Towing persons on water skis or other devices.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 23-202
in effectSec. 23-202. - Towing persons on water skis or other devices.
(a) No person may tow a person on water skis or other devices that skim the water's surface unless:
(1) The motorboat is equipped with a rearview mirror of a size not less than four inches in measurement from bottom to top and across from one side to the other. The mirror shall be mounted firmly so as to give the boat operator a full and complete view beyond the rear of the boat at all times; or
(2) A person 13 years of age or older observes the progress of the person being towed.
(b) No person may tow or shall otherwise assist a person on water skis or other devices that skim the water's surface during the period from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise.
(c) Each person who tows or otherwise assists a person on water skis or other devices that skim the water's surface shall operate the motorboat in a careful and prudent manner and at a reasonable distance from persons and property so as not to endanger the life or property of any person.
(d) No person shall operate or manipulate any vessel, tow rope or other device by which the direction or location of water skis or other devices that skim the water's surface may be affected or controlled in such a way as to cause them, or any person on them, to collide with or strike against any person or object other than ski jumps, markers and like objects normally used in competitive or recreational skiing.
(e) It shall be unlawful for any person to ski or skim the water's surface on the lake within a distance of less than 200 feet from any bridge, pier, anchored vessel, or person on the lake surface.
(f) It shall be unlawful for any person to ski or skim the water's surface on the lake in restricted areas marked by buoys or official city signage.
(Ord. No. 2011-862, § 2(Exh. A), 10-12-2011)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH23LAHO_ARTVIIBORE_S23-202TOPEWASKOTDEFetched: 10/26/2026