[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Pierce County by
Ord. No. 81-1. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation — See Ch. 172.
The definitions set forth in §§ 30.50 to 30.80, Wis.
Stats., are hereby incorporated and used in this chapter as if set out fully
therein.
[Amended by Ord. No. 94-15; Ord. No. 96-2]
A.
This chapter creates slow no-wake zones as defined in
§ 30.50(12), Wis. Stats., in the Mississippi River boundary waters
as defined in § 30.50(14), Wis. Stats., in the county at the following
locations:
(1)
Southeasterly between mileposts 811.5 and 810.9 of the
Mississippi River.
(2)
Southeasterly between mileposts 791.5 and 790.5 of the
Mississippi River.
(3)
Southwesterly between mileposts 793.5 and 791.6 of the
Mississippi River and the entire Wisconsin Back Channel during periods of
high water.
(4)
The Wisconsin Back Channel from the Highway 63 crossing
northbound for 1/2 mile.
(5)
Southeasterly between mileposts 789.2 and 788.4 of the
Mississippi River.
B.
This section means that no person shall operate a motorboat
at a speed in excess of the posted notice as established by regulating markers
between the subject mileposts in the Mississippi River, Pierce County, Wisconsin.
Said area shall be designated and marked "slow - no wake."
C.
"High water" shall be defined as any water level at or
above 675 feet above sea level as measured by the Corps of Engineers at Lock
and Dam No. 3 at Red Wing, Minnesota.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall forfeit not
more than $50 for the first offense and shall forfeit not more than $100 upon
conviction of the same offense for a second or subsequent time within one
year.
