Legislation
SECTION 46-B
Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake
Navigation (NAV) CHAPTER 37, ARTICLE 4, PART 1
§ 46-b. Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake. 1.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent
local laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Saratoga lake, located in
the towns of Malta, Saratoga and Stillwater, and the city of Saratoga
Springs, Saratoga county, shall be operated in a careful and prudent
manner, in such a way as to not unreasonably interfere with or endanger
any vessel or person, and no vessel shall be operated at a speed
exceeding forty-five miles per hour. No pleasure vessel operated on
Saratoga lake shall be operated at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles
per hour between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before
sunrise.
2. In addition to the waters of Saratoga lake, the provisions of this
section shall apply to Fish creek from Saratoga lake to Safford's
bridge. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section the five miles
per hour speed zone at the state route nine-P state boat launch, in
effect prior to the effective date of this section, shall remain in full
force and effect.
3. No vessel shall be operated on Saratoga lake within two hundred
feet of shore, a dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored
vessel in a manner or at such a speed that causes a wake that
unreasonably interferes with or endangers such shoreline, dock, pier,
raft or float or anchored or moored vessel, but in no event at a speed
exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the purpose of enabling a
person engaged in water skiing to take off or land.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel
competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified
course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
law enforcement agencies at least fifteen days prior to such race,
pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and
all provisions of such section have been complied with. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to any federal aviation agency licensed
aircraft.
5. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be
guilty of a violation punishable as provided in section seventy-three-c
of this article.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent
local laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Saratoga lake, located in
the towns of Malta, Saratoga and Stillwater, and the city of Saratoga
Springs, Saratoga county, shall be operated in a careful and prudent
manner, in such a way as to not unreasonably interfere with or endanger
any vessel or person, and no vessel shall be operated at a speed
exceeding forty-five miles per hour. No pleasure vessel operated on
Saratoga lake shall be operated at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles
per hour between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before
sunrise.
2. In addition to the waters of Saratoga lake, the provisions of this
section shall apply to Fish creek from Saratoga lake to Safford's
bridge. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section the five miles
per hour speed zone at the state route nine-P state boat launch, in
effect prior to the effective date of this section, shall remain in full
force and effect.
3. No vessel shall be operated on Saratoga lake within two hundred
feet of shore, a dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored
vessel in a manner or at such a speed that causes a wake that
unreasonably interferes with or endangers such shoreline, dock, pier,
raft or float or anchored or moored vessel, but in no event at a speed
exceeding five miles per hour, unless for the purpose of enabling a
person engaged in water skiing to take off or land.
4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel
competing in or practicing for a regatta or boat race over a specified
course held by a bona fide club or racing association, provided that due
written notice of the date of the race has been given to the appropriate
law enforcement agencies at least fifteen days prior to such race,
pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and
all provisions of such section have been complied with. The provisions
of this section shall not apply to any federal aviation agency licensed
aircraft.
5. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be
guilty of a violation punishable as provided in section seventy-three-c
of this article.