Section 46-AAA. Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county  


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  • 1.  Notwithstanding  any  other
      provisions  of  this  chapter  or  any inconsistent local laws (a) every
      pleasure vessel operated on Blue Mountain lake, Eagle lake, Indian lake,
      and Utowana lake, shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner,  in
      such  a way as not to unreasonably interfere with or endanger any 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  lakes  at  a  speed  exceeding
      forty-five miles per hour nor shall any pleasure vessel be operated at a
      speed  exceeding  twenty-five 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 on  Blue  Mountain  lake,  Eagle  lake,
      Indian  lake  and  Utowana  lake within two hundred feet of the shore, a
      dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or
      at such a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with  or
      endangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel
      but in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the
      purpose  of  enabling  a  person  engaged in water skiing to take off or
      land. A violation of this subdivision is 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 vessel
      competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over  a  specified
      course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
      written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
      law  enforcement  agencies  at  least  fifteen  days prior to such race,
      pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this  chapter,  and
      all  provisions  of such section have been complied with. The provisions
      of this section shall not apply to any Federal Aviation Agency  licensed
      aircraft.
        4.  Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town
      or county from adopting or  enacting  any  local  laws,  resolutions  or
      ordinances  related to persons operating a vessel within its limits, but
      no such municipality shall have the power to make less  restrictive  any
      of such provisions.