[Added 3-6-1972 ATM, Art. 44; amended 5-14-1984 ATM, Art. 68; 10-17-1988 STM, Art.
29]
A. No gasoline, diesel or electric powered motors over
three horsepower shall be permitted on any freshwater ponds in the
Town of Brewster.
B. Any emergency rescue boat shall be exempted from these
limitations.
C. These regulations shall not apply to ponds in Nickerson
Park or ponds which are partly in the Town of Harwich, with the exception
of Seymour Pond.
D. Any person violating this section shall be punished
by a fine of $100 for each offense.
[Amended 11-7-2011 FYTM, Art. 12]
[Added 5-9-1988 ATM, Art. 31]
A. All motorboats, including jet skis and similar personal
watercraft, shall be operated at headway speed (six miles per hour
or enough speed to maintain steering control) within 150 feet of the
shoreline of Long Pond, except for police and/or emergency boats.
B. No motorboat shall be operated at any time on the
waters of Long Pond at a speed greater than is reasonable and proper
having regard to the lives and safety of the public; the state of
visibility; the traffic density; the maneuverability of the vessel;
the state of wind, water and current; and the proximity of navigational
hazards. On Long Pond, speed by a motorboat, jet-ski watercraft, surfjet
watercraft or wetbike watercraft, or similar personal watercraft,
in excess of 45 miles per hour shall be presumed to be in excess of
a reasonable and proper speed.
C. Enforcement and penalties.
(1) Enforcement. Long Pond is a Great Pond owned by the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. These regulations are intended to supplement
the state regulations and are additional to the restrictions on distance
and headway speed in 323 CMR Division of Law Enforcement, Section
2.07.(1) and (3). The Towns of Brewster and Harwich hold common jurisdiction
for law enforcement purposes, and Long Pond is patrolled by police
of both towns.
(2) Penalties. Operators and/or owners who violate these
regulations shall be fined as follows:
(c)
Third and subsequent offenses: $200.
D. To assist in enforcement and designate the areas for
boaters, swimmers and law enforcement personnel, marker buoys are
to be placed in appropriate locations around the perimeter of Long
Pond, designating the one-hundred-fifty-foot distance from shore and
the three-hundred-foot distance from public bathing beaches required
by the commonwealth. Each town (Brewster and Harwich) is to provide
the marker buoys for its shoreline, and they are to be placed under
the joint direction of the Police Chiefs of the two towns and the
Division of Marine Law Enforcement. The area shoreward of these markers
is designated "Headway Speed Zone," and these marker buoys should
so indicate.