N.Y. Navigation Law § 46-a: Regulations of vessels

§ 46-a. Regulations of vessels. (1) The local legislative body of a

city or the board of trustees of a village may adopt, amend and enforce

local laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this

state or the United States, with respect to:

a. Regulating the speed and regulating and restricting the operation

of vessels while being operated or driven upon any waters within or

bounding the appropriate city or village, including any waters within or

bordering a village in the county of Nassau or Suffolk, to a distance of

fifteen hundred feet from the shore.

b. Restricting and regulating the anchoring or mooring of vessels in

any waters within or bounding the appropriate city or village to a

distance of fifteen hundred feet from the shore.

c. Restricting and regulating the anchoring or mooring of vessels in

such waters when used or occupied as living or sleeping quarters and;

providing time limits on duration of the stay of such vessels in such

waters and requiring inspection and registration of such vessels when so

used.

d. Restricting and regulating garbage removal from said vessels.

e. Designating public anchorage area or areas and regulating the use

thereof.

(2) The local legislative body of the village of Sodus Point and the

town of Huron in the county of Wayne, the villages of Croton-on-Hudson

and Mamaroneck and the town of Cortlandt in the county of Westchester,

the town of Stony Point in the county of Rockland, the town of Grand

Island in the county of Erie, the towns of Conesus, Geneseo, Groveland

and Livonia in the county of Livingston, the towns of Irondequoit,

Webster, and Penfield in the county of Monroe, the village of Greenwood

Lake and the town of Warwick in the county of Orange, the town of

Carlton in the county of Orleans, the village of Sackets Harbor in the

county of Jefferson, and the villages of Union Springs, Aurora and

Cayuga and the towns of Genoa and Ledyard in the county of Cayuga, the

town of Ithaca in the county of Tompkins, the city of Kingston and the

village of Saugerties in the county of Ulster and the town of Porter in

the county of Niagara, the village of North Haven in the county of

Suffolk, the towns of Fayette and Varick in the county of Seneca, the

village of Skaneateles and the town of Skaneateles in the county of

Onondaga, and the town of Springfield in the county of Otsego may adopt,

amend and enforce local laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent

with the laws of this state or the United States, with respect to the

restriction and regulation of the manner of construction and location of

boathouses, moorings and docks in any waters within or bounding the

respective municipality to a distance of fifteen hundred feet from the

shoreline.

(4) a. The local legislative body of the city of Canandaigua and the

towns of Canandaigua, Gorham, South Bristol, Canadice and Richmond in

the county of Ontario and the towns of Middlesex and Italy in the county

of Yates may adopt, amend and enforce local laws, rules and regulations

not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, with respect to the

restriction and regulation of the manner of construction and location of

boathouses, moorings and docks in any waters within or bounding the

aforementioned cities and towns to a distance of 1500 feet from the

shoreline.

b. No such local law, rule or regulation shall take effect in the town

of Canandaigua, Gorham, South Bristol, Middlesex or Italy or in the city

of Canandaigua with regard to Canandaigua Lake, or in the town of

Canadice or Richmond with regard to Honeoye Lake until all respective

lakeshore municipalities unanimously agree by resolution to a set of

uniform standards that include at a minimum the length and density of

docks, the number of boats or boat slips allowed per lineal foot of

lakeshore for various land uses, the number of moorings and boathouses

allowed for various land uses, and the allowable dimensions and

locations for docks, and provided further that no such local law shall

take effect until it shall have been submitted to and approved in

writing by the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic

preservation and provided further that no future amendments to the

uniform standards shall take effect until all respective lakeshore

municipalities unanimously agree by resolution to the revised set of

uniform standards and such revised standards have similarly been

submitted to and approved in writing by the commissioner.

(5) The local legislative body of any city, town or village which is a

participating community as defined in subdivision ten of section 44-0103

of the environmental conservation law may adopt, amend and enforce local

laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state

or the United States or with the Hudson river valley greenway compact,

with respect to the restriction and regulation of the manner of

construction and location of boathouses, moorings and docks in any

waters within or bounding the respective municipality to a distance of

fifteen hundred feet from the shoreline. Nothing in this subdivision or

in article forty-four of the environmental conservation law or in the

Hudson river valley greenway compact produced pursuant to such article,

shall be deemed to affect, impair or supersede the provisions of any

charter, local law, rule or other local requirements and procedures

heretofore or hereafter adopted by such participating community,

including, but not limited to, any such provisions relating to the

zoning and use of land or any waters within or bounding such

participating community to a distance of fifteen hundred feet from the

shoreline.

(6) a. The local legislative bodies of the towns of Barrington,

Jerusalem, Milo, Pulteney, Urbana and Wayne and the villages of

Hammondsport and Penn Yan in the counties of Steuben and Yates may

adopt, amend and enforce local laws, rules and regulations not

inconsistent with the laws of the United States, with respect to the

restriction and regulation of the manner of construction and location of

boathouses, moorings and docks in any waters within or bounding the

aforementioned towns and villages to a distance of fifteen hundred feet

from the shoreline.

b. No such local law, rule or regulation shall take effect in the

towns of Barrington, Jerusalem, Milo, Pulteney, Urbana or Wayne and the

villages of Hammondsport and Penn Yan with regard to Keuka Lake, until

all respective lakeshore municipalities unanimously agree by resolution

to a set of uniform standards that include at a minimum the length and

density of docks, the number of boats or boat slips allowed per lineal

foot of lakeshore for various land uses, the number of moorings and

boathouses allowed for various land uses, and the allowable dimensions

and locations for docks, and provided further that no such local law

shall take effect until it shall have been submitted to and approved in

writing by the commissioner and provided further that no future

amendments to the uniform standards shall take effect until all

respective lakeshore municipalities unanimously agree by resolution to

the revised set of uniform standards and such revised standards have

similarly been submitted to and approved in writing by the commissioner.

The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding

any contrary provisions of law.