2013-0312
INTRODUCED BY: PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT IV
ORDINANCE NO.
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An ordinance to amend the Parish Code of Ordinances, Chapter 5. Boats, Docks and Waterways, Article II. Airboats.
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THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Chapter 5. Boats, Docks and Waterways, Article II. Airboats be amended as follows:
Sec. 5-14. Defined.
As written-
An airboat is defined to be any boat, sled, sea skiff or swamp boat pushed, pulled or propelled by airpower generated by a non-detachable motor of more than twenty-five (25) horsepower including any vessel with a propulsion mechanism similar to that of an airplane with propulsion out of the water.
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Airboat: Any water craft propelled by means of an air propeller powered by an engine of at least twenty-five (25) horsepower.
Idle Speed: Bare steerage speed, the slowest speed the vessel can travel while allowing the operator to safely maintain directional control of the vessel to produce the minimum water surface turbulence and create no wake.
Sec. 5-18. Area of use restricted.
As written-
The operation and use of airboats in the parish is hereby restricted to use for lawful purposes on real property or land for which the airboat is registered and the navigable streams of the parish.
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(a) The operation and use of airboats in the parish is hereby restricted to use for lawful purposes on real property or land upon which the airboat has permission to operate and the navigable streams of the parish. The operating of airboats on real property or land upon which the airboat does not have permission to operate is hereby authorized for any emergency, police, fire, ambulance, or other governmental vessels, airboats or other water craft when same is being operated in an official capacity or in association repairs to any utilities, pipelines, transmission lines, or related infrastructure, and for maritime or other emergency ...
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