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Chapter 66 <br /> authorizing the holder to operate motorboats. Other Boating Safety Certificates, approved by the <br /> Illinois Department of Conservation, are deemed acceptable for the provisions of this Section. <br /> H. All boats and craft may be ordered off the Lake at the direction of the Lake <br /> Maintenance Supervisor or designee due to actual or impending inclement weather conditions. <br /> 1. Any boat or craft located, constructed, operated or maintained in violation of the <br /> provisions of this chapter, or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder, shall be removed <br /> from the Lake upon notice from the Lake Maintenance Supervisor or designee. If a boat or craft <br /> is not removed on the date herein set forth or when requested by the Lake Maintenance <br /> Supervisor or designee, the same may be removed by the City and expense thereof charged to the <br /> boat or craft owner. <br /> 27. WATER SKIING. <br /> A. No person may operate a motorboat having in tow, or otherwise be assisting, a person <br /> on water-skis, aquaplane or similar contrivance from the period of one-half hour after sunset to <br /> one-half hour before sunrise. <br /> B. All water skiers, personal water craft and specialty prop-craft operators, sail or surf <br /> board riders, or any person being towed or otherwise assisted by a boat or craft of any kind must <br /> wear a U.S. Coast Guard approved Type I, Type II, Type III or Type V PFD. <br /> C. No water skiing, surf board riding, or any type of towing or dragging of a person <br /> behind a boat or craft is permitted within 200 feet of the shore line, docks or piers, or under any <br /> bridge, or in a no-wake area as herein defined, or in any other areas designated by the Lake <br /> Maintenance Supervisor or designee. <br /> D. No person may operate a motorboat which has in tow or is otherwise assisting a <br /> person on water skis, aquaplane, or similar contrivance in or upon the Lake, unless such <br /> motorboat is occupied by at least two (2) competent persons, and the operator of such boat must <br /> be at least fifteen(15) years of age and the observer must be at least ten (10) years of age. <br /> E. No person or persons shall sit on the side of any motor or engine driven boat or craft <br /> or on any portion of such boat or craft that was not designed for that purpose by the manufacturer <br /> while said boat or craft is underway. No person or persons shall ride on any boat or craft in such <br /> a manner that any part of the body protrudes over the front, sides or rear of the boat or craft. <br /> 28. SWIMMING. Swimming out of boats is allowed only in no wake areas, within 25 <br /> feet of boats. Swimming out of boats is prohibited in areas adjacent to Shore Line Zones 1 and <br /> 2, all boat ramps, bridges and navigational channels. Diving "head first" is prohibited in all lake <br /> locations. Swimming from bridges,bridge piers, or bridge approaches is prohibited. Skin diving <br /> or scuba diving is prohibited except that permission may be granted by the Lake Maintenance <br /> Supervisor or designee to a certified diver. The owner of any property adjacent to the lake shall <br />