The following rules and regulations shall apply
to all waters or waterways within or adjacent to the Village of Island
Park or subject to its jurisdiction, except when prohibited by the
laws of the United States, and except the channel system under the
supervision of the Long Island State Park Commission.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BOAT or VESSEL
Includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance
used on or capable of being used as a means of transportation in water
and in air.
CHANNEL SYSTEM
Main channels, cross channels connecting with them, basins
and dock or bathing areas.
OWNER
Shall include the person under whose name the vessel was
last registered with the United States Coast Guard or the State of
New York, if requiring registration, and in any other case the last
known owner.
[Amended 10-15-1959]
[Amended 10-15-1959]
All provisions of the Navigation Law of this
state, of the inland rules enacted by Congress and governing the navigation
of the inland waters of the United States and of the Pilot Rules for
United States inland waters, applicable to the channel systems relative
to the rules for vessels passing each other, as to lights on vessels
and other matters consistent with the proper use of the channel systems
shall be complied with by all vessels navigating said systems.
Discharging of toilets or dumping of oil, refuse,
garbage or waste in channel systems is prohibited.
The Police Department of the County of Nassau
is hereby empowered to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and
every person in charge of the vessel navigating or using the waterways
of the Village of Island Park shall at all times obey the lawful orders
of the members of such Police Department. Such patrolmen shall have
the right to stop any vessel navigating or using the waterways of
the Village of Island Park for the purpose of enforcing this chapter.
Any person committing an offense against this
article shall be guilty of a violation punishable by a fine not exceeding
$250 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 15 days for each
offense, or by both such fine and imprisonment.