A person may participate in water skiing only in park waters
or portions thereof designated by the director and such water skiing
shall be subject to all of the requirements in this chapter.
(Prior code § 26A-151; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
No person shall water ski in those parts of park waters outside
the area designated by the director for skiing.
(Prior code § 26A-152; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
A person shall not participate in water skiing except between
the hours of ten a.m. and five p.m. during Pacific Standard Time and
ten a.m. and seven p.m. during Pacific Daylight Saving Time.
(Prior code § 26A-153; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
A person shall not operate a vessel used in skiing at a speed
in excess of thirty-five miles per hour.
(Prior code § 26A-154; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
Every skier shall wear at all times a lifesaving device which
complies with the standards established by the United States Coast
Guard.
(Prior code § 26A-155; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
No person shall operate a motor boat towing a skier unless he
is sixteen years of age or more. In every vessel in the ski area towing
a skier, in addition to the operator, there shall be an observer not
less than twelve years of age.
(Prior code § 26A-156; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
Skiers shall takeoff and land at designated areas only.
(Prior code § 26A-157; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
A person shall not tow more than one skier behind a vessel at
any time except as permitted by the director for authorized programs.
(Prior code § 26A-158; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
A person shall not use a ski towing line which has a length
exceeding eighty-five feet.
(Prior code § 26A-159; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
A.
Traffic
shall move in a counterclockwise direction. A person shall not cut
across the pattern line.
B.
Motorboats
leaving and approaching the shore shall follow a counterclockwise
direction.
C.
The
operator of a vessel with a man overboard or a fallen skier may turn
around and pick up such person if such person is clear of lines and
if such person is over his head in water. The tow rope shall be taken
in as soon as the skier is dropped.
D.
If
an operator or other occupant of any vessel observes a person in the
water ahead of such vessel, such operator or other occupant shall
raise one arm in the air as a signal that a person is in the water
ahead of such vessel.
E.
After
the landing of a skier, the operator of the vessel shall reduce speed,
pull in the tow rope and move into the takeoff area. The operator
shall not stop the vessel in the landing area.
(Prior code § 26A-160; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
The operators of two or more vessels running parallel or passing
shall maintain a distance of not less than twenty-five feet between
each vessel.
(Prior code § 26A-161; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
A skier who is spilled shall hold a ski or a hand out of the
water in order that he may be seen by others.
(Prior code § 26A-162; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
A person, either in a vessel or on skis, shall not cut across
or make figure eights in the ski area.
(Prior code § 26A-163; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
The operator of a vessel shall not follow another vessel, which
is towing a skier, at a distance of less than one hundred fifty feet.
(Prior code § 26A-164; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
Where he finds that public safety so requires, the director
may limit the number of vessels in and the access to the ski area.
All persons shall observe and comply with such limitation.
(Prior code § 26A-165; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
A person shall not participate in any way in skiing on park
waters at any time during which conditions are considered unsafe by
the director.
(Prior code § 26A-166; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
The registered owner of each vessel is liable for the welfare
and conduct of all occupants in, and the skier being towed by such
vessel.
(Prior code § 26A-167; Ord. 446 § 1, 1973)
