A. Skin/scuba diving shall be prohibited within 300 feet of an active public boat ramp, public fishing pier or that area generally used and recognized as the entry or exit to any regularly established marina, yacht club, boathouse or high speed vessel lanes; provided, that in the event skin or scuba divers are engaged in an aquatic event, then the restriction shall not apply for the duration of the aquatic event. Skin-diving shall be prohibited unless the diver shall be accompanied by a vessel displaying the appropriate diver’s flag, or the diving area is marked by an adequately displayed diver’s flag.

B. Subsection A of this section shall not apply to skin/scuba diving that directly involves the repair, maintenance, survey, or other authorized activity related to an active public boat ramp, public fishing pier, or that area generally used and recognized as the entry or exit to any regularly established marina, yacht club, or boathouse.

C. It shall be illegal for vessels to approach closer than 300 feet of any diver’s flag raised from a vessels or float without reducing their speed to five miles per hour.

D. A violation of this section constitutes a Class 2 civil infraction under Chapter 1.48 LMC. [Ord. 86 § 1, 1996.]