[R.O. 2009 §240.170; CC 1976 §19-84; R.O. 1954
§242]
No boat shall be allowed on the waters of the City Lakes without
a Users Permit. The minimum length of boats shall be ten (10) feet.
All boats shall be registered and licensed according to Chapter 306,
RSMo., "Registration and Licensing", Sections 306.010 through and
including Section 306.080, RSMo. No rubber boats shall be allowed
on waters. Canoe and sailboats shall only be allowed on North Lake.
[R.O. 2009 §240.180; CC 1976 §19-85; R.O. 1954
§243; Ord. No. 50 §1, 2-6-1956; Ord. No. 956 §1, 10-2-1978]
Motorboats shall have a suitable life preserver for each passenger.
No motor shall be used to propel a boat on the north with the exception
of electric trolling motors which may be permitted on the north, or
any part of the south north of a line due east and west of the south
side of the intake well, and such restricted area against motorboats
shall be properly posted as such restricted area; provided, that motorboats
may be operated in such portion of the south as above restricted,
that is, the north arm between the intake well and the old dam, when
such boat and motor are so operated as not to exceed "trolling speed"
and boats so operated as not to exceed "trolling speed" and boats
so operated in such restricted area of said shall not be operated
so close to the shoreline in such trolling operations as to unduly
interfere with bank fishermen.
[R.O. 2009 §240.190; CC 1976 §19-86; R.O. 1954
§244]
All persons operating boats upon the City Lakes shall do so
in a safe and prudent manner, as to the safety of persons within such
boats, and as to persons in other boats; not to permit overloading
of any boat nor to operate motor-driven boats at such speed so as
to create waves that endanger the lives of other boaters, or interfere
unduly with fishing along the shoreline. No person shall operate any
boat at an excessive speed or race with other boats in any manner
whatsoever; except under special permission of the City to hold public
exhibitions upon said Lakes.
[R.O. 2009 §240.200; CC 1976 §19-87; R.O. 1954
§245]
Defective or unsafe boats shall not be permitted on waters.
Any boat becoming unsafe according to the opinion of the caretaker,
shall be ordered out of the water.
[R.O. 2009 §240.210; CC 1976 §19-88; R.O. 1954
§247]
Rental of boats for hire is not permitted without written authority
from the City.
[R.O. 2009 §240.220; CC 1976 §19-89; Ord. No. 996 §1, 8-20-1979]
A.
Each
boat is to have a Boat Permit, for which a fee of one dollar ($1.00)
shall be charged, as provided in this Chapter of the Code of Ordinances
for the City of Higginsville, Missouri, for fishing boats.
B.
Hobby
boats are to be run at one (1) location on the property at any one
(1) time, and not multiple locations at the same time.
C.
No
hobby boats shall be permitted on City Lakes property during duck
hunting season.
D.
One
(1) regular fishing or motor boat with the proper permit shall be
at all times with hobby boats when they are being run on the City
lakes property.
