[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Board of Trustees of the
Township of Lawrence 5-11-1978 (Ord. No. 3 of the 2005 Code). Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
An ordinance
to regulate the speed of vessels and to provide for the safe use of
the waters in Lawrence Township, Van Buren County; enacted under the
authority of Act 58, Public Acts of 1995, as amended (MCLA § 324.80101
et seq.), being identical to State Administrative Rules filed in the
Office of the Secretary of State.
B.
The Township
of Lawrence ordains:
All words and phrases used in this chapter shall be construed
and have the same meanings as those words and phrases defined in Act
58, Public Acts of 1995, as amended, MCLA § 324.80101 et
seq.
Reynolds Lake channels connecting; slow — no
wake speed. On the waters of the channel connecting North Reynolds
Lake to South Reynolds Lake in Section 24, Town 3 South, Range 15
West, Lawrence Township, Van Buren County, it is unlawful for the
operator of a vessel to exceed a slow — no wake speed,
which is a very slow speed whereby the wake or wash created by the
vessel would be minimal.
All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
[Amended 4-12-2018; at
time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 20, Code Adoption, Art. II)]
Any person found to have violated any of the provisions of this chapter by a court of competent jurisdiction is responsible for a municipal civil infraction under Chapter 25, Municipal Civil Infractions, of the Code of the Township of Lawrence.
This chapter and the various parts, sections, subsections, provisions,
sentences and clauses are severable. If any part of this chapter is
found to be unconstitutional or invalid it is declared the remainder
of this chapter shall not be affected hereby.
This chapter shall take effect June 20, 1978.
