Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The water of Berlin reservoir
is
divided into five designated areas:
(1)
Area one includes
of the waters lying between U.S. route 224 and
the dam .
(2)
Area two includes
the waters lying between U.S. route 224 and the
"N.Y.C. railroad" bridge .
(3)
Area three includes
the waters lying between the "N.Y.C. railroad"
bridge and state route 14 .
(4)
Area four includes
the waters lying between state route 14 and
state route 225 .
(5)
Area five includes
the remaining waters not
described in paragraphs (A)(1), (A)(2), (A)(3), and
(A)(4) of this rule
that are westward of state route 225
.
(B) In area one,
it
is unlawful to:
(1) Operate
permit the operation, or otherwise willfully or
negligently allow a watercraft
within five hundred feet of the intake tower and crest gate in
the dam at Berlin reservoir.
(2)
Operate (start/run) or permit to be operated a motor, other than an electric
motor, to propel a boat within two thousand feet of the dam at Berlin
reservoir.
(3) Engage in water
skiing or aquaplaning within two thousand feet of the dam at Berlin
reservoir.
(4) Operate
or permit the operation of a watercraft within
one hundred fifty feet of any undeveloped shoreline in such a manner as to
cause a wake of sufficient size or force to cause discomfort, injury or damage
to any person, watercraft or property.
(5)
Operate a vessel at greater
than idle speed or at a speed that creates a wake within three hundred feet of
any marina, boat docking facility, boat gasoline dock, launch ramp,
recreational boat harbor, or harbor entrance.
(C) In area two, it
is
unlawful:
For any person to operate or permit the
operation of a watercraft within one hundred fifty feet of any
undeveloped shoreline in such a manner as to cause a wake of sufficient size
and force to cause discomfort, injury or damage to any person, watercraft, or
property.
(D) In area
three, it
is unlawful:
For any person to operate or permit the
operation of a watercraft within one hundred fifty feet of any
undeveloped shoreline in such a manner as to cause a wake of sufficient size
and force to cause discomfort, injury or damage to any person, watercraft, or
property.
(E) In area four,
it
is unlawful:
(1) For
any person to operate or permit the operation of
a watercraft within one hundred feet of any undeveloped shoreline in such a
manner as to cause a wake of sufficient size or force to cause discomfort,
injury or damage to any person, watercraft or property.
(2) For any person to operate
or permit the operation of a watercraft within
the area from state route 14 to a line of buoys located at the area known as
Treasure Cove in such a manner as to cause a wake of sufficient size or force
to cause discomfort, injury to damage to any person, watercraft or
property.
(F) In area
five, it
is unlawful:
(1) For
any person to operate, be in physical control, or manipulate any water-skis, or
aquaplane, or for any person to operate a watercraft towing any person using
waterskis, aquaplane or similar device at any time.
(2) For any person to operate
or permit the operation of a watercraft within
one hundred fifty feet of any undeveloped shoreline in such a manner as to
cause a wake of sufficient size to cause discomfort, injury or damage to any
person, watercraft or property.
(G) It
is unlawful for any person to operate
or permit the operations of a watercraft within
one hundred feet of any bridge in such a manner as to cause a wake of
sufficient size and force to cause discomfort, injury, or damage to any person,
watercraft or property.
(H) A
"wake" as used in this rule
is defined as a track left by a watercraft in the
water causing waves or swells.
(I)
All definitions set forth in rule
1501:31-1-02 of the
Administrative Code apply to this
rule.
(J) It
is
unlawful for any person to operate a watercraft at a speed greater than ten
miles per hour from sunset to sunrise local time.
