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Post by esshup on Sept 2, 2023 6:46:36 GMT -5
Think of a public lake that is in the shape of a figure 8, but the shoreline area between the top and bottom of the figure 8 is roughly 480 feet apart
If a person were to have brought fill dirt and extended a peninsula on their land out into the water on a public lake making the shoreline between the two parts of the figure 8 now less than 400 feet wide, can the DNR effectively make that area now a no wake zone? Historically boats have traveled between the two parts of the lake at above wake generating speed.
If this dirt was placed there in the late late 1980's or early 1990's and just now (this year) the DNR wants to make it a no wake zone effectively cutting the lake into 2 parts.
The pinnensula is only 40-50 feet wide that was filled in and made longer.
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Post by icobailey on Sept 6, 2023 10:28:32 GMT -5
Indiana Statute is established by state law not by the Department of Natural Resources. I have included the state statute for reference. If the gap is 400 feet then any boat going through that area would be within the 200 ft from either shore line. Without knowing what lake and additional details this is the best answer I can provide. I hope it helps but if you have additional questions please feel free to contact our central dispatch 24/7 at (812)837-9536.
IC 14-15-3-17 Minimum distance from shore lines
Sec. 17. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not operate a motorboat within two hundred (200) feet of the shore line of a lake or channel of the lake at a speed greater than idle speed.
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