312 Ind. Admin. Code 5-8-4

Current through December 4, 2024

Section 312 IAC 5-8-4 - LaPorte County waters of Lake Michigan and Trail Creek; boating restrictions

Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-11-2-1; IC 14-15-7-3; IC 14-29-1-8

Affected: IC 14

Sec. 4.

(a) A person must not operate a boat in the following LaPorte County zones on Lake Michigan:

(1) Adjacent to the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore at a site known as the Mt. Baldy Beach Swimming Area, with:

(A) the western boundary beginning where the centerline of the north dune staircase would intersect the shoreline, if the staircase were extended due north, and extending lakeward from that point and perpendicular to the shoreline for two hundred (200) feet;

(B) the eastern boundary three hundred (300) feet east of the western boundary and extending lakeward and perpendicular to the shoreline for two hundred (200) feet; and

(C) the northern boundary formed by a line running parallel to the shoreline and terminating at the lakeward-most points of the eastern boundary and the western boundary.

(2) Adjacent to Michigan City, at a site known as the Washington Park Swimming Area, with:

(A) the western boundary beginning where the eastern edge of the Washington Park parking lot would intersect the shoreline, if the parking lot were extended due north, and extending lakeward from that point and perpendicular to the shoreline for two hundred (200) feet;

(B) the eastern boundary beginning at a point four hundred forty (440) feet east of the western boundary and extending lakeward and perpendicular to the shoreline for two hundred (200) feet; and

(C) the northern boundary formed by a line running parallel to the shoreline and terminating at the lakeward-most points of the eastern boundary and the western boundary.

(b) A person shall not operate a boat at greater than idle speed in an unnamed channel that enters the east bank of Trail Creek approximately five hundred (500) feet upstream from the U.S. 12 bridge over Trail Creek in Michigan City.

312 IAC 5-8-4

Natural Resources Commission; 312 IAC 5-8-4; filed Mar 23, 2001, 2:50 p.m.: 24 IR 2380, eff Jan 1, 2002; 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