<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 59-114. - Speed.</div>
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               In the following specified areas, no person may operate a personal watercraft in excess
               of headway speed, which shall not exceed five miles per hour:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Within the posted waters of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington research
                  leased area.
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                  (2)
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                  Within 50 feet of posted waterbird sanctuaries or management areas.
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                  (3)
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                  Within 50 feet of a person in the water or an anchored vessel.
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                  (4)
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                  Within 50 feet of a pier or dock in the waters of the county excluding the waters
                  of the Intra-Coastal Waterway.
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                  (5)
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                  Within the county waters of the Atlantic Ocean, within 50 feet of persons in the water
                  or surf fishermen.
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                  (6)
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                  Within 25 feet of marsh or shore within the following areas:
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                  a.
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                  Bounded by the Atlantic Intra-Coastal Waterway to the west, Shinn Creek to the south,
                  Banks Channel to the east and Motts Channel to the north.
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                  b.
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                  Bounded by the Atlantic Intra-Coastal Waterway to the west, Lee's Cut and the Highway
                  74 bridge extending across the waters of Banks Channel within the Town of Wrightsville
                  Beach, North Carolina, to the south, the mainland of the Town of Wrightsville Beach
                  to the east, and the creek leading from the Atlantic Intra-Coastal Waterway to Mason's
                  Inlet to the north.
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                  (7)
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                  Bounded by the Atlantic Intra-Coastal Waterway to the west, Masonboro Island to the
                  east, Masonboro Channel to the north, and Carolina Beach Inlet to the south (this
                  marsh area is within the boundaries of the Masonboro Island component of the North
                  Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve System).
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                  (8)
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                  Bounded by the Atlantic Intra-Coastal Waterway to the west, Rich Inlet to the north,
                  Mason Inlet to the south and Figure Eight Island to the east.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 12-146)
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