Indiana Administrative Code
Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
Article 5 - BOATING ON PUBLIC WATERS OF INDIANA
Rule 8 - Lake Michigan; Restrictions
Section 8-4 - LaPorte County waters of Lake Michigan and Trail Creek; boating restrictions
Universal Citation: 312 IN Admin Code 8-4
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-11-2-1; IC 14-15-7-3; IC 14-29-1-8
Affected: IC 14
Sec. 4.
(a) A person must not operate a boat in the following LaPorte County zones on Lake Michigan:
(1) Adjacent to the Indiana Dunes National
Lakeshore at a site known as the Mt. Baldy Beach Swimming Area, with:
(A) the western boundary beginning where the
centerline of the north dune staircase would intersect the shoreline, if the
staircase were extended due north, and extending lakeward from that point and
perpendicular to the shoreline for two hundred (200) feet;
(B) the eastern boundary three hundred (300)
feet east of the western boundary and extending lakeward and perpendicular to
the shoreline for two hundred (200) feet; and
(C) the northern boundary formed by a line
running parallel to the shoreline and terminating at the lakeward-most points
of the eastern boundary and the western boundary.
(2) Adjacent to Michigan City, at a site
known as the Washington Park Swimming Area, with:
(A) the western boundary beginning where the
eastern edge of the Washington Park parking lot would intersect the shoreline,
if the parking lot were extended due north, and extending lakeward from that
point and perpendicular to the shoreline for two hundred (200) feet;
(B) the eastern boundary beginning at a point
four hundred forty (440) feet east of the western boundary and extending
lakeward and perpendicular to the shoreline for two hundred (200) feet;
and
(C) the northern boundary
formed by a line running parallel to the shoreline and terminating at the
lakeward-most points of the eastern boundary and the western
boundary.
(b) A person shall not operate a boat at greater than idle speed in an unnamed channel that enters the east bank of Trail Creek approximately five hundred (500) feet upstream from the U.S. 12 bridge over Trail Creek in Michigan City.
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