Fishing is permitted from the banks of reservoir numbers 4,
5, and 6 and from the north, east and west banks of reservoir number
3.
(1)
Fishing in or from a boat described and authorized by section 16.04.053 is permitted:
(A)
On reservoir number 6;
(B)
On reservoir number 5 except for the area within 200 feet of the
water treatment plant intake structure, which area is marked by buoys;
and
(D)
No person authorized to operate a boat or to fish in the reservoir
shall have any dog or other animal to accompany him or her or to go
in the water or on the banks of the reservoir.
(E)
No person catching fish in the reservoir shall clean or permit same
to be cleaned while on the reservoir, on the banks of the same, or
in any part of the area of the city’s water system, whereby
the entrails and other refuse matter of the fish may reach the waters
entering the reservoir.
(F)
No such person shall place or deposit in the water of the reservoir
any human excreta, spittle or any unsanitary and contaminating matter
of any kind, or from any source, in the water of the reservoir or
elsewhere in the area of the water system.
(G)
Every person accepting a boat license obligates himself or herself
to exercise at all times due care to not do anything or permit those
with him or her and in his or her charge to do anything that would
in any way contaminate the water of the reservoir or any other reservoir
of the city water system and will ever seek to preserve the wholesomeness
and purity thereof.
(2)
A person fishing or permitting another person to fish or to catch
fish shall do so in full and complete compliance with all the regulations
and requirements of this division.
(3)
It shall be unlawful to fish from any boat before sunrise or after
sunset.
(4)
No fish shall be taken from reservoir numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6 of less
length or in excess of limits than as allowed by state law, and when
any such fish is so taken or caught the same shall be at once gently
removed from the hook and restored to the reservoir from which it
was taken.
(5)
No fish shall be taken or caught from any of the reservoirs with
a seine or net or trotline of any kind or with traps or by trolling,
and a day’s catch shall not exceed fifteen (15) bass-type fish
and fifteen (15) other fish of the proper size allowed to be so caught
or taken.
(6)
Fishing from the banks of such reservoirs, where permitted, shall
include fishing from near the banks while standing in such waters
in hip boots or in waters of such height and in such condition as
to prevent any such water from coming into contact with the body or
person of such fisherman. Wading in any of the reservoirs under any
other conditions or circumstances than as herein provided is prohibited
and unlawful.
(Ordinance 20-061 adopted 9/8/20)
(a)
Fishing boats shall be permitted only in the waters of reservoir
numbers 4, 5, and 6, and for fishing purposes only, and then only
in full and complete compliance with all of the requirements of this
division. Such boats shall not at any time be used therein for any
kind of hunting or pleasure riding, and no firearms of any kind shall
be carried or transported in any such boat therein or on the person
of any occupant therein, and no such boat shall be used for any purpose
except fishing or in aid of an emergency operation in such a reservoir.
Additional regulations concerning such boats and their use are as
follows:
(1)
Materials and dimensions.
Such boats shall be constructed
of substantial materials and be of flat-bottom type or semi-V, and
shall have the following dimensions: not less than twelve feet (12')
in length; not less than forty inches (40") in width in its widest
inner part; not less than sixteen inches (16") in inner height of
sides.
(2)
Motor power, speeding, condition of boat.
Only electric
motors may be used on motor-driven boats, which boats shall be used
only for fishing purposes in accordance with the provisions of this
division and never in or for any racing or speed contest. Each boat
used for fishing and allowed to be in or on any water reservoir in
compliance with this division shall be at all times kept in a safe
and sanitary condition, and rates as being in such condition, and
must remain in such condition in order to continue to be used or stationed
in or on a water reservoir, and be at all times subject to the inspection
of the supervisor; and upon his or her disapproval or condemnation
of any such boat, it shall be at once removed from the reservoir and
from premises belonging to the water system. City employees are authorized
to use gasoline-powered motors on boats used for maintenance and inspection
activities.
(3)
Approval, numbers.
Each of such boats must first be
approved by the supervisor before being placed in the reservoir, and
when not being used in actual fishing must be moored at its designated
place at a bank of the reservoir. State numbers of boats required
to be numbered under the state Water Safety Act (V.T.C.A., Parks and
Wildlife Code, chapter 31) shall be painted on the boat as required
therein.
(4)
Authorized operator, exhibiting documents.
No person
shall use or operate any of such boats except the licensed owner thereof
or by another with written permission of the owner, which permission
paper shall be displayed upon demand of the proper authorities. Such
persons must have at the time of operating the boat a license or state
certificate for the boat in possession to exhibit to the supervisor
or to any authority empowered to view same.
(5)
Operation by minors.
No person under sixteen (16) years
of age shall operate a boat except as provided in V.T.C.A., Parks
and Wildlife Code, sections 31.106 and 31.107.
(6)
Removal after condemnation.
No fishing boat shall remain
in or on the reservoir after being condemned or ordered removed therefrom
by the supervisor, and it shall thereupon be immediately removed from
the waters of the reservoir and not placed on either the inner or
outer banks of the reservoir, but away from same.
(Ordinance 20-061 adopted 9/8/20)
The supervisor shall have the authority to erect and maintain signs and markers in and near the water reservoirs of the city for the purpose of protecting the persons and property of those in, upon or near the same, and any person violating the direction of any such sign or marker shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished as provided in section 1.01.009 of this code.
(Ordinance 20-061 adopted 9/8/20)
