No boat propelled other than by hand shall cruise
or be operated within 100 feet of any lifelines or bathing float or,
if there be no lifelines or bathing float, then within 200 feet of
any public or semipublic beach regularly used for bathing or swimming,
nor shall such boat cruise or be operated in excess of five miles
per hour within 100 feet of any person bathing or swimming except
at inlets or where a channel approaches the shoreline closer than
the distances set forth in this section.
[Amended 6-6-2013 by L.L. No. 4-2013]
A. No boat shall be operated at a speed in excess of that posted by
speed markers. In any area of Town waters where no speed marker is
posted and no other provision of this chapter applies, no boat shall
be operated in excess of 45 miles per hour. For purposes of this section,
Town waters shall be deemed to consist of all waters located within
1,500 feet of any shoreline within the boundaries of the Town of East
Hampton.
B. No boat shall be operated in any harbor or in any area where there is congestion of boats, either underway or at anchor, at a speed in excess of five miles per hour. This provision shall not apply to windsurf boards in Napeague Harbor. A violation of the provisions of this Subsection
B shall be punishable by a fine as set forth in the schedule of fines contained in this chapter, or by imprisonment for up to 15 days, should said person fail to answer any instrument issued for the aforesaid conduct.
C. No vessel of more than 2,000 installed horsepower shall operate at
a speed in excess of 15 miles per hour within or upon Town waters.
This subsection shall not apply to any government or military vessel,
to any vessel for which a limited, one-time written exemption of the
Town Harbormaster has been previously obtained nor to any vessel engaged
in a bona fide rescue effort or which is otherwise rendering aid or
assistance during an emergency.
No person shall launch a boat from any Town-owned
launching ramps unless the vehicle to which said boat and trailer
is connected displays a valid parking permit or ramp use permit duly
issued by the Town Clerk for said vehicle.
No person shall skin-dive with any type of diving
equipment within any channel in the Town of East Hampton, nor shall
any person bathe or swim in any such channel, except in the course
of a rescue.
No person shall skin-dive with any type of diving
equipment unless he has marked the diving area with a regulation red
diving flag, nor shall any person allow or permit such diving flag
to remain in any area unless such person is actually skin diving in
the area at the time. No boat shall operate within 100 feet of any
area marked for skin diving by the placement of said regulation red
diving flag.
No person shall discharge any apparatus designed
for use in spearfishing within 200 feet of any lifelines or bathing
float, or, if there be no lifelines or bathing float, then within
200 feet of any public or semipublic beach regularly used for bathing
or swimming, or within 100 feet of any person bathing or swimming.
Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the
Town Board of the Town of East Hampton from issuing special permits
for aquatic events or boat races under proper supervision in limited
areas and for limited periods of time.