§ 35.13. Definitions.

The following words, when used in this Chapter, shall have the following meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1)

Boat or Boats shall mean all rafts, skiffs, dredges, canoes, dugouts, dinghies, rowboats, sailboats and motorboats. Sailboards are specifically excluded from this definition.

(2)

Motorboat or Motorboats shall mean any boat, except a seaplane operated on the water, which is propelled or powered by machinery or by any internal or external combustion engine or motor and which is used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, including but not limited to jet skis and personal watercraft as defined in the Florida Statutes.

(3)

Operator shall mean any person in charge of or having immediate control over a boat, whether such person is the owner of the boat or a permitted user, or an unauthorized user of the boat.

(4)

Waterway shall mean any waters, lakes, canals, streams, lagoons or connecting waters, whether natural or manmade, partially or wholly within the boundaries of the City.

(5)

Personal Watercraft means a small class A-1 or A-2 vessel which uses an outboard motor, or an inboard motor powering a water jet pump, as its primary source of motive power and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on, or being towed behind the vessel rather than in the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel.

(Ord. of 5-21-1990, Doc. #23934; Ord. of 11-16-1992, Doc. #26143; Ord. of 10-9-1995, Doc. #28846)