N.Y. Navigation Law Section 45-B
Regulation of beaches

Except when prohibited by reason of the laws of the United States, the board of trustees of a village may adopt, amend and enforce rules and regulations not inconsistent with law, with respect to regulating the use of beaches in or adjacent to the village and regulating swimming and bathing in open waters exposed to the public, including the use of underwater diving devices for swimming and fishing, within or bounding the village or such beaches to a distance of fifteen hundred feet from the shore, including any waters within or bordering a village in the county of Nassau or Suffolk, and requiring the owners or operators of any bathing beaches, bath houses or other places charging a fee to the public for the use of such facilities to provide adequate safeguards for the protection of the public in waters adjacent to such premises. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding any contrary provisions of law.

Source: Section 45-B — Regulation of beaches, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/NAV/45-B (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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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 49–D
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Feb. 28, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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