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Timestamp: 2020-01-21 03:57:06
Document Index: 535729730

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 20', '§ 19', '§ 21', '§ 20', '§ 2', '§ 22']

KMC Chapter 14.20 WATER SKIING, SWIMMING AND DIVING
WATER SKIING, SWIMMING AND DIVING
14.20.010 Swimming.
14.20.020 Skin diving and scuba diving.
14.20.030 Water skiing.
Swimming in the harbor shall be confined to:
(1) Restricted swimming areas; or
(2) To within a distance of fifty feet from the shore or a pier unless the swimmer is accompanied by a watercraft. (Ord. 800 § 20, 1960)
Skin diving and scuba diving are prohibited in the harbor within three hundred feet of any public pier, boat launch, or ferry slip, except for commercial diving. Whenever any diver is in the water more than one hundred feet from shore or a dock, he or she shall be accompanied by a watercraft or the area in which he or she is diving shall be marked by an adequately displayed diver’s flag. (Ord. 4406 § 19, 2013: Ord. 800 § 21, 1960)
(a) No watercraft which shall have in tow or shall be otherwise assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane, surfboard or similar contrivances shall be operated or propelled in the waters of the city unless such watercraft shall be occupied by at least two competent persons.
(b) Water skiing on waters of the city shall be regulated as follows:
(1) It is unlawful to ski parallel to the shoreline, within one hundred yards of any shoreline, pier, restricted area or shore installation. Skiing within one hundred yards of any shoreline, pier, restricted area or shore installation, except for return to the shore, must be in a direction headed away from the shoreline. The return to shore must be at an angle of not less than forty-five degrees to the shoreline. Watercraft complying with this regulation may exceed speed regulations provided in Section 14.24.030;
(2) No watercraft shall have in tow or shall otherwise be assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane, surfboard or similar contrivance from one-half hour after sunset to sunrise;
(3) All persons being towed by watercraft shall wear an adequate flotation device;
(4) All watercraft having in tow or otherwise assisting a person on water skis, aquaplane, surfboard or similar contrivance shall be operated in a careful and prudent manner and at a reasonable distance from persons and property so as not to endanger the life or property of any person. (Ord. 4406 § 20, 2013: Ord. 2052 § 2, 1969: Ord. 800 § 22, 1960)