2012-12 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 66 - REGULATION OF LAKE DECATUR

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Chapter 66 D. Sailboats equipped with motors and being propelled partly or solely by such motors shall carry and display the same lights required for motorboats of the same class. Sailboats of less than 26 feet in length, equipped with motors but being propelled entirely by sail between sunset and sunrise, shall have lighted the combination running light, but not the white light aft. Sailboats 26 feet or more in length, equipped with motors but being propelled entirely by sail between sunset and sunrise, shall have lighted the colored side lights suitably screened, but not the white lights prescribed for motorboats. E. Dinghies, tenders and other water craft, whose principal function is as an auxiliary to other larger water craft, when so operating need carry only a flashlight visible to other craft in the area. F. Vessels at anchor between the hours of sunset and sunrise shall display such anchor lights as shall be required by the U. S. Coast Guard for water craft of equivalent length and type. 19. BOAT LICENSURE AND REGISTRATION. A. No boat or craft of any kind shall be kept or used on or in Lake Decatur, by the current owner, at any time unless the same is registered and currently licensed by the City of Decatur, as provided herein, or alternatively, there is a current permit issued by the City of Decatur therefor, also as provided herein. B. Applications for registration, license or permit shall be made upon forms to be furnished by the City containing such information as may be required by those Departments concerned with the operation of the Lake or the policing thereof as may be reasonably required by them to administer the provisions of law or code or ordinance applicable thereto. C. Applications for initial registration shall be accompanied by a then current license. D. Applications for license shall be accompanied by a fee as follows for each boat or craft: Row boats, canoes, kayaks and other craft propelled by muscle power $21.00 Sail boats 35.00 Motor Boats: 1-50 horsepower 42.00 51-100 horsepower 51.00 101-150 horsepower 59.00 151-200 horsepower 68.00 Over 200 horsepower 76.00 The horsepower of an engine is that determined by the manufacturer thereof. In case a boat or craft is so constructed or rigged to be propelled by more than one type or size of propulsion, the fee to be paid shall be the higher fee specified herein for the several sizes or types of propulsion.