General Ordinances - City of New Buffalo

CITY OF NEW BUFFALO
CODE OF ORDINANCES
Section 7-9. Harbor - Definition.
ARTICLE II. REGULATIONS.
The Harbor of New Buffalo shall consist of all the body of water off the shores of Lake Michigan extending onehalf
(1/2) mile lakeward between the Easterly and Westerly boundary limits of the City of New Buffalo and the
waters of the Galien River within the City limits.
Section 7-10. Rules and regulations.
A. The City hereby adopts by reference Sections 2 through 8, 31 through 33, 36, 61, 62, 71 through 101, 151, 161
through 166, and 191, inclusive of the Michigan Marine Safety Act of 1967, that being Act No. 303 of the
Public Acts of 1967, as amended. The purpose of said regulations are to provide for rules relative to the
operation of vessels and motorboats, the carrying of equipment on such waters and to the use of waters for
boating, to prescribe the duties and responsibilities of owners and operators of vessels and motorboats. A
complete copy of said regulations shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk and/or Chief of Police and shall
be there available for public use and inspection.
B. All swimming within the confines of the breakwater and in the Galien River up to the easterly boundary of the
City limits is hereby prohibited.
C. All jumping and diving off of or from the North Whittaker Street bridge is hereby prohibited.
Section 7-11. Wharves, docks, and bulkhead walls.
Every owner, lessee, or person in possession of premises immediately adjacent to or abutting the harbor shall at all
times keep the wharves, docks, and bulkhead walls on such premises in good repair and safe condition.
Section 7-12. No-wake speed; swimming; anchoring vessels.
A. On the waters of the Galien River, the channels and canals connected thereto, and the New Buffalo Harbor
Sections 3, 4, 9, and 10, T8S, R3W, City of New Buffalo, Berrien County, it is unlawful for the operator of a
vessel to exceed a slow, no wake speed.
B. On the waters of the Galien River, the channels and canals connected thereto, and the New Buffalo Harbor,
Sections 3,4,9, and 10, T8S, R3W, City of New Buffalo, Berrien County, it is lawful for a person to swim only
in a area designated as a bathing area, pursuant to Section 141 or Act No. 303 of the Public Acts of 1967, as
amended being Section 281.1141 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
C. On the navigable waters of the entrance channel to the New Buffalo Harbor, Section 4, and 9, T8S, R3W, City
of New Buffalo, Berrien County, it is unlawful to anchor or moor a vessel, unless a special exception permit has
been granted by the City Council, upon recommendation from the Harbor Commission.
Section 7-13. Fueling of vessels at transient marina prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any entity, public or private, to install and/or operate a fueling station, including underground
and/or aboveground fuel storage tanks, fuel pumps, and other related equipment, at the City's municipal transient
marina. It shall also be unlawful for any person with watercraft moored at the municipal transient marina to have
their vessel refueled by any possible means while said watercraft is moored at the municipal transient marina. This
Section shall apply only to the municipal transient marina, and any watercraft moored therein, and to waterfront
property within New Buffalo Harbor bordering the area legally described and established as the federal channel, but
to no other properties within New Buffalo Harbor.
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