[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of Federalsburg 8-1-1994
by Ord. No. 203. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Parks and recreation areas — See Ch. 132.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
All areas of the water designated as Chambers Lake in any maps and
plats of the Federalsburg area as such waters exist at any given time and
at any water level as the said lake exists adjacent to Houston Branch Road,
within the corporate limits of the Town of Federalsburg.
All areas of the waters designated as the Marshyhope Creek, commencing
at the southernmost boundary of the municipality of Federalsburg as it crosses
said water and ending at the northernmost boundary of the municipality as
it crosses the Marshyhope Creek waters and to encompass all areas of the Marshyhope
that contain, at any given time, any water level whatsoever under normal flowing
conditions. Prohibitions of this chapter shall be in effect for all areas
up to the mean high-water mark on either side and shall further be in effect
for any area in which water is flowing at the time of any observed violation
within the corporate limits of the Town of Federalsburg.
Any act of swimming, bathing, wading, floating, or any other act
placing any part of the human body within the water.
No person shall swim in any of the waters of the Marshyhope Creek and/or
Chambers Lake, as it is located anywhere within the Town limits of the municipality
of Federalsburg.
Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment,
decide that a person is in violation of this chapter and is in danger of jeopardizing
the health, safety and welfare of either self and/or others in the community,
as is prohibited under this chapter, he may, if he deems it necessary for
the preservation of the public peace and safety, order that person to leave
that place. Any person who shall refuse to leave after being ordered to do
so by a police officer, shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
