[Adopted 11-22-1991 as L.L.
No. 35-1991]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
BOAT
Includes a jet ski or any other one or two person motorized watercraft.
PERSON
A natural person or a corporate person.
This article shall be known as the "Motorized Boating Law of the Town
of Yorktown." It is an article regulating the operation and speed of motorized
boats on the waterways of the Town of Yorktown.
This article is enacted pursuant to the Municipal Home Rule Law and
any and all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the State of New York;
nothing contained herein shall be deemed to conflict with any such laws, rules
or regulations.
It is declared to be the intent of the Town of Yorktown to regulate
the use and operation of motorized boats on the lakes and waterways of the
Town of Yorktown. The purpose of this regulation is to promote the public
health, safety and general welfare and to protect the general ecology and
water quality of these water bodies.
On all waterways where motorized boats are permitted, no boat shall
be powered or operated with an engine greater than five horsepower. However,
a motor up to 20 horsepower may be used for water quality testing or cleanup
efforts pursuant to a comprehensive lake management program. Motorized boats
shall be operated in a prudent manner so as not to interfere with the free
and proper use of such waterways by others.
Motorized boat operators shall comply with all rules, regulations, laws
and ordinances of any agency having jurisdiction thereover with respect to
safety requirements while any motorized boat is actually being operated upon
any waterway of the Town of Yorktown.
No motorized boat shall be operated upon any town waterway between the
hours of 8:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m inclusive.
The exhaust of every motorized boat operated on any waterway of the
town shall be effectively muffled.
Any person convicted of having violated or disobeyed any provision of
this article shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $500 and/or a
term of imprisonment of not more than 15 days. Each consecutive day of the
violation may be considered a separate offense.