All motorized watercraft and personal watercraft operating at a speed of more than five miles per hour, with or without a skier or other person in tow, shall keep the operator’s starboard (righthand) side toward the closest shore and proceed around the lake in counter-clockwise direction of travel. Said operators, while piloting the motorized watercraft or personal watercraft in excess of five miles per hour, shall maintain a minimum distance of at least two hundred feet from any shore, dock, or public swimming area, and follow no closer than three hundred feet behind any other watercraft, personal watercraft, skier, or other person in tow. In addition, no motorized watercraft or personal watercraft operating at a speed of more than five miles per hour, with or without a skier or other person in tow, shall pass within one hundred feet alongside of any other watercraft, personal watercraft, skier or other person in tow or swimmer nor shall any such craft cross within two hundred feet of the bow of any other watercraft, personal watercraft, or any other vessel. Operators of motorized watercraft or personal watercraft traveling at a speed of more than five miles per hour shall not break out of this traffic pattern unless pulling a water skier for takeoff or landing at an angle perpendicular to shore, dock, or other launching facility, when such a takeoff or landing would not constitute undue risk to persons or property; all other motorized watercraft and personal watercraft, when approaching or leaving shore, docks, or other launching facilities, shall maintain a speed of no more than five miles per hour within two hundred feet of shore or such facilities.

It shall be unlawful for any motorized watercraft or personal watercraft traveling at a speed of more than five miles per hour to operate in a circular fashion around any other watercraft, personal watercraft, any other type of vessel, or any water skier or swimmer, or to operate in a circular fashion that is not consistent with traffic movement around the lake, unless engaged in rendering of assistance to other watercraft, water skiers, swimmers, etc. (Ord. 938 §10, 1992).