88.08749 west longitude
(7) 
On Center Lake within the restricted areas marked by buoys placed at the following locations:
Location
Buoy Type
Latitude
Longitude
Center Lake Woods Beach
Swim area
42° 32' 16.04" N
88° 8' 1.12" W
Center Lake Woods Beach
Swim area
42° 32' 16.64" N
88° 8' 0.82" W
Center Lake Woods Beach
Swim area
42° 32' 16.80" N
88° 7' 59.14" W
Center Lake Woods Beach
Swim area
42° 32' 16.32" N
88° 7' 58.62" W
Center Lake Woods Beach
Swim area
42° 32' 15.78" N
88° 7' 58.25" W
Boat launch channel
No wake
42° 32' 14.63" N
88° 8' 20.60" W
Center Lake Beach
Swim area
42° 32' 19.24" N
88° 8' 15.21" W
Center Lake Beach
Swim area
42° 32' 19.67" N
88° 8' 15.01" W
Camp Wonderland
No wake
42° 32' 24.77" N
88° 8' 6.58" W
Camp Wonderland
No wake
42° 32' 26.99" N
88° 8' 3.86" W
Center Lake Beach
Swim area
42° 32' 28.13" N
88° 8' 1.81" W
B. 
Pursuant to § 30.635, Wis. Stats., no person shall operate a motorboat on Rock Lake in excess of the slow-no-wake speed.
C. 
No person shall operate a motorboat on any inland waters subject to the jurisdiction of the Village of Salem Lakes at a speed in excess of slow-no-wake speed when the surface water level of such inland bodies of water exceeds the slow-no-wake benchmark as indicated by markers placed and maintained by the Village for that purpose.
No person shall operate or loan, rent or permit a boat to leave the place where it is customarily kept for operation on the waters covered by this article with more passengers or cargo than shall be stated on the capacity information plate as required by § 30.501, Wis. Stats.
A. 
Removal. The Village may remove or cause to be removed all buoys, markers, piers and their supports, privately owned or placed, which are not removed by December 1 of each year and charge the cost and expense of such removal to the riparian owner. If such charge is not paid within 30 days after request therefor, a penalty of 10% shall be added to such charge, and the same shall constitute a lien on the property of the riparian owner and be inserted on the Village tax roll by the Village Clerk upon order of the Village Board and after notice to the riparian owner.
B. 
Compliance. All buoys and aids to navigation must comply with § 30.74(2), Wis. Stats., and administrative regulations and shall have affixed thereto such numbers as assigned to them by the permit. Such numbers shall be located at least 12 inches above the waterline and shall be not less than three inches in height.
C. 
Wharves and piers.
(1) 
No person shall erect or maintain any wharf or pier contrary to the statutes and regulations of the state or extending more than 100 feet from the shore, unless prior written approval is obtained from the Village, on all lakes and waters within the Village's jurisdiction.
(2) 
No person may erect, place or maintain a wharf or pier on waters within the Village's jurisdiction which is so old, dilapidated or out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe or otherwise unfit for normal use.
(3) 
If a water patrol officer or law enforcement officer shall determine that a violation of this section exists within the Village, the officer shall serve notice on the owner or occupant of the premises where such violation exists, either by personal delivery thereof to such person or by posting a copy of said notice in a conspicuous location on the premises. Such notice shall direct the owner or occupant of the premises to abate or remove such violation within 10 days. The notice shall also state that, unless such violation is so abated, the Village will cause the same to be abated and will charge the cost thereof to the owner or occupant of the premises where such violation exists.
D. 
Pier or mooring buoy. No pier or mooring buoy shall be placed in the waters located within the boundary of a designated fire lane (extended into the water) unless so authorized, in writing, by the Village Board as to all waters under the jurisdiction of the Village Board, including those waters of Silver Lake into which designated Village fire lanes are extended.
E. 
Rafts and platforms.
(1) 
No person shall place or maintain any raft or platform more than 100 feet from shore.
(2) 
Each raft or platform must:
(a) 
Be firmly anchored with at least 18 inches of freeboard above the waterline;
(b) 
Be painted white; and
(c) 
Have attached thereto, not more than 12 inches from each corner or projection, a red reflector of not less than three inches in diameter.
F. 
Buoy permits.
(1) 
No bathing beach marker, speed zone marker, information marker, mooring buoy, fishing buoy or other marker shall be anchored or placed on any of the waters under the jurisdiction of the Village unless a written application therefor is made to and approved by the Village Board. The Village shall issue numbers for buoys as required in Subsection B above.
(2) 
Permit fee established. Any person making application for the placement of a mooring buoy or other approved marker in the waters of any lake within the Village of Salem Lakes in accordance with the above section shall pay to the Clerk a permit fee as provided in Chapter 272, Fees, § 272-6. Such permit shall remain in effect so long as the applicant owns or rents the property for which such permit is granted. The permits granted hereunder shall automatically expire when an applicant sells or no longer occupies the premises for which the permit has been granted.
G. 
Placement of authorized markers. The Chief of the Water Patrol is authorized and directed to place authorized markers, navigation aids and signs in such water areas as shall be appropriate to advise the public of the provisions of this article and to post and maintain a copy of this article at all public access points within the jurisdiction of the Village.
A. 
Swimming from boats prohibited. No person shall swim from any unmanned boat unless such boat is anchored.
B. 
Distance from shore or boats. No person shall swim beyond the shore zone or more than 50 feet from any pier unless within marked or authorized areas or more than 25 feet from anchored rafts or boats unless accompanied by a boat manned by a competent person and having readily available a ring buoy. Such boat shall stay reasonably close to and guard such swimmer; not less than one boat for each two swimmers.
C. 
Hours limited. No person shall swim more than 200 feet from the shoreline between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m.
A. 
Hours. No person shall operate a boat for the purposes of towing a water skier, aquaplane or similar device or engage in waterskiing during those hours within which operation in excess of slow-no-wake speed is prohibited by § 330-5A.
B. 
Traffic lane. Any boat engaged in towing a person on water skis, aquaplane or similar device must conform to all sections of this article and, in addition, must operate in a counterclockwise pattern on the lake in the traffic lane. There shall be no waterskiing, aquaplaning or similar activity within the shore zone.
C. 
Water-ski towing.
(1) 
There shall not be more than two persons on water skis being towed by one boat at any one time, and each shall have an individual tow line.
(2) 
Persons being towed must wear personal flotation devices as defined in § 30.62(3), Wis. Stats.
(3) 
Persons being towed behind a vessel on water skis or similar device or engaged in a similar activity may not come or allow the tow rope to come within 100 feet of a personal watercraft.
D. 
Towing of water tubes.
(1) 
There shall not be more than two towing lines per boat.
(2) 
The human capacity of each water tube shall not exceed that recommended by the manufacturer.
(3) 
No vessel towing a person or persons on a water tube may come within 100 feet of other occupied anchored vessels, a personal watercraft, a buoy-marked swimming area or a public boat landing.
E. 
Exceptions. The limitations of this section shall not apply to participants in ski meets or exhibitions authorized and conducted as provided in § 330-11 of this article.
A. 
Any boat or craft which is designed for persons to use for living, sleeping or camping activities, commonly referred to as a "houseboat," shall be equipped with suitable sanitation facilities and comply with § 330-3 of this article, adopting § 30.71, Wis. Stats.
B. 
No person shall leave, deposit, place or throw on the waterways, ice, shores of waterways or upon any other public or private property adjacent to waterways any cans, bottles, debris, refuse or other solid waste material of any kind or any liquid waste, gasoline, oil or similar pollutant.
A. 
Permit required. No person shall direct or participate in any boat race, regatta, water-ski meet or other water sporting event or exhibition unless such event has been authorized by the Village Board of the Village of Salem Lakes.
B. 
Permit. A permit issued under this section shall specify the course or area of water to be used by participants in such event, and the permittee shall be required to place markers, flags or buoys approved by the Chief of the Water Patrol designating the specified area. Permits shall be issued only when the proposed use of the water can be carried out safely and without danger to or substantial obstruction of other watercraft or persons using the lake.
C. 
Right-of-way of participants. Boats and participants in any such permitted event shall have the right-of-way on the marked area, and no other persons shall obstruct such area during the race or event or interfere therewith.
D. 
Permit fee required. Upon making application for a special event permit, the applicant shall pay a permit fee as provided in Chapter 272, Fees, § 272-6, to the Village Clerk.
A. 
Speed. No person shall use or operate any automobile at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour on the ice of any lake or waterway within the Village of Salem Lakes.
B. 
Hours. No person shall use or operate any automobile on the ice of any lake or other waterway within the Village of Salem Lakes after 9:00 p.m.
C. 
Definition. The word "automobile," as used in this section, shall be construed to mean all motor vehicles of the type and kind permitted to be operated on the highways in the state.
D. 
Risk and liability. All traffic on the icebound waters within the Village of Salem Lakes shall be at the risk of the traveler as set forth in § 30.81(3), Wis. Stats. Nothing in this article shall be construed as rendering the Village liable for any accident to those engaged in permitted traffic while this article is in effect.
A. 
Qualifications. The Village Board of the Village of Salem Lakes may appoint one or more water patrol officers who shall be adults of good moral character with no prior criminal record. A water patrol officer shall be a certified law enforcement officer.
B. 
Authority. Water patrol officers of the Village of Salem Lakes shall have the authority to make arrests in the course of duty enforcing the provisions of this article, including those provisions of the Wisconsin Statutes incorporated by reference. Water patrol officers shall have the authority to carry firearms in the course of duty, subject to the restrictions and policies established by the Village Board from time to time.
C. 
Law enforcement officers. Law enforcement officers may perform the additional duties of water patrol officers and shall have the power of arrest and may issue citations for violations of this article, including those provisions of the Wisconsin Statutes incorporated by reference.
No boat of any type is permitted within a water area which has been clearly marked by buoys or some other distinguishing device as a bathing or swimming area. This section does not apply in the case of emergency or to patrol or rescue craft.
A. 
Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
FERTILIZER
Has the meaning specified under § 94.64(1)(e), Wis. Stats.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A highway, street, sidewalk, parking lot, driveway, or other material that prevents infiltration of water into the soil.
LAWN AND TURF FERTILIZER
Has the meaning specified under § 94.64(1)(e), Wis. Stats., except the manufacturer has designated the product to be used for the promotion of lawn and turf growth.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to apply within the Village any lawn and turf fertilizer, liquid or granular, that contains more than a trace of phosphorus or other compound containing phosphorus, such as phosphate.
C. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to apply or deposit any fertilizer on an impervious surface. If such application occurs, the fertilizer must be immediately contained and either legally applied to turf or any other lawful site or returned to the original or other appropriate container.
D. 
Time of application. It shall be unlawful for a person to apply lawn and turf fertilizer when the ground is frozen or when conditions exist which promote or create runoff.
E. 
Exceptions.
(1) 
Subsection B shall not apply when:
(a) 
A tissue, soil or other test by UW-Extension Laboratory, or another state-certified soil testing laboratory, and performed within the last three years indicates that the level of available phosphorus in the soil is insufficient to support healthy turf growth, as determined by the University of Wisconsin Extension Service, provided that the proposed lawn and turf fertilizer application shall not contain an amount of phosphorus exceeding the amount and rate of application recommended in the soil test evaluation.
(b) 
The property owner or an agent of the property owner is first establishing or reestablishing turf via seed or sod procedures, and only during the first growing season.
(2) 
Subsection B shall not apply to fertilizers used in any agricultural use as defined in § 91.01(2), Wis. Stats., to promote crop or product growth.
(3) 
Any person who applies a lawn and turf fertilizer containing phosphorus pursuant to the aforementioned exception shall, consistent with the product label instructions, water such lawn and turf fertilizer into the soil where it is immobilized and generally protected from loss by runoff.
No person, firm or corporation shall operate or authorize the operation of any aircraft capable of landing on water on any river or lake within the jurisdiction of the Village of Salem Lakes, with the exception of Camp Lake. For purposes of this section, the term "operation" shall include, but not be limited to, landing or takeoff and any contact of any portion of such aircraft with the surface of any affected body of water. This section shall not apply to any operation on such bodies of water by duly authorized government or law enforcement officials or any operation necessitated by an emergency situation outside of the control of the operator of such aircraft.
A. 
Unless otherwise provided herein, any person violating any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalty provided in § 1-4 of this Code.
B. 
Any person violating the provisions of § 330-3 of this article incorporating § 30.681 or 30.684, Wis. Stats., shall, upon conviction, be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $150 nor more than $300.
C. 
Any person violating any provision of the Wisconsin Statutes incorporated herein, which violation is punishable by the imposition of a fine or imprisonment, or both, shall be referred to state authorities for prosecution.
D. 
Citations for violations of this article shall be issued on forms prepared by the Department of Natural Resources, and the Uniform Wisconsin Schedule, adopted pursuant to § 23.66, Wis. Stats., shall be effective for the posting of bonds for violations under this article.
E. 
The provisions relating to citations, arrests, questioning, releases, searches, deposits and stipulations of no contest in §§ 23.51(1m), (3) and (8); 23.53; 23.54; 23.56 to 23.64; 23.66; and 23.67, Wis. Stats., shall apply to violations of this article.
The propulsion of boats on Rock Lake shall be limited to the use of oars, paddles, sails or electric motors. This section shall not apply to:
A. 
Any operation by duly authorized government or law enforcement officials in the course of the performance of their duties.
B. 
Any operation necessitated by an emergency situation outside of the control of the operator of the motorboat.
C. 
Any operation necessary for the mechanical or chemical management of weeds or other aquatic growth or shoreline restoration on Rock Lake by the holder of a permit issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
D. 
Any operation necessary to complete a salvage operation on Rock Lake.
A. 
Any person, firm or corporation launching a boat at any public boat launch on Camp Lake or Center Lake shall pay a fee as established in § 330-31 in Article II of this chapter.
B. 
The Village shall install and maintain a secured collection box at the public launches to accept the daily fees, shall post notice of the fee requirement in a prominent place at the public launches, and shall provide envelopes for payment with a receipt. In addition, the Village shall make annual fee launch stickers available for purchase at the Village Hall during the Village's normal business hours.
C. 
All persons launching a boat at a public boat launch on Camp Lake or Center Lake shall display, at the request of any water patrol or law enforcement officer, a receipt for payment of the daily fee.
D. 
Any person launching a boat at the public launch on Camp Lake or Center Lake in violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to forfeiture as provided in § 330-17 of this article.
[Adopted 7-8-2019 by Ord. No. 2019.07-5]
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Editor's Note: Former §§ 330-20, Intent, 330-21, Applicability, 330-22, State laws regulating boating adopted, 330-23, Definitions, 330-24, Speed restrictions, 330-25, Water skiing, 330-26, Races, regattas, and special events, and 330-27, Swimming, were repealed 8-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2020.08-17.
The following described area is hereby declared a swimming area and shall be buoyed according to the permit issued for the area: DeWitt Park located on Cogswell Drive and being the south 1/2 of Lot 1 of Silver Lake Shores Subdivision and the north 1/2 of Lot 18 of Silver Lake Assessor's Plat.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 330-29, Littering, and 330-30, Buoys, piers and rafts, were repealed 8-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2020.08-17.
A. 
A public boat launch is hereby created on that access road leading from Cogswell Drive to Silver Lake located near the intersection of Cogswell Drive and Manor Drive in the Village of Salem Lakes. Rules and regulations and restrictions as to dates and hours of operation shall be established by further action of the Board.
B. 
No person may launch any watercraft at any Village boat launch without having first purchased and affixed to the watercraft a color-coded annual launch fee sticker from the Village Clerk or having first obtained a daily launch ticket. Fees shall be as provided in Chapter 272, Fees, § 272-6.
C. 
Watercraft stickers are not transferable, and anyone selling a watercraft shall remove the sticker upon sale.
D. 
No parking is allowed on the access road or boat launch. The watercraft sticker shall only allow the watercraft registered to be launched, and a separate sticker is required for each watercraft.
E. 
Watercraft stickers shall be effective for a period beginning on the first day of April and ending one year later on the last day of March.
F. 
Penalties. Any person violating this section or any rules or regulations propagated by the Board shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $50 nor more than $150 for each offense.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former §§ 330-32, Motor vehicles on the ice, and 330-33, Violations and penalties, which immediately followed this subsection, were repealed 8-7-2020 by Ord. No. 2020.08-17.