Sec. 82-91. - Speed limit in certain areas.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any boat or vessel, other than a vessel operated by any branch of the United States government, in the entrance to or within the harbor at Point Judith within the town between a line running east to west drawn across the breachway 200 feet north of the southerly end of the easterly bulkhead of the breachway to Point Judith Pond, and a line drawn across Point Judith Harbor running east to west from the northerly side of the state pier on the Galilee side to the northerly side of the state pier on the Jerusalem side, at a speed in excess of five miles per hour or so as to create a wake.

(b)

A speed in excess of five miles per hour and/or the creation of a wake is prohibited in the following areas: within 100 feet of any bridge, dock, marina, boat ramp or posted bathing area, and within the area along the dunes at the eastern end of Narrow River, until the river turns to the east towards the ocean.

(Ch. 1054, § 1, 8-20-2018)

State Law reference— Regulation of public waters, G.L. 1956, § 46-4-6-8.