§ 13.24.110. Boating.

A.

No boat or vessel shall be laid up, stored, repaired or placed for any other purpose on park land except by permits.

B.

No person shall operate a boat propelled by sail or steam, naphtha, gasoline, electric or other motor or engine, or row or paddle a row boat, canoe or raft in, on or upon any waters under the supervision and control of the board unless able to control or handle the same with safety to himself or other occupants thereof, or otherwise than in a careful or prudent manner and at a rate of speed so as not to disturb the reasonable comfort or endanger the property of another or the life and limb of any person, or in such manner as to annoy or endanger occupants of other boats. No person shall stand up in or rock any row boat or canoe.

C.

No boat of any class shall land upon the shores of any park except at such locations as may be designated or maintained as landing places, except in an emergency.

D.

Boating of any kind in a bathing area is forbidden.

E.

All rules and regulations which have been proclaimed and adopted by the state game and fish commission as to the operation of vessels on portions of Old Hickory Lake are adopted in this section as if they were set out in the entirety.

F.

The metropolitan board of parks and recreation is authorized to adopt rules and regulations concerning the use of Riverfront Park for the docking and anchoring of boats. These rules and regulations may include a rate schedule which allows for the charging of a reasonable fee for such use of the park facility, as well as a reasonable fee for the permitting of all boats docking or anchoring at Riverfront Park. The rules and regulations adopted by the board of parks and recreation may further include a procedure for their proper enforcement, provided such rules and regulations shall not be effective unless approved by the adoption of a resolution of the metropolitan county council.

1.

No person shall operate a boat at Riverfront Park in violation of the rules and regulations established by the board of parks and recreation. Persons operating boats contrary to such rules and regulations shall be charged with a violation of the applicable rule.

2.

Each violation of the rules and regulations concerning the docking or anchoring of boats at Riverfront Park, adopted by the board of parks and recreation and filed with the metropolitan clerk, shall constitute a separate offense. Each day any violation occurs shall also be considered as a separate offense. Each offense shall be punishable pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.01.030 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws.

(Ord. 1329 § 2 (part), 1995; Amdt. 2 to Ord. 91-1560, 5/21/91; Amdt. 1 to Ord. 91-1560, 4/16/91; Ord. 91-1560 § 1, 1991; prior code § 30A-1-20)