§ 8-12. Slow, no wake zone.

It is unlawful for any watercraft to be operated within a no wake zone so as to cause a wake in excess of idle speed. Designated areas in which all watercraft shall be limited to a no wake, (idle speed only) are designated boat dock/launch areas and other areas marked with buoys (or signs or markers) designating same as a no wake zone. Areas hereby designated as no wake zones are as follows:

1.

All boat dock/launch areas.

2.

The canal connecting the bodies of water known as Offatts Bayou and Lake Madeline.

3.

The area between day-markers ten (10) and eleven (11) in the entrance into Offatts Bayou to day-marker twenty-eight (28) in Offatts Bayou.

4.

The entire beachfront from the shoreline to fifty (50) yards out.

(Ord. No. 01-031, § 5, 6-14-01; Code 1960, § 4A-1; Ord. No. 94-37, § 2, 7-14-94)

State law reference

Power of city to regulate operation of boats, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 9206, § 20.