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

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Chapter 66 engine and fuel tank compartment. There shall be at least one exhaust duct installed so as to extend from the open atmosphere to the lower portion of the bilge and at least midway to the bilge or at least below the level of the carburetor air intake. The cowls shall be located and trimmed for maximum effectiveness and in such a manner so as to prevent displaced fumes from being recirculated. (x) Every motorboat equipped with storage batteries shall be provided with suitable supports and secured against shifting with the motion of the boat. Such storage batteries shall be equipped with non-conductive shielding means to prevent accidental shorting of battery terminals. (y) Lanyard cut-off switch. No person may operate any motor boat, including personal water craft or specialty prop-craft, which is equipped with a lanyard type engine cut-off switch unless such lanyard is properly attached to his or her person, clothes or worn PFD, as appropriate for the specific vessel. (z) No person shall operate a personal water craft or a specialty prop craft between the hours of sunset and sunrise. 18. LIGHTS REQUIRED. A. It is unlawful to operate any vessel less than 26 feet in length from sunset to sunrise unless the following lights are carried and displayed when underway: (1) A bright, white light aft to show all around the horizon, visible for a distance of 2 miles. The word "visible" as used herein means visible on a dark night with clear atmosphere; (2) A combination light in the forepart of the boat lower than the white light aft, showing green to starboard and red to port, so fixed as to throw a light from dead ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on their respective sides and visible for a distance of not less than one mile; (3) Lights under International Rules may be shown as an alternative to the above requirements. B. Watercraft propelled by muscular power when underway shall carry on board from sunset to sunrise, but not fixed to any part of the boat, a lantern or flashlight capable of showing a white light visible all around the horizon at a distance of two miles or more, and shall display such lantern in sufficient time to avoid collision with another water craft. C. Every vessel 26 feet or more in length shall carry and display when underway such additional or alternate lights as shall be required by the U. S. Coast Guard for water craft of equivalent length and type.