Chapter 11.12
VESSEL OPERATIONS

Sections:

11.12.010  Operator age requirements.

11.12.020  Garbage and sewage.

11.12.040  Safety buoys.

11.12.010  Operator age requirements.

A. No person under the age of ten years shall be allowed to operate a motorboat.

B. Persons ten years of age through sixteen years of age may operate a motorboat of ten horsepower or less, or a motorboat of greater than ten horsepower if under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian.

(Ord. 479 § 1 (part), 1989)

11.12.020  Garbage and sewage.

A. No person shall discharge sewage into any waterway directly or indirectly from any vessel.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person, while on any waterway, to throw or discard into the water any waste, debris, refuse, oil, garbage or other fluid or solid material which may pollute the water, or which may create or aggravate any condition deleterious to the public health.

(Ord. 479 § 1 (part), 1989)

11.12.040  Safety buoys.

A. The Ocean Shores police department may designate location and install in the water appropriately marked safety buoys that are required for the safety of the public.

B. It shall be unlawful for any person to relocate, damage or alter any safety buoy.

C. Any vessel operating within fifty feet of the shoreline shall do so at wake speed unless such vessel is departing, or towing a waterskier in compliance with Chapter 11.10.

D. It is unlawful for any vessel to use a safety buoy for the purpose of mooring or otherwise anchoring such a vessel.

(Ord. 479 § 1 (part), 1989)