§ 122-138. Same—Same—Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in sections 122-137 through 122-142, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Approved flotation device means any United States Coast Guard approved type I, II, III, or V personal flotation device.

Headway speed means the minimum speed necessary to maintain steerage and control of a personal watercraft while such personal watercraft is moving.

Personal watercraft means a small class A-1 or A-2 vessel which uses an outboard motor or an inboard motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive power and which is designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing, or kneeling on or being towed behind the vessel, rather than in the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside the vessel.

(Ord. No. 97-10, § 1(2-5.1(G)(4)(a)), 7-3-1997)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.