§ 10-158 Vessel regulation zone.
AC § 10-158
a. Description. That portion of the body of water contained within the county of the Bronx, known as the lagoon within pelham bay park, whose limits are: on the northeast, latitude 40° 52' 40", longitude 73° 47'; on the northwest, latitude 40° 52' 57", longitude 73° 47' 38" on the southeast, latitude 40° 51' 54", longitude 73° 49' 12" and on the southwest, latitude 40° 52' 4", longitude 73° 48' 25", and which does not exceed one thousand feet from the shore line at low water mark, shall be designated a vessel regulation zone, as set forth under section 46 of the navigation law of the state of New York. b. Regulation. The maximum vessel speed limit within this vessel regulation zone shall be four miles per hour. The commissioners of the police department and the department of parks and recreation shall be required to enforce said speed limit. "Vessel", as defined for purposes of this section, shall not include a crew racing shell. "Crew racing shell" shall mean any shell, gig, barge or other boat designed primarily for practice or racing, propelled by oars or sweeps, in the sport of crew or scull racing conducted by a private or public educational institution, school, academy, college, university or association of any of the preceding or by any amateur sports club or association or by the United States or International Olympics Committee and shall not include canoes, rowboats or lifeboats. c. Posting of speed signs. There shall be posted by the commissioner of the department of parks and recreation on the shore near the boundaries of this vessel regulation zone, signboards facing the water and bearing thereon in large letters, "Vessel Regulation Zone, Speed Limit 4 miles per hour". Such signboards shall be conspicuously placed and of sufficient size to be easily readable by a person using such waters. d. Penalties. Any person violating any of the regulations including the speed limit as set forth in this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days or by both. e. Exemptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vessel while actually competing in a duly authorized regatta, provided notice of such regatta has been filed with the Bronx county clerk and the department of parks and recreation at least ten days prior to the occurrence of such event and provided that no single sponsor of such regatta be allowed to conduct more than six within any calendar year. Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1990/048.
