(A) The water of Berlin reservoir
shall have five designated areas:
(1) All of the waters lying between
U.S. route 224 and the dam shall be designated as area one.
(2) All the waters lying between U.S.
route 224 and the "N.Y.C. railroad" bridge shall be designated as area
two.
(3) All the waters lying between the
"N.Y.C. railroad" bridge and state route 14 shall be designated as area
three.
(4) All the waters lying between
state route 14 and state route 225 shall be designated as area
four.
(5) All the remaining waters not
included in paragraphs (A)(1), (A)(2), (A)(3), and (A)(4) of this rule lying
westward of state route 225 shall be designated as area five.
(B) In area one, no person
shall:
(1) Operate or use a boat within five
hundred feet of the intake tower and crest gate in the dam at Berlin
reservoir.
(2) Operate (start/run) or permit to
be operated a motor, other than an electric motor, to propel a boat within two
thousand feet of the dam at Berlin reservoir.
(3) Engage in water skiing or
aquaplaning within two thousand feet of the dam at Berlin
reservoir.
(4) Operate a watercraft within one
hundred fifty feet of any undeveloped shoreline in such a manner as to cause a
wake of sufficient size or force to cause discomfort, injury or damage to any
person, watercraft or property.
(5) No person shall operate a vessel
at greater than idle speed or at a speed that creates a wake within three
hundred feet of any marina, boat docking facility, boat gasoline dock, launch
ramp, recreational boat harbor, or harbor entrance.
(C) In area two, it shall be
unlawful:
For any person to operate a watercraft within one hundred fifty
feet of any undeveloped shoreline in such a manner as to cause a wake of
sufficient size and force to cause discomfort, injury or damage to any person,
watercraft, or property.
(D) In area three, it shall be
unlawful:
For any person to operate a watercraft within one hundred fifty
feet of any undeveloped shoreline in such a manner as to cause a wake of
sufficient size and force to cause discomfort, injury or damage to any person,
watercraft, or property.
(E) In area four, it shall be
unlawful:
(1) For any person to operate a
watercraft within one hundred feet of any undeveloped shoreline in such a
manner as to cause a wake of sufficient size or force to cause discomfort,
injury or damage to any person, watercraft or property.
(2) For any person to operate a
watercraft within the area from state route 14 to a line of buoys located at
the area known as Treasure Cove in such a manner as to cause a wake of
sufficient size or force to cause discomfort, injury to damage to any person,
watercraft or property.
(F) In area five, it shall be
unlawful:
(1) For any person to operate, be in
physical control, or manipulate any water-skis, or aquaplane, or for any person
to operate a watercraft towing any person using waterskis, aquaplane or similar
device at any time.
(2) For any person to operate a
watercraft within one hundred fifty feet of any undeveloped shoreline in such a
manner as to cause a wake of sufficient size to cause discomfort, injury or
damage to any person, watercraft or property.
(G) It shall be unlawful for any
person to operate a watercraft within one hundred feet of any bridge in such a
manner as to cause a wake of sufficient size and force to cause discomfort,
injury, or damage to any person, watercraft or property.
(H) A "wake" as used in this rule
shall be defined as a track left by a watercraft in the water causing waves or
swells.
(I) All definitions set forth in rule
1501:31-1-02 of the Administrative Code shall apply to this rule.
(J) It shall be unlawful for any
person to operate a watercraft at a speed greater than ten miles per hour from
sunset to sunrise local time.
