09-137 C.M.R. ch. 5, § 04 - State-Owned Boat Launch Facility Sites

A. Commissioner's authority: In accordance with 12 M.R.S. §12701, subsection 5, the commissioner may adopt rules regulating public use of department-owned or department-maintained boat launch facility sites hereinafter referred to as a boat launch.

B. Boats unattended: No person shall tie up or leave any boat unattended in the area around any launching ramps, floats or docks, except when loading or unloading cargo and/or passengers.

C. Power loading of boats: No person shall power load a boat on a trailer at a boat launch.

D. Fires, camping, overnight stays, and overnight parking: No person shall camp, park overnight or have an open fire at a boat launch.

E. Alcoholic beverages or controlled substances: No person shall use or possess intoxicating beverages or controlled substances at a boat launch.

F. Disorderly conduct: No person shall engage in disorderly conduct, including, but not limited to, indecent acts, intoxication or coarse language at a boat launch.

G. Damage to facility: No person shall remove, injure or damage any portion of the facility including plants, land, structures, or natural conditions at the boat launch.

H. Discharging waste: No person shall wash vehicles, boats or laundry or discharge waste of any kind, including but not limited to soaps, detergents, and refuse; dispose of any material, by-products or waste or deposit any litter except in approved refuse containers at a boat launch.

I. Storage of boats, trailers, vehicles, equipment, ice shacks, and other property: No person shall store personal property of any kind on a boat launch.

J. Swimming: No person shall swim at a boat launch except in designated locations.

K. Parking: No parking shall be allowed outside of designated parking spaces.

L. Other uses of the facility: No person shall utilize the facility inconsistent with the launching and retrieving boats, and associated parking, without written authorization from the Department, including but not limited to, commercial use, water extraction, non-boating related use, and fishing tournament use of the facilities.

M. Use sunset to sunrise: No person shall use a boat launch or related parking area between sunset and sunrise for purposes other than fishing or the launching and retrieving of boats.

N. Pet owners: No pet owner shall leave a boat launch without cleaning any fecal deposits left by their pets.

O. Advertising: No person shall post an advertisement or other notice without prior approval from the Department.

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09-137 C.M.R. ch. 5, § 04