Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-15-7-3
Affected: IC 14
Sec. 9.
(a) This
section establishes special boating zones in Kosciusko County on Tippecanoe
Lake, James Lake, and channels connected to these lakes. Oswego Lake is:
(1) exempted from this section; and
(2) controlled by
312
IAC 5-11-12.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a), a
person must not operate a boat in excess of ten (10) miles per hour on
Tippecanoe Lake west of the east entrance to Bellrohr Channel. Bellrohr Channel
connects to a basin of Tippecanoe Lake that is sometimes referred to as Oswego
Lake.
(c) A person must not operate
a boat with other than an electric trolling motor or paddle in the Flats on the
west side of the Ball Wetlands in Tippecanoe Lake. The boundary of the
restricted zone:
(1) begins on shore at SPC
2210825 (UTM 4574804) north and SPC 306682 (UTM 605075) east at the mouth of
the Grassy Creek Channel;
(2)
continues in a northerly direction to the points:
(A) SPC 2211084 (UTM 4574883) north and SPC
306694 (UTM 605078) east;
(B) SPC
2211419 (UTM 4574985) north and SPC 306710 (UTM 605081) east;
(C) SPC 2211796 (UTM 4575102) north and SPC
307236 (UTM 605239) east;
(D) SPC
2212451 (UTM 4575304) north and SPC 307630 (UTM 605356) east; and
(E) SPC 2212483 (UTM 4575315) north and SPC
307897 (UTM 605438) east; and
(3) concludes on shore at the mouth of the
channel to James Lake at SPC 2212515 (UTM 4575326) north and SPC 308232 (UTM
605540) east.
(d) A
person must not operate a boat in excess of idle speed in the following areas:
(1) In Grassy Creek Channel south of the
entrance to Tippecanoe Lake from a point at SPC 2211098 (UTM 4574886) north and
SPC 306467 (UTM 605008) east.
(2)
In the channel between Tippecanoe Lake and James Lake beginning with a point in
eastern Tippecanoe Lake at SPC 2212677 (UTM 4575375) north and SPC 308135 (UTM
605509) east and ending with a point in western James Lake at SPC 2212481 (UTM
4575322) north and SPC 309636 (UTM 605968) east.
(3) In James Lake bordering the Ball
Wetlands. The boundary of the restricted zone:
(A) begins at a point north of the channel to
Tippecanoe Lake at SPC 2212864 (UTM 4575437) north and SPC 309179 (UTM 605826)
east;
(B) continues in a southerly
direction to the points:
(i) SPC 2212481 (UTM
4575322) north and SPC 309636 (UTM 605968) east;
(ii) SPC 2212626 (UTM 4575369) north and SPC
310139 (UTM 606120) east;
(iii) SPC
2212045 (UTM 4575194) north and SPC 310717 (UTM 606299) east;
(iv) SPC 2211233 (UTM 4574947) north and SPC
310629 (UTM 606276) east;
(v) SPC
2210783 (UTM 4574811) north and SPC 310971 (UTM 606382) east;
(vi) SPC 2209873 (UTM 4574533) north and SPC
310724 (UTM 606311) east;
(vii) SPC
2209521 (UTM 4574426) north and SPC 310856 (UTM 606353) east; and
(viii) SPC 2209302 (UTM 4574357) north and
SPC 310387 (UTM 606211) east; and
(C) concludes with the southernmost point
placed at SPC 2208961 (UTM 4574255) north and SPC 310797 (UTM 606338)
east.
(e) In
order to be effective, a zone established under this section must include buoys
placed on site under
312 IAC
5-4.
