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

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Chapter 66 materials, concrete, trees, brush, weeds, soil or paint into Lake Decatur or any adjacent areas owned by the City of Decatur or so as to cover, disturb, or destroy any City maintained property on or near the Lake. 13. BOATING PROHIBITED - LAKE. Boating of any kind or character is hereby prohibited in Lake Decatur in that area lying west of a line 300 feet upstream from the east side of the public highway known as U. S. Route 51. 14. BOATING PROHIBITED - RIVER. Boating of any kind or character is hereby prohibited on the Sangamon River between the Lake Decatur Reservoir Dam on the east and the Old Dam on the west in the City of Decatur. 15. MOORING. No boats shall be moored in an area adjacent to the Municipal Pier at the boat house, except by written permit from the Lake Maintenance Supervisor or designee. 16. BOAT HARBOR. The northern and western lake shore between U.S. Route 36 and Lost Bridge Road and the water adjacent thereto is designated the boat harbor. 17. BOATING REGULATIONS. All boats and craft in Lake Decatur shall be subject to the following regulations: (a) No boat, craft or float shall be left in the Lake adrift, sunk or insecurely fastened. (b) No person or persons shall take, use or board any boat, craft or dock in the Lake without permission of the owner or persons in charge. (c) The hoist at the boat house shall not be used except under the supervision of city personnel. (d) All boats or craft passing under bridges shall pass under the right hand arch or as directed by official signs or buoys authorized by the Lake Maintenance Supervisor or designee. (e) No boats, craft or docks shall be constructed on Lake Decatur, or on City-owned property adjacent thereto, unless permission is granted by the Lake Maintenance Supervisor or designee. (f) All boats, craft, or docks must be removed from Lake Decatur and City-owned property on or before November 15 of each year, unless written permission is granted by the Lake Maintenance Supervisor or designee. (g) When two boats are approaching each other "head on" or nearly so (so as to involve risk of collision), each boat must bear to the right and pass the other boat on its left side. (h) When boats approach each other obliquely or at right angles, the boat approaching on the right side has the right of way.