The provisions of this article shall apply to boats, personal watercraft, boating, and to any watercraft propelled by machinery used or capable of being used to stimulate water skiing without the aid of a separate towing boat on Lake El Reno.
All Oklahoma state boating and safety regulations will be enforced on Lake El Reno.
[Added 7-7-2009 by Ord. No. 7006]
A.
There is hereby adopted by reference and made a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of El Reno all of the provisions of Chapter 72 of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act, as found in 63 O.S. §§ 4200 through 4236 and including any amendments thereto, and additionally including the adopting of any statute in said chapters which provides for discretionary adoption by a municipality. All of the provisions found in these chapters are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference, and are enforceable by the City within the City limits as fully as if set out at length herein.
B.
In the event that any ordinance of the City shall conflict with Chapter 72 of the Oklahoma Boating Safety Regulation Act found in Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or any amendments thereto, then the provisions of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes adopted herein shall be controlling.
C.
In the event that penalties, incarcerations, fines, or costs imposed by Oklahoma Statutes are in excess of the limits allowed to be imposed by municipalities, then such penalties, incarcerations, fines, or costs allowable shall control.
D.
In the event that a violation of the law under the Oklahoma Statutes constitutes a felony, then such a violation of the ordinances of the City shall constitute a misdemeanor rather than a felony.
[Amended 6-13-2017 by Ord. No. 9108]
Any operation involving the rental of private boats or personal watercraft for use on Lake El Reno shall require a special permit from the City with terms as set and approved by the City Council.
Rowboats shall have the right-of-way at all times over sailboats. Sailboats shall have the right-of-way at all times over motorboats and personal watercraft.
All motorboats must be equipped with exhaust mufflers which must be used at all times while operating on the lake, except during racing, as authorized under § 250-40. All inboard motors must be equipped with flame arrestors.
The operator of a motor boat or personal watercraft shall, at all times, keep such boat or personal watercraft at a safe distance from other boats or vehicles.
No person operating a motorboat at a speed in excess of five miles per hour shall come nearer than 200 feet to any bank or nearer than 100 feet to any anchored boat.
A.
"No-wake areas" are hereby established. These areas will be appropriately designated with the use of buoys and/or signs. Motorboats and personal watercraft shall move only at idling speed, less than five miles per hour.
B.
Motorboats and personal watercraft shall be operated in any neck or bay only for the purpose of fishing and shall move only at idling speed, less than five miles per hour.
No person shall participate in any boat race, or in any race between a boat and a personal watercraft or between multiple personal watercraft, unless such race is specifically authorized by the City Council.
If a boat or personal watercraft is left upon the lake premises unattended for more than 24 hours, the boat or personal watercraft will be confiscated and disposed of by the City, without compensation or remuneration to the owner thereof, it being construed to have been abandoned.
Any boat or personal watercraft used or operated in violation of any provision of this Part 1 may be removed, or ordered removed, from the lake by the lake patrolmen.