§ 45-AAA — Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay

§ 45-aaa. Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay. 1.\nNo vessel shall be operated on Irondequoit bay, which is located within\nMonroe county, at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per hour unless\nsuch vessel is being operated for the purpose of enabling a person\nengaged in water skiing or other water sport to be towed, in which case\nno such vessel shall be operated at a speed exceeding thirty-five miles\nper hour.\n 2. No vessel shall be operated in the channel between Irondequoit Bay\nand Lake Ontario or within three hundred feet of the shore, the channel,\na dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner\nor at a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or\nendangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel\nbut in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the\npurpose of enabling a person engaged in water skiing to take off or\nland.\n 3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel\ncompeting in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified\ncourse held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due\nwritten notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate\nlaw enforcement agency at least fifteen days prior to such race,\npursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and\nall provisions of this section have been complied with.\n 4. Any person who operates a vessel in violation of any of the\nprovisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable as\nset forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.\n 5. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town\nor county from continuing, adopting or enacting any other local laws,\nresolutions or ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within\nits limits, but no such municipality shall have the power to make less\nrestrictive any of such provisions.\n