HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1980-60624
ORDINANCE N0. 606
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHING A FIVE MILE PER HOUR
SPEED LIMIT FOR VESSELS ON LAKE ELSINORE AND
DECLARING FACTS CONSTITUTING THE NEED FOR AN
URGENCY ORDINANCE.
The City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore, California does ordain as
follows:
SECTION ONE.
No person shall operate a vessel, as defined by Harbors and Navigation
Code Section 651 (c), at a speed in excess of five miles per hour on the waters
of Lake Elsinore outside the buoyed area of the State Park waters of Lake Elsinore.
SECTION TlJO.
This ordinance is determined and declared to bean urgency ordinance for
the preservation of the public peace, health or safety. The City Council finds
that due to the floods of February, 1980, the level of Lake Elsinore has risen
such that below the surface there exists hazards such as buildings, trees, fences
and other structures which cna present a serious threat to vessals travelling
over or near them at speeds in excess of five miles per hour now that the Lake
has been opened to all forms of recreational use as of September, 20, 1980.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND SIGNED this 23rd day of September, 1980.
s/Jerry H. Stewart, Mayor
City of Lake Elsinore
ATTEST:
s/ Fl~orene Marshall, City Clerk
City of Lake Elsinore