Town of Yarmouth, MA
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2022-11-15
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The Code
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Division 1 Bylaws
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 141 Water Activities
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Article II Speed Limits
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Bylaws
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Account Books
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 6 Affordable Housing Trust
- Ch 7 Aging, Council on
- Ch 8 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 9 Appropriations and Expenditures
- Ch 12 Auditing
- Ch 16 Capital Budget Committee
- Ch 19 Clerk
- Ch 21 Collector of Taxes
- Ch 23 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 25 Enforcement of Laws
- Ch 27 Finance Department
- Ch 28 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 Personnel Board
- Ch 37 Planning Board
- Ch 39 Police Department
- Ch 40 Recreation Commission
- Ch 42 Seal
- Ch 44 Selectmen
- Ch 47 Town Meetings
- Ch 49 Treasurer
- Ch 52 Waterways-Shellfish Committee
- Ch 54 (Reserved)
- General Legislation
- Ch 58 Airport Approach
- Ch 60 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 62 Amusement Devices, Automatic
- Ch 71 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 76 (Reserved)
- Ch 79 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 80 Waterfowl
- Ch 81 Explosives and Flammable Materials
- Ch 83 Fees
- Ch 84 Firearms
- Ch 86 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 87 Fire Prevention
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 92 Historic Properties
- Ch 93 Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Record Checks
- Ch 94 Secondhand Dealers and Collectors
- Ch 95 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 96 Hearings, Public
- Ch 97 Littering
- Ch 99 Loitering
- Ch 101 Alarm Systems
- Ch 102 Fire Alarm Systems
- Ch 103 Motorized Devices
- Ch 104 Noise
- Ch 107 Junk Vehicles
- Ch 108 Occupancy of Buildings
- Ch 112 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 113 Marijuana
- Ch 114 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 116 Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 120 Polystyrene Reduction
- Ch 123 Streets and Ways
- Ch 127 Swimming Pools
- Ch 133 Tourist Camps
- Ch 135 Single-Use Plastic Containers
- Ch 138 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 140 Waste Collection
- Ch 141 Water Activities
- Ch 141 Art II Speed Limits
- § 141-4 Speed limit for motorboats.
- § 141-5 Speed and waterskiing rules.
- § 141-6 Authority of Selectmen.
- § 141-7 Penalty.
- Ch 142 Water Supply Conservation and Emergencies
- Ch 143 Wetlands
- Ch 144 Yard Sales
- Ch 145 Stormwater Management
- Ch 146 Marijuana Establishments
- Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 148 Eel
- Ch 150 Fisheries
- Ch 153 Herring
- Ch 155 Liquor License Regulations
- Ch 157 Farming
- Ch 159 Sanitary Landfill Fees
- Planning Regulations
- Ch 171 (Reserved)
- Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 181 Disposal Area
- Ch 192 Massage Parlors
- Ch 194 Outside Cafes
- Ch 195 Phosphorus Buffer Zone
- Ch 196 Poultry and Swine
- Ch 198 Septic Cleaner Ban
- Ch 199 Sewage Discharge Permits
- Ch 200 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 201 Sewage Flow
- Ch 202 Stables
- Ch 203 Swimming Pools, Public and Semipublic
- Ch 204 Toxic and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 205 Underground Storage Tanks
- Ch 206 Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Ch 207 Water and Groundwater Resource Protection
- Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch 210 Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch 214 Harbor Regulations
- Ch 218 Plot Plans
- Ch 225 Water Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A230 Acceptance of General Laws; Special Acts
- Zoning Bylaw
- Ch ZB Zoning Bylaw
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-7-1981 by Art. 16[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This article was derived form
Section 10.02 of the Town of Yarmouth Bylaws and was originally adopted
3-10-1964 and amended 3-9-1965 and 4-23-1979 by Art. 40.
In any pond within the confines of the Town
of Yarmouth, no motorboat shall operate at a speed in excess of six
miles per hour.
In any of the following tidal waters, bays or
estuaries of the Town of Yarmouth, the following speed laws and waterskiing
laws shall be observed:
A.
No person shall engage in waterskiing in Lewis Bay,
Yarmouth, Massachusetts, north of a line running from Englewood Beach
point to the radio tower.
B.
All power craft shall not exceed six miles per hour
north of this line.
C.
All water-skiers south of this line and the rest of
Lewis Bay shall keep at least 150 feet from all craft, including moored
boats, barges and the like.
D.
No person shall engage in waterskiing in Mill Creek
or Mill Pond, and all power craft shall not exceed six miles per hour
in said Mill Creek or Mill Pond.
E.
No person shall engage in waterskiing in Parker's
River, and all power craft shall not exceed six miles per hour in
said Parker's River from Route 28 to the waters of Nantucket Sound.
[Amended 4-20-1982 by Art. 27, approved 8-10-1982]
The Board of Selectmen will have the authority,
after a public hearing is held, to set rules and regulations, including
speed limits, on all waterways of the Town, subject to approval by
the Division of Marine and Recreational Vehicles. Violation of any
of these rules will result in a fine of not more than $300.
All violations of this article shall be subject
to the provisions of Chapter 275, § 14C, of the General
Laws.
