[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Sudbury 4-8-2008 as Art. V, § 32, of the General Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No motorboat shall be operated upon any portion of the Sudbury River or its tributaries within the Town of Sudbury in a manner which endangers the safety of the public or is detrimental or injurious to the neighborhood or to the value of property thereon.
A. 
It shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this bylaw if such boat is operated:
(1) 
By a motor not having an underwater exhaust;
(2) 
In a noisy or obnoxious manner;
(3) 
At any unreasonable rate of speed;
(4) 
Without slowing down and exercising due caution while approaching and passing persons or any other watercraft; or
(5) 
At any speed in excess of 10 miles per hour.
The Town may join with any other Town through which said Sudbury River or any of its tributaries flows, or a government agency, in the enforcement of this bylaw or a similar bylaw adopted by such other town, insofar as such bylaws relate to said river or its tributaries, and may appropriate money for the enforcement in whole or in part of any and all such bylaws.
[Added 10-23-2023 STM by Art. 2]
Violations of this bylaw are subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article I, General Penalty.