[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Woodsburgh 2-27-1995
as L.L. No. 1-1995.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Harbormaster — See Ch. 18.
[1]
Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Ch. 144, Waterways,
adopted 9-29-1964 as Ord. No. 30, as amended.
The rules and regulations set forth in this chapter shall apply with
respect to the speed and operation of vessels upon any waters or waterways
situated within the territorial limits of the Village of Woodsburgh, except
when prohibited by the laws of the United States.
All provisions of the Navigation Law of the State of New York, all the
inland rules enacted by Congress and governing the navigation of the inland
waters of the United States and all the pilot rules for the United States
inland waters applicable to the waters of the village, relative to the rules
for vessels passing each other, as to lights on vessels and other matters
consistent with the proper use of said named waters, shall be complied with
by all vessels navigating said waters.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes a powerboat, sailboat, barge, canoe or rowboat and every
description of watercraft or other contrivance used on or capable of being
used as a means of transportation in water or in air.
Discharging of toilets from vessels is hereby prohibited.
The dumping of oil, refuse, garbage or waste in any waters is hereby
prohibited.
Vessels shall not moor or anchor except at the edge of the channel,
and in no case shall vessels moor in such a way as to interfere with the full
use of the channel.
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 of the Village
of Woodsburgh or any duly authorized officer or agent thereof. If said vessel
is not removed after an order to so remove it, it may be removed by or at
the direction of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Woodsburgh or any
duly authorized officer or agent thereof, at the expense of the owner or person
in charge of said vessel.
Vessels shall not moor or anchor so as to endanger the safety of or
cause damage to any vessel previously anchored or moored or so as to interfere
with any mooring previously laid down. Any vessel so moored or anchored shall
be removed by the owner or person in charge thereof on order of the Board
of Trustees of the Village of Woodsburgh or any duly authorized officer or
agent thereof. If said vessel is not removed after an order to so remove it,
it may be removed by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Woodsburgh or any duly authorized officer or agent thereof, at the expense
of the owner or person in charge of said vessel.
For the purpose of §§ 144-7 and 144-8, the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Harbormaster, and any person or official authorized to issue appearance tickets, are hereby designated as officers and agents of the village and authorized for the purposes stated therein. The Board of Trustees may also designate such other persons for such purposes as it may from time to time determine by resolution.
Every person operating a vessel shall at all times operate the same
in a careful and prudent manner and at such a rate of speed as not to endanger
the property of another or the life or limb of any person nor to interfere
with the free and proper use of the waters. Throwing up a dangerous wake when
approaching or passing another vessel or when proceeding close to shore is
prohibited.
[Amended 9-14-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995]
No vessel shall be operated at a greater speed than five miles per hour
in any waters or waterways situated within the territorial limits of the village.
No person shall operate a vessel propelled wholly or partially by an
engine operated by the explosion of gas, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene or other
substance without having the exhaust from the engine run through a muffler
so constructed and used as to muffle the noise of the exhaust in a reasonable
manner.
