§ 114-2. Penalty.

(a)

Violations of the following provisions of this chapter are noncriminal infractions:

(1)

Section 114-58(e), relating to display of an appropriate valid user fee receipt;

(2)

Section 114-60, relating to protective guards;

(3)

Section 114-61, relating to audible warning devices;

(4)

Section 114-62, relating to age of operator of motorboat or personal watercraft;

(5)

Section 114-65, relating to prohibition of motor boats on certain lakes;

(6)

Section 114-69, relating to navigation hazards;

(7)

Section 114-70, relating to lighting of temporary obstructions;

(8)

Section 114-72, relating to boats adrift;

(9)

Section 114-74(a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9), section 114-74(b), section 114-74(c), and section 114-74(d), relating to water sports;

(10)

Section 114-77, relating to display of house numbers.

Any person cited for a violation of any such provision shall be deemed to be charged with a noncriminal infraction, shall be cited for such an infraction, and shall be cited to appear before the county court. The civil penalty for any such infraction is $50.00, plus applicable administrative fees and applicable court costs.

(b)

Nonreckless violations of the following provisions of Chapter 114 of this Code are noncriminal infractions, provided they do not cause a boating accident:

(1)

Section 114-66, relating to passing of boats;

(2)

Section 114-67, relating to speed of boats;

(3)

Section 114-68, relating to operation of boats.

Any person cited for a violation of any such provision shall be deemed to be charged with a noncriminal infraction, shall be cited for such an infraction, and shall be cited to appear before the county court. The civil penalty for any such infraction is $50.00, plus applicable administrative fees and applicable court costs.

(c)

Any person violating any provision of this chapter not listed in section 114-2(a) or (b) above shall be punished as provided in section 1-7 and may have his boat user fee receipt revoked for a period not exceeding one year, either or both.

(Code 1960, § 7-23; Ord. No. 2084, § 1, 3-14-95)