Section 45-AAAA. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Greenwood Lake  


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  • 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
      chapter or  any  inconsistent  local  laws  (a)  every  pleasure  vessel
      operated  on Greenwood Lake within Orange county, shall be operated in a
      careful and prudent manner,  in  such  a  way  as  not  to  unreasonably
      interfere  with  or  endanger any other vessel or person; a violation of
      this paragraph shall be a misdemeanor punishable as set forth in section
      seventy-three-b of this article; and (b) no vessel shall be operated  on
      such  lake  at a speed exceeding forty-five miles per hour nor shall any
      pleasure vessel be operated at a speed exceeding fifteen miles per  hour
      between  one-half  hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise; a
      violation of this paragraph shall be a violation punishable as set forth
      in section seventy-three-c of this article.
        2. No vessel shall be operated within two hundred feet of the shore, a
      dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored  vessel  at  a  speed
      exceeding five miles per hour, unless such vessel is being operated near
      such  shore,  dock, float, pier, raft or anchored vessel for the purpose
      of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to  take  off  or  land.  A
      violation  of  this  subdivision  shall be a violation punishable as set
      forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.
        3. The provisions of this section shall  not  apply  to  any  pleasure
      vessel  competing  in  or  practicing  for a regatta or boat race over a
      specified course held by a bona fide club or racing association  between
      nine o'clock in the morning and sunset, provided that due written notice
      of  the  date  of  the  race  has  been  given  to  the  appropriate law
      enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to
      the  provisions  of  section  thirty-four  of  this  chapter,  and   all
      provisions of this section have been complied with.
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