N.Y. Navigation Law § 45-aaa: Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay

§ 45-aaa. Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay. 1.

No vessel shall be operated on Irondequoit bay, which is located within

Monroe county, at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per hour unless

such vessel is being operated for the purpose of enabling a person

engaged in water skiing or other water sport to be towed, in which case

no such vessel shall be operated at a speed exceeding thirty-five miles

per hour.

2. No vessel shall be operated in the channel between Irondequoit Bay

and Lake Ontario or within three hundred feet of the shore, the channel,

a dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner

or at a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or

endangers such dock, pier, raft or float or an 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.

3. 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 agency at least fifteen days prior to such race,

pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and

all provisions of this section have been complied with.

4. Any person who operates a vessel in violation of any of the

provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable as

set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.

5. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town

or county from continuing, adopting or enacting any other local laws,

resolutions or ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within

its limits, but no such municipality shall have the power to make less

restrictive any of such provisions.