[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Peekskill 8-13-1979 (Ch. 98 of the 1984 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The City Manager is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for the recreational use of the Wicopee Reservoir and watershed located in the Town of Putnam Valley, Putnam County, New York, which rules and regulations shall be to:
A. 
Protect the water quality of said reservoir and the natural environs of the watershed.
B. 
Protect the plant and facilities and other improvements.
C. 
Regulate the conduct and decorum of persons permitted to enter into the area.
D. 
Permit appropriate recreational activities consistent with the foregoing.
E. 
Provide a system of permits for persons desiring to enter upon said property for recreational purposes, which permits may be limited in number for any given period of time in the event the City Manager shall determine that it may be undesirable to have excessive permittees on the premises at once.
F. 
Authorize paid City staff and persons duly appointed as hereinafter provided to enforce the rules and regulations and provide appropriate identification and evidence of authority to such persons.
G. 
Provide that a person shall be deemed to be on the Wicopee property without the permission of the City of Peekskill if such person fails to adhere to the rules and regulations, and any such person on the property without permission shall leave forthwith upon the direction of a duly authorized person.
H. 
Provide that any person violating the rules and regulations and who does not leave the Wicopee property when directed by a duly authorized person shall be prosecuted as a trespasser.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 98-2, which established the Wicopee Conservation Commission and immediately followed this section, was repealed 5-23-1994.
[Added 2-28-2005 by L.L. No. 3-2005]
A. 
Pursuant to the authority granted by § 2.16 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York, the City of Peekskill does hereby establish the position of Watershed Protection and Enforcement Officer for the City of Peekskill. Watershed Protection and Enforcement Officers for the City of Peekskill shall be peace officers.
B. 
Watershed Protection and Enforcement Officers for the City of Peekskill shall have the powers set forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (f), (g) and (h) of Subdivision 1 of § 2.20 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the State of New York; provided, however, that such Officers shall not be deemed authorized to carry, possess, repair or dispose of a firearm unless the appropriate license therefor has been issued pursuant to § 400 of the Penal Law. All Watershed Protection and Enforcement Officers for the City of Peekskill shall complete the training requirements set forth in § 2.30 of the Criminal Procedure Law.
C. 
The following persons may be appointed as Watershed Protection and Enforcement Officers:
(1) 
The Water Superintendent;
(2) 
The Deputy Assistant to the Water Superintendent; and
(3) 
The Watershed Inspector or Inspectors.
D. 
The duties of the Watershed Protection and Enforcement Officers for the City of Peekskill shall be to enforce those provisions of the Environmental Conservation Law and the Penal Law of the State of New York which relate to the contamination of water in those areas of the Hollowbrook Watershed located within the City of Peekskill, including its reservoirs, shoreline, and tributaries, and those areas of the Hollowbrook Watershed and Wicopee Reservoir located outside the City of Peekskill in the counties of Putnam and Westchester, including its reservoirs, shoreline, and tributaries.