Unauthorized activities in or on the Downtown Canal.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 341-302
in effectSec. 341-302. - Unauthorized activities in or on the Downtown Canal.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, without authority from the city, to do the following:
(1) To operate watercraft within the Downtown Canal at any time;
(2) To fish, swim, bathe, wash, scuba dive, wade, dive, fish, or ice skate within the Downtown Canal;
(3) To send, drive, or ride any animal into the Downtown Canal;
(4) To litter or to throw, drop, place or deposit any object into the Downtown Canal or into the bottom thereof, on the surrounding ground or on any other surface adjoining canal. This includes, but is not limited to, any paper, plastic or glass bottles, broken glass, nails, tacks, wire, crockery, cans or any other sharp or cutting substances, chemicals or things dangerous or otherwise harmful or disruptive to the operation of the Downtown Canal or any of its infrastructure; or
(5) To place or cause to be placed in the Downtown Canal any post, pile, dam, masonry or structure, or dump therein anything whatever causing a material obstruction of such stream, waterway, or its pumping system.
(b) The first violation in any calendar year shall be subject to admission of violation and payment of the designated civil penalty through the ordinance violations bureau in accordance with chapter 103 of this Code. All second and subsequent violations in the calendar year are subject to the enforcement procedures and penalties provided in section 103-3 of this Code.
(G.O. 20, 2021, § 1)
Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIPUORSA_CH341BODOWA_ARTIIIDOCA_S341-302UNACDOCAFetched: 10/27/2026