North Carolina § 75A-14 - 1. Lake Norman No-Wake Zone.

§ 75A-14. 1. Lake Norman No-Wake Zone.

It is unlawful to operate a vessel at greater than no-wake speed within 50 yards of a vessel launching area, bridge, dock, pier, marina, vessel storage structure, or vessel service area on the waters of Lake Norman. History (1997-129, s. 4; 1997-257, s. 10; 1998-217, s. 49; 2006-185, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1998-217, s. 49, effective October 31, 1998, codified the first paragraph of Session Laws 1997-129, s. 4, as amended by Session Laws 1997-257, s. 10, as G.S. 75A-14.1. Session Laws 1997-129, s. 4 provides in part: "With regard to marking the no-wake speed zone established in this section, each of the boards of commissioners of Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg Counties may place and maintain navigational aids and regulatory markers of a general nature on the waters of Lake Norman within the boundaries of each respective county. Provided the counties exercise their supervisory responsibility, they may delegate the actual process of placement or maintenance of the markers to some other agency, corporation, group, or individual. With regard to marking the restricted zones, markers may be placed and maintained by the individuals using the protected areas and facilities in accordance with the Uniform Waterway Marking System and any supplementary standards for that system adopted by the Wildlife Resources Commission. "This section is enforceable under G.S. 75A-17 as if it were a provision of Chapter 75A of the General Statutes." For similar provisions regarding the establishment of no-wake zones, see Session Laws 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1045 (no-wake zone in Brunswick County); Session Laws 1993, c. 67 (no-wake zone in city of Southport); Session Laws 1993, c. 434, as amended by 1993, c. 637 (no-wake zone on Waccamaw and Pamlico Rivers in Columbus County and city of Washington); Session Laws 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 559 (no-wake zone on Lake Hickory in Catawba County); Session Laws 2001-65, as amended by Session Laws 2005-433, s. 4 (no-wake zone on Intercoastal Waterway between Markers 44 and 46B in area abutting Town of Cedar Point); Session Laws 2002-23 (no-wake zone around Eagle Point Nature Preserve on High Rock Reservoir in Rowan County); Session Laws 2002-39 (no-wake zone in vicinity of Roanoke River Bridge on Highway 17 in Bertie County); Session Laws 2002-141, s. 9.1(a)-(f) (no-wake zone on the Roanoke River in Bertie County); Session Laws 2003-189, ss. 1-5 (no-wake zone on Pembroke Creek in Cowan County); and Session Laws 2008-100 (no-wake speed zone near towns of Holden Beach and Oak Island in Brunswick County). Session Laws 2008-100, s. 1, provides: "It is unlawful to operate a vessel at greater than a no-wake speed in the Intracoastal Waterway adjacent to the Town of Holden Beach and the Town of Oak Island within 1,000 feet of the center of the intersection of the inlet at the Lockwood Folly River. No-wake speed is idle speed or a slow speed creating no appreciable wake." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-185, s. 1, effective January 1, 2007, and applicable to offenses committed on or after January 1, 2007, substituted "vessel" for "boat" three times in the first sentence and deleted the former second sentence which read: "No-wake speed is idle speed or slow speed creating no appreciable wake."