Butte County |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 7. BOATS AND PUBLIC WATERS |
Article II. Operating Regulations |
§ 7-12. Lights.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any boat between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise or moor any boat, except in a designated mooring area or within fifty (50) feet of shore, unless such boat is equipped with and is showing prominently the following lights:
(a)
The bright white light aft to show all around the horizon.
(b)
A combined lantern in the fore port of the motorboat and lower than the white light aft, showing green to starboard and red to port, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead as to two (2) points abaft the beam on their respective sides.
(c)
Every white light prescribed by this section shall be of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least two (2) miles. Every colored light prescribed by this section shall be of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least one (1) mile. The word "visible," when applied to lights, shall mean visible on a dark night with clear atmosphere.
(Ord. No. 643, § 3; Ord. No. 774, § 3)