The following words and phrases when used in any provision of this chapter shall be construed to have the following meaning:
"Boat"
means any vessel or device except an aquaplane in or upon which persons or property may be transported upon, under or over the surface of water, including but not confined to any boat, raft, barge, canoe, skiff, dinghy, rowboat, sailboat, sailing vessel, yacht, motorboat, motor vessel, float, pontoon, commercial boat, launch and ship;
"Motorboat"
means any boat propelled in whole or in part by machinery, including boats temporarily equipped with detachable outboard motors;
"Aquaplane"
means, any device used for the transportation of one or more persons upon the surface of the water which is pulled or towed by any boat, vehicle or other motive power by means of a rope, chain, cable, wire or other flexible connection, including but not confined to any aquaplane, plank, surfboard, or water ski;
"Marked nonboating area"
means any beach or water area set aside as a nonboating area, and marked as such in conformity with the provisions of Article 6, Title 14, California Administrative Code;
The verb "to operate"
means the steering of such boat in any manner, the operation or manipulation of any outboard or inboard engine or motor used to propel such boat, the operation, use or manipulation of oars, sails or other device used as the propulsion of such boat, while such boat is floating in or upon the waters of Eagle Lake;
"Person"
means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, estate, trust or organization of any kind;
Words used in the male gender include the feminine and neuter and words used in the singular number include the plural.
"Sheriff"
means sheriff, or his authorized deputy, of the county of Lassen, state of California.
(Ord. 410 § 2, 1972)
The following described areas are designated areas prohibited to boating:
(1) 
Merrill Campground Boating Prohibited Area — Comprising that area described as lying within two hundred twenty-five feet of the centerline of the Merrill Campground access road, as such centerline is projected into Eagle Lake a distance of two hundred feet from the shoreline;
(2) 
Gallatin Boating Prohibited Area — Comprising that area described as lying within a distance three hundred feet in an easterly direction and five hundred feet in a westerly direction of the westerly border of the parking lot at Gallatin Beach, Eagle Lake, projected into Eagle Lake a distance of two hundred feet from the shoreline;
(3) 
(A) 
Pelican Island Boating Prohibited Area —Comprising the area described as lying within the following area: beginning at the shoreline opposite the northerly end of Spalding Landing Strip, projecting into Eagle Lake a distance of three thousand feet due east, thence southerly three thousand nine hundred eight yards, more or less, to the easternmost point of Pelican Island, then westerly three thousand feet to the west shore of Eagle Lake at Pelican Point.
(B) 
Pelican Island Boating Prohibited Area shall exist only during the period May 1st to August 31st of each year.
(Ord. 410 § 3, 1972; Ord. 410A, 1973; Ord. 410C, 1973)
It is unlawful for any person to operate a boat or aquaplane within a boating prohibited area at any time marker buoys denoting the boundaries of such area are in place.
(Ord. 410 § 4, 1972)