California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 4 - Division of Boating and Waterways
Chapter 1 - Division of Boating and Waterways
Article 6 - Waterway Marking System
Section 7001 - Definition (as Used in this Article)
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Waterway marker is any device designed to be placed in, on or near the water to convey an official message to a boat operator on matters which may affect health, safety, or well being, except that such devices of the United States or an agency of the United States are excluded from the meaning of this definition.
(b) Regulatory Marker is a waterway marker which has no equivalent in the U.S. Coast Guard system of navigational aids.
(c) State Aid to Navigation is a waterway marker which is the equivalent of a U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation.
(d) Buoy is any device designed to float which is anchored in the water and which is used to convey a message.
(e) Sign is any device for carrying a message which is attached to another object such as a piling, buoy, structure or the land itself.
(f) A Display Area is the area on a sign or buoy needed for display of a waterway marker symbol.
(g) Symbols are geometric figures such as a diamond, circle, rectangle, used to convey a basic message.
(h) "Department" means the Department of Boating and Waterways.
1. Amendment filed 2-16-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing (Register 79, No. 7).
2. Editorial correction of NOTE filed 10-11-85 (Register 85, No. 41).
Note: Authority cited: Section 659, Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Sections 650 and 659, Harbors and Navigation Code.
