312 Ind. Admin. Code 5-6-3

Current through December 4, 2024

Section 312 IAC 5-6-3 - Bass Lake; special boating zones and temporary structure standards

Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-15-7-3; IC 14-26-2-23

Affected: IC 14-15; IC 14-26-2-4

Sec. 3.

(a) Notwithstanding 312 IAC 11-3-1(b)(5), a temporary pier or boat lift is authorized on Bass Lake in Starke County by a general license under IC 14-26-2 if the structure conforms with both of the following:

(1) Satisfies 312 IAC 11-3-1(b)(1) through 312 IAC 11-3-1(b)(4), 312 IAC 11-3-1(b)(7), and 312 IAC 11-3-1(b)(8).

(2) Extends not more than:

(A) one hundred fifty (150) feet from the shoreline or water line and satisfies 312 IAC 11-3-1(b)(6); or

(B) three hundred (300) feet from the shoreline or water line and does not extend over water that is continuously more than three (3) feet deep.

(b) A person must not operate a boat in excess of idle speed within three hundred fifty (350) feet of the shoreline or water line.

(c) A person must not operate a boat at a site within the swimming area adjacent to Bass Lake Beach and Campground with the:

(1) southwestern boundary beginning at a point on the shoreline and one hundred forty-eight (148) feet southwest of the southwestern corner of the bath house and running perpendicular to the shoreline or water line for three hundred forty-five (345) feet;

(2) northeastern boundary beginning at a point on the shoreline and two hundred fifteen (215) feet northeast of the northwest corner of the bath house and running perpendicular to the shoreline or water line for three hundred forty-five (345) feet; and

(3) northwestern boundary formed by a line, approximately four hundred thirty-five (435) feet long, running parallel to the shoreline or water line and terminating at the lakeward-most points of the southwestern boundary and the northeastern boundary.

(d) As used in this section, "shoreline or water line" means the line formed under IC 14-26-2-4 (1) at seven hundred thirteen and sixty-five hundredths (713.65) feet, National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD-29).

312 IAC 5-6-3

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 5-6-3; filed Mar 23, 2001, 2:50 p.m.: 24 IR 2373, eff Jan 1, 2002; filed Sep 6, 2007, 12:12 p.m.: 20071003-IR-312060558FRA; readopted filed May 29, 2008, 1:53 p.m.: 20080625-IR-312080057RFA; errata filed Jun 2, 2009, 10:29 a.m.: 20090624-IR-312090386ACA; Readopted filed 7/17/2014, 3:46 p.m.: 20140813-IR-312140067RFA

Readopted filed 9/16/2020, 8:15 a.m.: 20201014-IR-312200355RFA