30.745 Limited jurisdiction for administration and enforcement of navigation aids by municipalities. - Wisconsin Statutes

30.745

30.745 Limited jurisdiction for administration and enforcement of navigation aids by municipalities.

30.745(1)

(1) Definitions. As used in this section:

30.745(1)(a)

(a) "Adjacent outlying waters" means the outlying waters adjacent to the boundaries of a municipality and extending outward for a distance of one-half mile.

30.745(1)(b)

(b) "Municipality" means any town, village or city.

30.745(2)

(2) Exercise of limited jurisdiction.

30.745(2)(a)

(a) Authority to enact ordinances. A municipality may enact by ordinance a navigation aids system and regulations affecting moorings, markers and buoys in adjacent outlying waters if the system and regulations are not in conflict with the uniform navigation aids system established by the department under s. 30.74 (2) or with any county ordinance.

30.745(2)(b)

(b) Conflicts. Any municipal ordinance enacted under this section which conflicts with the uniform navigation aids system established by the department under s. 30.74 (2) or with any county ordinance is void.

30.745(2)(c)

(c) Administration and enforcement. A municipality may exercise jurisdiction over adjacent outlying waters for the purpose of administering and enforcing an ordinance enacted under this section.

30.745 - ANNOT.

History: 1981 c. 222; 1983 a. 27 s. 2202 (38); 1997 a. 248.