Ohio Administrative Code
Title 1501:47 - Division of Watercraft
Chapter 1501:47-7 - Specific Area Rules
Section 1501:47-7-18 - Lake Buckhorn, Holmes county
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 1501:47-7-18
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Operating regulations
(1) No person shall operate a powercraft at a
speed greater than idle speed or at a speed that creates a wake from sunset to
sunrise.
(2) Powercraft operating
in the designated speed and ski zones shall travel in a counter-clockwise
direction with the shoreline on the starboard (right) side of the
powercraft.
(3) All powercraft
operating at a speed greater than idle speed shall maintain a distance of forty
feet from the shore.
(4) Swimming
from watercraft shall be permitted only in designated no-wake zones.
(5) A "wake" as used in this rule shall be
defined as a track left by a watercraft in the water causing waves or
swells.
(B) Restrictions
(1) No powercraft shall tow more than two
skiers, ski tubes, or other approved towable devices.
(2) No person shall anchor, moor, dock or tie
up any watercraft to any private dock facility without express permission of
the owner or other authorized agent.
(3) While being towed by a watercraft, no
person shall have any type of airfoil or other device in hand or affixed to the
person for the purpose of becoming airborne over the waters of lake
Buckhorn.
(4) It shall be unlawful
for any watercraft to tow a parasail, kite, or any other airborne device on the
waters of lake Buckhorn.
(5) The
operation of seaplanes, hovercraft, mechanically propelled airboats, airfoils,
and ski-free mechanisms is prohibited.
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