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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1954-11 06-09 CCO r } i • • 1 4511441 AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE USE AND OPERATION OF BOATS AND WATERCRAFT ON WATERS LYING WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN CENTER, PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN CENTER DO ORDAIN''£, FOLLOWS: Section 1. No person shall navigate, operate, dock, anchor any boat or watercraft upon any water or waterway within the Village of Brooklyn Center except in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance and all other rules and regulations made a part hereof by reference. Section 2. For the purpose of this ordinance, the term "person" shall mean any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other combination of persons. Section 3. For the purpose of this ordinance, the term "boat" shall mean every boat, houseboat, barge, vessel, raft, canoe or other watercraft used as a support in or upon the water. Section 4. The doing of any hing, act, or the operation of any watercraft in violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance and as such is hereby prohibited. Section 7. No person under the age of 15 years of age shall operate or have charge of any motor boat, and no person under the age of 13 years shall operate any rowboat, canoe or sailboat unless accompanied by an adult, except and unless a special permit therefor, has been granted by the Village Council. No person, being the owner of such a watercraft, shall permit or allow a person the ages herein specified, to operate or run such a watercraft under th g he pe , p watercraft, unless accompanied by an adult. Section 6. No person shall navigate, direct or handle any boat in such a manner as to annoy, unnecessarily frighten or endanger the occupants of other boats or watercraft, or of persons in or upon the water. • • • Section 7. No person shall run, operate, navigate or direct any motorboat or sailboat within 100 feet of the area being used by persons for swimming or designated by the Village Council as a swimming area. Section 8. No boat exceeding 16 feet over -all in length shall be placed upon any lake or waterway in the Village of Brooklyn Center, except and unless a special permit therefor has been granted by the Village Council. Section 9. Every motorboat propelled by an internal combustion engine, shall be equipped to divert its exhaust under water, and shall be operated so that its exhaust shall be diverted underwater at all times, or shall otherwise be completely and effectively muffled so as to silence such sound. Section 10. No motorboat shall be allowed to exceed the speed of 15 miles per hour unless a special permit is obtained by the owner or operator thereof, which permit shall designate the time during which the same may be operated upon waters lying within the Village of Robbinsdale and any other conditions or limitations, pursuant to which the same is issued. Section 11. Any person desiring to operate any watercraft upon any body of water or waterway within the Village of Brooklyn Center otherwise prohibited, except upon the issuance o" a special permit therefor, shah make application therefor in writing, to the Village Council, setting out the type of watercraft, the horsepower of any motor to be used propelling the same, the serial number of such watercraft and of any motor by which it is to be propelled, the over -all length of the craft, the maximum speed at which the same can be propelled, with the motor, if any intended to be used and described in such application, the name, age and residence of the owner thereof and any other information that the city may request. Section 12. Upon receipt of the application for special permit, the Village Council shall determine whether or not the same shall be issued and if such application is approved. the Village Clerk shall issue special permit to the owner or operator thereof and shall set out therein all conditions and limitations pursuant to which the same is issued. Any such permit shall be revoked if the holder thereon: is found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction of the violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance. Special permits shall be non - transferrable and shall be revokable at any time without cause. In case of revocation, the village shall give the holder of said permit, notice of such revocation by mail, addressed to the holders' last known address. Section 13. No person shall operate any racing shell, speedboat or other watercraft designed primarily for racing or operating at a high rate of speed over the water and no such boat shall be placed on any lake within the Village of Brooklyn Center, and no watercraft of any nature shall be operated at a speed in excess of that herein provided unless a special permit is obtained by the owner or operator thereof. Section 14. Every motorboat and sailboat shall be navigated in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Minnesota State Marine Laws, which regulations are hereby adopted and by this reference made a part of this ordinance. Section 15. No person shall be or remain in any boat or otherwise upon the lakes or any other waterway within the Village of Brooklyn Center after dark nor tefore daylight of the following day. Section 16. Should any section, clause or provision of this ordinance be declared by the Court to be invalid, the same shall not effect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part thereof, other than the part so declared to be alid . N Section 17. Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1...u.03 o: by imprisonment for not more L. 411 than 53 days. Section 18. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication. Passed by the Village Council of the Village of Brooklyn Center this 9th day of June, 1954. 1? '2 Arthur Paulson, Mayor Attest: / I , Paul H. Weekly, Village Clerk ( 1 (SEAL)