The following rules and regulations shall apply to all waters or waterways
within or adjacent to the Village of Great Neck or subject to its jurisdiction,
except when prohibited by the laws of the United States and except the channel
system under the supervision of the Long Island State Park Commission.
All provisions of the Navigation Law of this state, of the inland rules
enacted by Congress and governing the navigation of the inland waters of the
United States and of the pilot rules for United States inland waters, applicable
to the channel systems and relative to the rules for vessels passing each
other, to lights on vessels and to other matters consistent with the proper
use of the channel systems, and the provisions of the Motor Boat Act of 1940
known as "United States Public Law No. 484," shall be complied with by all
vessels navigating said systems.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BOAT or VESSEL
Includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance used
on or capable of being used as a means of transportation in water and in air.
Boats shall not moor or anchor except at the edge of the channel, and
in no case shall vessels moor to or anchor within 50 feet of the channel markers
or so as to interfere with the full use of the channel or within 100 feet
of the Village dock.
Any vessel which becomes a menace to navigation or unseaworthy or which
sinks, grounds or becomes otherwise disabled shall be removed by the owner
or person in charge thereof on order of the Board of Trustees or any duly
authorized officer or agent thereof. If said boat is not removed after orders
to so remove it, it may be removed by or at the direction of the Board of
Trustees or any duly authorized officer or agent thereof, at the expense of
the owner or person in charge of said vessel.
No boat shall be tied up or made fast to any public dock or to other property of the Village for a longer continuous period than 12 hours. In addition to the penalties, as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the Board of Trustees, or any duly authorized officer or agent thereof may cause any boat tied up or made fast to any public dock or other Village property in excess of said continuous period of 12 hours to be removed at the expense of the owner or person in charge of such vessel.