N.J. Admin. Code § 13:82-1.7

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 13:82-1.7 - Speed

(a) No person shall operate a vessel in a manner where the speed and/or wake of the vessel may cause danger or injury to life or limb or damage to property.

(b) All vessels shall reduce speed to slow speed/no wake when passing:

1. Any marina, pier, dock, wharf, or abutment at a distance of 200 feet or less, except on Lake Hopatcong, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:82-3.11;

2. Work barges, platforms, or floats while actually engaged in work related activity;

3. Through bridge openings of 400 feet or less;

4. Through lagoons, canals, and confined areas of less than 200 feet in width;

5. Vessels not under command;

6. Emergency vessels displaying sequential flashing or rotating blue lights; or

7. Vessels engaged in activities recognized by the Coast Guard displaying rotating or sequential flashing red and yellow lights.

(c) "Slow speed/No wake" as used in this section means the speed at which a vessel moves through the water and is able to maintain minimum headway in relation to the vessel or structure being passed and producing the minimum wake possible.

(d) State Police, on the recommendation of the Commission, or on its own initiative, may designate a specific area not included at (b)1 through 6 above as a temporary slow speed/no wake area based on congestion, visibility, safety, or other good cause. All vessels moving through these areas shall reduce their speed to slow speed/no wake within a 200-foot radius of the sign or buoy, in addition to any restriction pursuant to (b) above.

(e) No person shall place, anchor, or construct any buoy that states or implies that an area is a "Slow Speed/No Wake" area except as provided at (a), (b), (c), or (d) above. The State Police may remove or have removed any such unauthorized buoy.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:82-1.7

Amended by R.1999 d.127, effective 4/19/1999.
See: 31 New Jersey Register 113(a), 31 New Jersey Register 1069(a).
In (a), inserted a reference to wakes, and deleted a former second sentence; in (b), substituted "slow speed/no wake" for 'a slow speed" in the introductory paragraph; rewrote (c) and (d); and added (e) and (f).
Amended by R.2004 d.318, effective 8/16/2004 (operative October 1, 2004).
See: 36 New Jersey Register 1174(a), 36 New Jersey Register 3886(a).
Rewrote the section.

Amended by 55 N.J.R. 2137(a), effective 10/2/2023