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Article 4 - VESSELS
Part 1 - (40 - 49-C) VESSELS, GENERAL
45-AAAA*2 - Special provisions relating to speed on Sodus Bay.

* § 45-aaaa. 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   43°16'4",   longitude
  76°58'3";  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

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