15A NCAC 10F .0314. NEW HANOVER COUNTY

(a)  Regulated Areas.  This Rule applies to the following waters in New Hanover County:

(1)           that area bounded on the north by the bridge of US 74‑76 crossing the Intracoastal Waterway, on the south by a line parallel to the center line of said highway and intersecting Intracoastal Waterway marker number 127, on the west by the high‑water line of Wrightsville Sound, and on the east by a line perpendicular to the center line of said highway and intersecting marker number 27 in Motts Channel;

(2)           that area of Motts Channel between marker number 27 at the Intracoastal Waterway on the west and marker number 16 at the entrance from Banks Channel on the east;

(3)           that area bounded on the west by the bridge of US 76 crossing Bradley Creek, on the north and south by the banks of said creek, on the east by a line parallel to the center line of the aforesaid highway, said line being 1,000 feet, more or less, eastwardly therefrom and intersecting the westernmost port (black) marker in Bradley Creek Channel;

(4)           that part of Lee's Cut between the Intracoastal Waterway and the eastern boundary of the Lee's Cut‑Channel Walk property at Wrightsville Beach;

(5)           the unnamed channel lying between the shore west of Bahama Drive in the Town of Wrightsville Beach and an unnamed island located approximately 500 feet northeast of the US 74 bridge over Banks Channel;

(6)           those waters of the Northeast Cape Fear River between the US Hwy. 117 bridge and the Seaboard Coastline Railroad bridge.

(b)  Speed Limit.  No person shall operate a vessel at greater than no‑wake speed within any of the regulated areas described in Paragraph (a) of this Rule.

(c)  Placement and Maintenance of Markers.  The Board of Commissioners of New Hanover County is designated a suitable agency for placement and maintenance of the markers implementing this Rule, subject to the approval of the United States Coast Guard and the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 75A‑3; 75A‑15;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. July 1, 1993; May 1, 1989; June 1, 1987; May 1, 1987.