TOWN OF RIVERHEAD
PUBLIC NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held before the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead, at Riverhead Town Hall, 200 Howell Avenue, Riverhead, New York 11901, on the 21STday of October, 2014 at 7:20 o’clock p.m. to consider a local law amending Chapter 106 entitled “Waterways” of the Riverhead Town Code as follows:
CHAPTER 106
WATERWAYS
Article III Anchoring and Abandoned Vessels
§ 106-8. Operation; speed; reckless operation; areas restricted to electric motor.
- No person shall use a boat equipped or operated with
an outboardany gasoline motor or an electric motor in excess of 10 horsepower on the Peconic River, west of the dam in Grangebel Park.
J. No person shall operate (start/run) or permit to be operated a motorboat, other than an electric motor to propel a motorboat, on the Peconic River, including water areas in and/or on the waters designated as the Peconic Lake (formerly known as “Forge Pond”) and extending to the Grangebel Dam (westerly side of Peconic Avenue).This restriction shall not apply to emergency personnel in the performance of emergency activities that are necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare and in furtherance of activities pursuant to a lawfully issued permit.
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Dated: Riverhead, New York
September 16, 2014
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
OF THE TOWN OF RIVERHEAD
DIANE M. WILHELM, TOWN CLERK
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