[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Larchmont 10-15-1962 as Ch. XI of the Revised General Ordinances, as amended through 8-4-1975. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Littering — See Ch. 189.
Noise — See Ch. 195.
Environmental quality review — See Ch. 331.
Freshwater wetlands — See Ch. 341.
The following terms, wherever used in this chapter, except as otherwise specifically indicated, shall be defined to mean and shall be held to include each of the meanings hereinbelow specifically set forth, and any such term used in the singular number shall be held to include the plural.
HARBOR
Includes all navigable waters, inlets, bays and coves of Larchmont Harbor within the limits of the Village of Larchmont.
MOTORBOAT
Includes every kind of vessel propelled in whole or in part by machinery.
VESSEL
Includes every kind of vessel, boat, houseboat and floating craft.
WATERWAYS
Includes all navigable waters, inlets, bays and coves, other than the Harbor, adjacent to said village to a distance of 1,500 feet from the shore.
It shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation to cast or deposit, or cause or suffer to be cast or deposited, into the Harbor or in the waterways, as above defined, from or out of any vessel lying or proceeding in the Harbor or in said waterways or from the shores, wharves, docks or piers adjacent to the Harbor any garbage or refuse matter of any kind or description whatever.
[Amended 9-14-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
No motorboat shall, within the Harbor limits or within the waterways as above defined, be driven at a speed exceeding five miles per hour.
No motorboat, the propelling machinery of which is driven by gas, gasoline, naphtha or other explosive medium, shall be operated within the Harbor or within the waterways, as above defined, unless the same is provided with an underwater exhaust or muffler so constructed and used as to muffle the noise of the explosion.
[Amended 5-4-1981 by L.L. No. 3-1981]
Any persons committing an offense against this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days, or to both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.