29.1-748.1 - Minimum distance from shoreline; local ordinances; penalty. - Virginia Statutes

§ 29.1-748.1. Minimum distance from shoreline; local ordinances; penalty.

The City of Virginia Beach may, by ordinance, regulate in any portion of awaterway located solely within its territorial limits, the minimum distancethat personal watercraft may be operated from the shoreline in excess of theslowest possible speed required to maintain steerage and headway. Suchordinance shall provide for distances of 100 feet from the shoreline and 200feet from swimmers in ocean waters, and shall provide for local enforcementand penalties not exceeding those applicable to Class 4 misdemeanors. Nothingin this section prohibits access to and from waters where operation is nototherwise restricted.

(2003, c. 117; 2007, c. 813.)