As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
WATER AND WATERWAYS
Includes all creeks, canals, waterways and channel systems
in the Village to a distance of 1,500 feet from the shore.
This chapter shall apply to all water and waterways within the
Village and to adjacent waterways within a distance of 1,500 feet
from the shore, to the extent permitted by the laws of the United
States and the laws of the State of New York.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department of the Village
to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Chief of Police shall
be empowered to make and enforce temporary regulations to cover emergencies
or special conditions which arise out of the application of this chapter.
The discharge of toilets, dumping of oil, garbage, grass clippings
and cuttings and other waste material and like acts are hereby prohibited
in all waters and waterways covered by the provisions of this chapter.
Boats shall not moor, anchor, tie up or otherwise be secured
in any manner which shall endanger the life, limb or property of another,
nor shall any boat in any manner interfere with, obstruct or endanger
the free and clear passage of boats along creeks, canals and waterways
of the Village. This section shall not be construed to interfere with
or prevent the lawful use of privately owned basins or slips or to
prevent the mooring of boats immediately adjacent to a shore or bulkhead
and parallel thereto.
Boats shall not moor or anchor in channels except at the edge
of such 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.
No person shall obstruct the waterways in the Village.
In any district no artificial waterway shall be constructed
until first approved by the Planning Board.
Use of the Village beach launching facilities located on the
east side of Newpoint Creek at the Village beach park shall require
a permit to be obtained from the office of the Village Clerk, for
which a fee will be charged. The amount of such fees for residents,
nonresident taxpayers, resident or nonresident taxpayer senior citizens
and nonresidents will be established and modified from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
No person shall operate a boat, propelled wholly or partly by
the expulsion of gas, gasoline, naphtha, oil or other substance, without
having the exhaust from the engine run through a muffler so constructed
and used as to muffle the noise of exhaust in a reasonable manner.
No person shall at any time engage in net fishing or use nets
of any kind or description, except hand-drawn bait nets no more than
50 feet in length and crab nets, for the taking of fish in the waters
and waterways of the Village.
No more than two boats shall be stored at any premises in the
A, BB, B or C Residence Districts which are not owned or duly registered
to the record owner or lawful occupant of such premises, without the
approval of the Board of Trustees. For purposes of this section, "storage"
shall mean in-water docking or mooring at, or adjacent to, such premises,
as well as upland dry storage on said premises.