§ 35.17. Speed Limits and No Wake Zones.

(1)

No person shall operate a boat so as to create a wake within one hundred (100) feet of the shoreline, docks, piers, boat houses, bridges, fish feeders or any other objects arising from the water except in an emergency.

(2)

The one hundred foot (100′) distance shall be measured from the boat itself or from any extension thereof, including but not limited to, a skier, aquaplane, or other device being towed.

(3)

No person shall operate a boat as to create a wake within no wake zones marked around any publicly owned boat ramp.

(4)

Boats, motorboats, and personal watercraft being operated in canals shall not create a wake.

(5)

Except as otherwise provided in subsections (1) and (2) above, no person shall operate a boat, motorboat, or personal watercraft on any waterway, when and where boating is permitted, at a rate of speed in excess of thirty-six (36) miles per hour during daylight hours and twenty (20) miles per hour between sunset and sunrise.

(6)

Speed limit signs shall be posted at all public boat entrance ramps and public launching points and at such additional locations as may be deemed necessary by the Families, Parks and Recreation Director.

(7)

The foregoing speed limit restrictions shall not apply to:

(a)

activities of a governmental agency within the scope of its governmental authority; or

(b)

any person engaged in an organized professional or amateur tournament or exhibition held in one of the lakes listed in Section 35.10 of this Code as approved by the Families, Parks and Recreation Director.

(8)

Violations of the provisions of this section shall be punished by a one hundred dollar ($100) fine.

(Ord. of 11-16-1992, Doc. #26143; Ord. of 10-9-1995, Doc. #28846; Ord. of 5-20-1996, Doc. #29360; Ord. of 1-12-2004, § 3, Doc. #040112905)