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Board of Selectmen to acquire, by purchase, for §170-6. Personal Watercraft Operation.
<br /> conservation purposes, a parcel of land, being that §170-7. Swim Areas.
<br /> land shown on a "Plan of Land in Mashpee, Mass.
<br /> Prepared for Rita A. Lopez, et. als." dated §170-8. Divers and Diving.
<br /> December 8, 1996,by Saunders Surveying Services §170-9. Moorings.
<br /> of Salem, NH, containing 15.22 acres more or less,
<br /> said land also being a portion of that parcel shown §170-10. Abandonment.
<br /> on the 1995 Mashpee Assessors Maps as Map 45, §170-11. Pollution.
<br /> Block 9, generally located east of the Mashpee
<br /> River on Meetinghouse Road opposite its intersec- §170-12. Operation of Vessels Under the Influence
<br /> tion with Goodspeeds Meetinghouse Road, to be of Intoxicating Liquor or Controlled
<br /> held in the care and custody of the Conservation Substance.
<br /> Commission pursuant to Massachusetts General §170-13. Watercraft Equipment.
<br /> Laws Chapter 40, Section 8C; and further, the
<br /> Town vote to appropriate $150,000, including §170-14. Watercraft Operation Without Personal
<br /> expenses incidental and related thereto, and to Flotation Devices or in Overloaded or
<br /> raise such appropriation , the Treasurer, with the Unsafe Conditions.
<br /> approval of the Selectmen,be authorized to borrow §170-15 Public Access Board Facilities.
<br /> $150,000 under and pursuant to Chapter 44, §170-16. Jurisdiction; Severability.
<br /> Sections 7 and 8C and, if applicable, Chapter 40, y
<br /> Section 8C, of the General Laws, or any other
<br /> enabling authority, and to issue bonds or notes of
<br /> the Town therefor; and further, the Town vote to §170-1. Definitions.
<br /> raise and appropriate $500 to the Issuance of Debt A. "Foreshores" - a foreshore is the part of a water-
<br /> the Account; and further, the Town authorize way shore that is between average high water
<br /> Board of Selectmen and/or Conservation and average low water (tidal and seasonal),or in
<br /> Commission to apply for and accept Federal and/or other words beaches and marsh.
<br /> State grants, including reimbursement under
<br /> Chapter 132A, Section 11 of the General Laws,the B. "Headway Speed" -the slowest speed at which a
<br /> "Self-Help Act," to be applied by the Town toward watercraft may be operated and maintain steer-
<br /> the financing of this purchase, and to enter into age way.
<br /> contracts or agreements with Federal and/or State C. "Harbormaster" - Chief Harbormaster and
<br /> agencies, private conservation trusts or other enti- Assistant Harbormasters duly empowered by the
<br /> ties or persons in connection with the purchase of General Laws of Massachusetts.
<br /> such land and its preservation for conservation
<br /> purposes; and finally, the Town authorize the D. "Personal Watercraft" - a small vessel which
<br /> Conservation Commission and the Board of uses an inboard motor powering a water jet pump
<br /> Selectmen to enter into agreements and execute as its primary source of motive power and which
<br /> any and all instruments as may be necessary on is designed to be operated by persons sitting,
<br /> behalf of the Town to effectuate said acquisition. standing, or kneeling on the vessel. The term
<br /> includes but is not limited to a jet ski, wet bike,
<br /> Motion passes unanimously 9:20 p.m. or surf jet so-called, plus motorized or propelled
<br /> Article 37: To see if the Town will vote to amend surfboards.
<br /> Chapter 170 of the Mashpee Code, Waterways, by g °persons" - includes individuals, corporations,
<br /> deleting the current text in its entirety and substitute societies, associations, partnerships, and trusts.
<br /> the following:
<br /> "Cha ter 170 F. "Private Swim Area"- a privately owned(e.g,by
<br /> p corporations, homeowners associations, etc.)
<br /> WATERWAYS,USE OF area, belonging to more than one family unit,
<br /> which is defined by signs and floating markers
<br /> §170-1. Definitions. and that has been approved by the Selectmen and
<br /> §170-2. Promulgation of Regulations; Posting of the Harbormaster as a private swim area.
<br /> Signs. G. "Slow, No Wake" - A slow speed at which a
<br /> §170-3. Enforcement; Violations and Penalties. watercraft can still be controlled, yet produce n
<br /> wake. Approximately 6 miles per hour. See
<br /> §170-4. Speed. Headway Speed.
<br /> §170-5. Water-skiing,Tubing,Kneeboarding. H. "Watercraft" - Any vessel or object used to nav
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