New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter I - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Subchapter G - Fish and Wildlife Management Areas and Facilities › Part 59 - State Boat-launching Sites, Fishing-access Sites and Fishing Rights Areas › Section 59.1 - Regulations

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following regulations apply to all boat-launching
					 sites, fishing-access sites, parking areas for fishermen and public fishing
					 rights areas under the jurisdiction of the Division of Fish and Wildlife of the
					 Department of Environmental Conservation, including all State-owned or -leased
					 access roads and trails or paths connecting such areas or leading from them to
					 public fishing rights areas, docks, piers or bridges.
(a) No person shall erect or post any sign or
				  notice, except as permitted by the department.
(b) No person shall kindle, build, maintain
				  or use a fire, except in an area provided for that purpose.
(c) No person shall conduct any business,
				  buy, sell, offer or expose for sale, hire, lease or vend any article or
				  merchandise of any kind, unless a written permit is first obtained from the
				  department.
(d) No person shall use
				  any boat-launching site, or any fishing-access site from which boats may be
				  launched, 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 and retrieval of boats, fishing and,
				  where provided, ice fishing access, unless a written permit is obtained from
				  the department.
(e) 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.
(f) No person shall operate any musical
				  instrument, radio, television set, phonograph or tape recorder, or make any
				  excessive or unnecessary noise in any other manner.
(g) No person shall erect or maintain a camp
				  or structure of any kind. For the purpose of this subdivision, a camp shall
				  include, but not be limited to, any form of temporary shelter, such as a tent,
				  motor home, travel trailer, mobile home or the use of any vehicle for shelter
				  or sleeping.
(h) 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 or
				  fishing-access site from which boats may be launched, 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.
(i)
				  No person shall injure, deface, disturb or befoul any part of an area or any
				  building, sign, equipment or other property found thereon, nor remove, injure
				  or destroy any tree, flower, fern, shrub, rock, or other plant or
				  mineral.
(j) No person shall
				  dispose of any garbage, sewage, metal or glass containers, refuse, waste,
				  fruit, vegetables, foodstuffs, paper, or other litter or obnoxious material,
				  except in receptacles provided for such purpose.
(k) No person shall: use threatening, abusive
				  or insulting language; do any obscene or indecent act; throw stones or other
				  missiles; interfere with, incumber, 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.
(l) No person shall at any
				  time fail to comply with the reasonable demand or direction of any authorized
				  person, indicated by gesture or otherwise, in using access roads, parking areas
				  or launching sites, or fail to comply with directions or signs.
(m) Unless accompanied by a parent or
				  guardian, no person under 21 years of age shall possess alcoholic beverages.
				  Persons age 21 or over who possess alcoholic beverages must produce adequate
				  identification and proof of age upon demand of any peace or police
				  officer.