Safety channels and areas.
Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 341-206
in effectSec. 341-206. - Safety channels and areas.
(a) The board of parks and recreation, or any other board having jurisdiction, is authorized and empowered to establish and designate, by resolution duly adopted, certain safety areas in and along the stream of Lake Indy or in Eagle Creek Reservoir which shall be considered and known as "safety areas" and which shall be so designated and marked with appropriate signs to be erected or buoys to be anchored by the board, and placed either in the water or upon the banks of the stream, or by both such means. The board is further authorized and empowered to establish in the same manner, wherever deemed necessary, certain safety channels through which all boats shall proceed at a reduced speed, which in no event shall exceed five (5) miles per hour. Safety channels shall be established, designated and marked as are other safety areas, either by the erection of appropriate signs or by the placing buoys in the waterway outlining such channels, or by both such means.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any boat to travel at a speed greater than five (5) miles per hour in, upon and through any safety channel which shall be now or hereafter established pursuant to subsection (a) and so designated and marked. Also, it shall be unlawful for the operator of any boat at any time, except to rescue some person from danger, to enter in and upon any area in such stream of Lake Indy or Eagle Creek Reservoir which shall be now or hereafter established, designated and marked as a "safety area," as provided in subsection (a).
(Code 1975, § 7-50)
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_ARTIIBOBO_S341-206SACHARFetched: 10/27/2026