ARTICLE XIV


AIRBOATS



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15-950.00 Airboats Prohibited

- Areas Adjacent to Penn Chapel Acres, Hidden Acres and                     Pineland Park Subdivisions

EDITORIAL NOTE: The Police Jury recognizes the eminent hazards created by the use and operation of airboats in the marshland areas adjacent to residential subdivisions in Ward 4. To protect area residents' health, safety and property, the animals, fowl, marine/plant life, natural habitats, wetlands and local environment, it is necessary to prohibit airboats in marshland areas adjacent to Penn chapel Acres, Hidden Acres and Pineland Park Subdivisions.

    It shall be unlawful for any person to use or operate an airboat or similarly propelled craft over, across, around or through the marshlands near Penn chapel Acres, Hidden Acres and Pineland Park Subdivisions; more particularly the area bounded on the north by Highway 190 and on the south of Lake Pontchartrain. (Ord. 94-1941, adopted 03/17/94)

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15-950.01 Airboat Defined



    An airboat is any boat, sled, sea skiff or swamp craft pushed, pulled or propelled by airpower generated by a non-detachable motor, including any vessel, vehicle or craft with a propulsion mechanism similar to that of an airplane which propels out of water. (Ord. 94-1941, adopted 03/17/94)

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15-950.02 Enforcement


    Enforcement of this Article is authorized, directed and empowered to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff, the Louisiana State Police, and duly commissioned officers with the State or Federal Wildlife and Fisheries Agencies. (Ord. 94-1941, adopted 03/17/94)

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15-950.03 Exemption



    
Exempt herefrom are all law enforcement, Wildlife and Fisheries, rescue and emergency watercraft on bona fide assignments, life-saving missions or enforcement patrols. (Ord. 94-1941, adopted 03/17/94)

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15-950.04 Violations; Penalty


    Any person violating provisions of this Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable in accordance with Sec. 1-800.00 of the Code of Ordinances for St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. (Ord. 94-1941, adopted 03/17/94)

SECS. 15-950.05 - 15-974.99 Reserved