New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter II - LANDS AND FORESTS › Part 190 - Use of State Lands › Specific Areas › Section 190.24 - Boat launching sites and other sites from which a watercraft may be launched

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Applicability.
The following regulations in this section apply to all
					 sites from which a watercraft may be launched that are under the jurisdiction
					 of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and administered
					 by the Division of Lands and Forests, or the Division of Operations, or
					 both.
(b)
Prohibitions.
(1) No person
				  shall use any boat launching site or any adjacent waters within 100 feet from
				  the shore of a boat launching ramp or ramp area, including offshore and inshore
				  approaches, for any purpose other than the launching, retrieval, hauling or
				  loading of boats, fishing and, where provided, ice fishing access, unless a
				  written permit is obtained by the department. Fishing, or other permitted
				  non-boating use of these facilities, may in no way impair the launching or
				  retrieval of boats, use of boarding docks by boaters, or navigation to and from
				  the launch ramp.
(2) No person
				  shall moor, dock, beach, leave, abandon or park any boat, auto trailer, float,
				  raft or vehicle of any type for more than 24 hours at any boat launching site,
				  and no vehicle except one used in loading and unloading or launching a boat
				  shall be left or parked within such area at any time.
(3) No person shall erect or maintain a camp,
				  tent or structure of any kind at a boat launching site.
(4) No person shall conduct any business,
				  buy, sell, offer or expose for sale, hire, lease or vend any article or
				  merchandise of any kind at a boat launching site.
(5) No person shall kindle, build, maintain
				  or use a fire, except in an area provided for that purpose.
(6) No person shall erect or post any sign or
				  notice, except as permitted by the department.
(7) No person shall dispose of any garbage,
				  sewage, metal or glass containers, refuse, waste, fruit, vegetable, foodstuffs,
				  paper or other litter, except in receptacles when provided for such
				  purposes.
(8) No person shall
				  injure, deface, disturb or befoul any part of an area or building, sign,
				  equipment or other property found thereon, nor shall any tree, flower, fern,
				  shrub, rock or other plant or mineral be removed, injured or
				  destroyed.
(9) No person shall use
				  threatening, abusive or insulting language; perform any obscene or indecent
				  act; throw stones or other missiles; interfere with, encumber, obstruct or
				  render dangerous any drive, path, dock, beach or public place; do any act
				  tending to or amounting to a breach of the peace; enter or leave, except at
				  established entrances or exits; engage in, instigate, aid or encourage a
				  contention or fight; or assault any person.
(10) No person shall at any time fail to
				  comply with the reasonable demand or directions of any authorized person in
				  using access roads, parking areas or launching sites, or fail to comply with
				  directions or signs.
(11) No person
				  shall launch, or attempt to launch a watercraft from a State boat launching
				  site, a fishing access site, or any other site from which a watercraft may be
				  launched, or leave from these sites with any plant or animal, or parts thereof,
				  visible to the human eye, in, on, or attached to any part of the watercraft,
				  including livewells and bilges; the motor, rudder, anchor or other
				  appurtenants; any equipment or gear; or the trailer or any other device used to
				  transport or launch a watercraft that may come into contact with the water,
				  unless a written permit is obtained from the department.
(12) No person shall launch, or attempt to
				  launch a watercraft from a state boat launching site, a fishing access site, or
				  any other site from which a watercraft may be launched, or leave from these
				  sites without draining the watercraft, including bilge areas, livewells, bait
				  wells and ballast tanks, unless a written permit is obtained from the
				  department.