[Adopted 5-12-1987[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: The ordinance adopted this
date also provided that it shall take effect 4-1-1988.
[Amended 11-8-2000]
No vessel wholly or partly propelled by power,
including but not limited to any vessel commonly known as a "jet ski,"
shall be operated upon the territorial waters of the Town of Branford
set forth in Subsections A, B, C and D at a rate of speed greater
than that specified below:
A.
Stony Creek: six statute miles per hour in the established
channel from the reef extension of Linden Point northward to include
the Town Dock, public boat launch area, bathing beach and dredged
turn basin.
B.
Branford Harbor: A “slow-no-wake zone”
shall exist in the Inner Harbor area as defined by all waters north
of the line from Indian Neck Point to Lovers Island.
[Amended 11-8-2006]
C.
A "slow-no-wake zone" shall exist on all tidal marshes,
marsh channels and estuaries within the Town of Branford.
[Amended 11-8-2006]
D.
All shores: six statute miles per hour within 100
yards of any shore.
Any person who shall violate the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a fine in an amount not to exceed
$100.
