46-B - Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake. - New York Statutes

§ 46-b. Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake. 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter or any inconsistent local laws, every pleasure vessel operated on Saratoga lake, located in the towns of Malta, Saratoga and Stillwater, and the city of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga county, shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner, in such a way as to not unreasonably interfere with or endanger any vessel or person, and no vessel shall be operated at a speed exceeding forty-five miles per hour. No pleasure vessel operated on Saratoga lake shall be operated at a speed exceeding twenty-five miles per hour between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise. 2. In addition to the waters of Saratoga lake, the provisions of this section shall apply to Fish creek from Saratoga lake to Safford's bridge. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section the five miles per hour speed zone at the state route nine-P state boat launch, in effect prior to the effective date of this section, shall remain in full force and effect. 3. No vessel shall be operated on Saratoga lake within two hundred feet of shore, a dock, pier, raft or float or an anchored or moored vessel in a manner or at such a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or endangers such shoreline, dock, pier, raft or float or 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. 4. 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 agencies at least fifteen days prior to such race, pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-four of this chapter, and all provisions of such section have been complied with. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any federal aviation agency licensed aircraft. 5. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable as provided in section seventy-three-c of this article.