Morro Bay Municipal Code Ch. 15.36 Special Use Areas

For the purposes of this chapter, the city council may, by resolution, designate special use areas, and only those uses which are set forth by the resolution shall be permitted in the areas at the times designated and in the zones specified. Within the special use area it is unlawful:

A. For any person, except a public officer in the performance of his duty, to operate a motorboat or vessel at a speed in excess of five miles per hour or which creates a wake that may cause damage to moorings of vessels or floating structures, except that such greater speeds may be permitted in such zones and during such hours as may be designated by resolution of the city council. The speed, zone area and hour shall be posted by the harbor director;

B. For any person operating a vessel to tow any object, structure or vessel at a distance in excess of seventy-five feet astern of the towing vessel;

C. For any person to operate a hydrofoil craft in excess of five nautical miles per hour;

D. For any person to operate a motorboat in areas closed to navigation and so posted, except a public officer in the performance of his duty.

(Ord. 364 § 2 (part), 1989: Ord. 119 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 9408.1)

In zones designated by the city council by resolution as speed zones within the special use area, it is unlawful:

A. For any person to operate a motorboat in other than a counterclockwise traffic pattern, except when specifically directed otherwise by a public officer or employee engaged in the enforcement of state law or local regulations;

B. For any person to operate a motorboat in excess of the posted speed, except a public officer in the performance of his duty.

(Ord. 119 § 1 (part), 1974: prior code § 9408.2)