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 Code of Ordinances
 Title 12. STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
 Chapter 12-96. MOTORBOATS

  § 12-96-3. Definitions.  

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  • The following terms and definitions shall be applied in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:

    Federal Boating Program of 1958 means and includes the Federal Act of 1958 relating to the numbering of vessels and motorboats as contained in 46 USC 527, and all amendments thereto, all of which are incorporated herein by express reference, and all amendments which may hereafter be adopted by the United States Congress.

    Motorboat means and includes every vessel propelled by machinery and not more than 65 feet in length, except tugboats and towboats propelled by steam or diesel power. The length shall be measured from end to end over the deck, excluding sheer.

    Motorboat Act of 1940 means and includes the Motorboat Act of 1940 as adopted by the United States, and as appears in 46 USC 526 through and including 526u, and all amendments thereof, all of which are incorporated herein by express reference, and all amendments which may hereafter be adopted by the United States Congress.

    Rules of the road means and includes the navigation rules of the United States relating to the navigation of vessels on the Mississippi River and its tributaries, as contained in 33 USC 301 through and including 356, and all amendments thereto, all of which are incorporated herein by express reference, and shall mean and include any amendments to such navigation rules hereafter made by the United States Congress. Such term shall also mean and include the regulations pursuant to such United States Code adopted by the United States Coast Guard, Department of the Treasury, styled "Pilot Rules for Western Rivers," and being sections 95.01 through 95.66 of part 95, subchapter F of chapter 1, under title 33, "Navigation and Navigable Waters," and all amendments thereto, all of which are incorporated herein by express reference, and any amendments of such regulations hereafter adopted by the United States Coast Guard.

(Code 1967, § 35-43; Code 1985, § 32-48)