15A NCAC 10F .0314       NEW HANOVER COUNTY

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

(1)           the area bounded on the north by the US 74-76 Bridge crossing the Intracoastal Waterway, on the south by a line shore to shore intersecting Intracoastal Waterway channel marker number 127, on the west by the shore of Wrightsville Sound, and on the east by a line perpendicular to US Highway 74-76 and intersecting channel marker number 25 in Motts Channel;

(2)           the area of Motts Channel between channel marker number 25 at the Intracoastal Waterway on the west and channel marker number 16 at the entrance from Banks Channel on the east;

(3)           the waters of the navigation channel in that portion of Bradley Creek in the City of Wilmington between the US 76 Bridge crossing Bradley Creek and channel marker 4, near the mouth of Bradley Creek at 34.20858 N, 77.82272 W;

(4)           Lee's Cut from its western intersection with the Intracoastal Waterway at 34.21979 N, 77.80965 W, to its eastern intersection with Banks Channel at 34.21906 N, 77.79645 W;

(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; and

(6)           the waters of the Northeast Cape Fear River between the US Hwy. 117 bridge and the railroad trestle 60 yards east of the Castle Hayne Boating Access Area.

(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 of Markers. The Board of Commissioners of New Hanover County shall be the designated agency for placement of the no-wake 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;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 6, 2016;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2023; February 1, 2023; October 1, 2018; April 1, 2017.