N.Y. Navigation Law § 45-aaaa*2: Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay

* § 45-aaaa. Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay. 1. No

vessel shall be operated within that area of the Sodus Bay Channel and

Sodus Bay bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Sodus outer

light at the north-westerly most point of the west breakwall of the

Sodus Bay Channel and running thence southerly to the south-west corner

of such breakwall; thence running south-westerly along the shoreline of

Sodus Point; thence south-easterly along the shoreline of Sand Point to

the easterly most point on said Sand Point, said point being more

specifically defined as latitude 431558, longitude 765814; thence

northerly across Sodus Bay to a point on the east breakwall, said point

more specifically being defined as latitude 43Á16'4", longitude

76Á58'3"; thence westerly along said breakwall to the south-west corner

and then northerly along the east pier to the east pier light on the

Sodus Bay Channel; thence north-westerly to the point in place of

beginning in a manner or at a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably

interferes with or endangers a dock, pier, raft, float, anchored or

moored vessel or swimmer but in no event at a speed exceeding five miles

per hour.

2. For the purpose of complying with the provisions of this section,

the sheriff of the county of Wayne is directed to place buoy markers on

that portion of Sodus Bay between the easterly most point of Sand Point

and the point on east breakwall which is the termination of the zone

established above for the purpose of advising users of the bay of the

existence of the limited speed zone established herein.

3. 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.

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

or county from adopting or enacting any 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.

* NB There are 2 § 45-aaaa's