N.Y. Navigation Law Section 45-AAAA*2
Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay


1.

No vessel shall be operated within that area of the Sodus Bay Channel and Sodus Bay bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Sodus outer light at the north-westerly most point of the west breakwall of the Sodus Bay Channel and running thence southerly to the south-west corner of such breakwall; thence running south-westerly along the shoreline of Sodus Point; thence south-easterly along the shoreline of Sand Point to the easterly most point on said Sand Point, said point being more specifically defined as latitude 431558, longitude 765814; thence northerly across Sodus Bay to a point on the east breakwall, said point more specifically being defined as latitude 43Á16’4“, longitude 76Á58’3”; thence westerly along said breakwall to the south-west corner and then northerly along the east pier to the east pier light on the Sodus Bay Channel; thence north-westerly to the point in place of beginning in a manner or at a speed that causes a wake that unreasonably interferes with or endangers a dock, pier, raft, float, anchored or moored vessel or swimmer but in no event at a speed exceeding five miles per hour.

2.

For the purpose of complying with the provisions of this section, the sheriff of the county of Wayne is directed to place buoy markers on that portion of Sodus Bay between the easterly most point of Sand Point and the point on east breakwall which is the termination of the zone established above for the purpose of advising users of the bay of the existence of the limited speed zone established herein.

3.

Any person who operates a vessel in violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation punishable as set forth in section seventy-three-c of this article.

4.

Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting any town or county from adopting or enacting any local laws, resolutions or ordinances related to persons operating a vessel within its limits, but no such municipality shall have the power to make less restrictive any of such provisions. * NB There are 2 § 45-aaaa’s

Source: Section 45-AAAA*2 — Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/NAV/45-AAAA*2 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

40
Equipment
40‑A
Manufacture and sale of outboard motors
40‑B
Sale and use of tributyltin paint
41
Pilot rules
42
Searchlights
42‑A
Tow-chains
43
Lights to be displayed
43‑A
Use of digital billboards
44
Noise levels on pleasure vessels
45
Reckless operation of a vessel
45‑A
Beaching a disabled water craft
45‑AA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Canandaigua lake
45‑AAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Irondequoit bay
45‑AAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Greenwood Lake
45‑AAAA*2
Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay
45‑AAAAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Lake Alice
45‑AAAAAA
Special provisions relating to noise and speed on Lamoka Lake and Waneta Lake
45‑AAAAAA*2
Special provisions relating to reckless operation, noise and speed on the Fulton Chain of Lakes
45‑B
Regulation of beaches
45‑C
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on Conesus lake
45‑CC
Reckless operation and speed on the canal system
45‑D
Special provisions relating to speed at Crooke’s Point in Great Kills Harbor
46
Vessel regulation zone
46‑A
Regulations of vessels
46‑AA
Special provisions relating to speed on lakes in Chautauqua county
46‑AAA
Special provisions relating to reckless operation and speed on certain lakes in Hamilton county
46‑AAAA
Special provisions relating to speed on Cuba lake
46‑B
Special provisions relating to speed on Saratoga lake
47
Leaving the scene of an accident without reporting
47‑A
Accidents
47‑B
Report to the commissioner required upon accident
48
Negligence in use or operation of vessel attributable to owner
49
Operator
49‑A
Operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs
49‑B
Operating a vessel after having consumed alcohol
49‑C
Termination of unsafe operation

Accessed:
Apr. 27, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 45-AAAA*2’s source at nysenate​.gov

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