2010 New York Code
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Article 4 - VESSELS
Part 1 - (40 - 49-C) VESSELS, GENERAL
45-B - Regulation of beaches.

§ 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.