Or. Admin. Code § 250-020-0308 - Boat Operations in Tillamook County
(1) Cape Meares Lake: A person must not
operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed.
(2) Hoquarton Slough: A person must not
operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed.
(3) Kilchis River:
(a) A person must not operate a motorboat in
excess of slow-no wake speed from RM 0 (as marked) to the Highway 101 Bridge
Parks Boat Ramp.
(b) A person must
not use an internal combustion engine to propel a boat upstream of the Highway
101 Bridge Parks Boat Ramp.
(4) Lake Lytle:
(a) A person must not operate a motorboat in
excess of 10 MPH from one hour after sunset to 8 a.m.
(b) A person operating a boat for the purpose
of towed watersports must proceed in a counterclockwise pattern.
(c) A person must not operate a boat behind
anyone being towed closer than 200 feet nor alongside the towed person(s)
closer than 100 feet.
(d) A person
must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed within 300 feet
of the south end of the lake nor within 100 feet of the east shore.
(5) Miami River: A person must not
use an internal combustion engine to propel a boat upstream of the Highway 101
Bridge.
(6) Nehalem River, South
Fork: From September 1 through March 31, a person must not use a motor rated in
excess of 15 HP to propel a boat from the mouth of Peterson Creek (RM 10.3) to
Nehalem River Falls (RM 15.7).
(7)
Nestucca River: From November 1 through March 31, a person must not use a motor
to propel a boat upstream of Cloverdale.
(8) Netarts Bay: A person must not operate a
motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed within the diked areas of the
county boat landings on Bay Ocean Road.
(9) Smith Lake: A person must not operate a
motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed.
(10) Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife
Refuge:
(a) A person must not operate a boat
for any purpose within 500 feet of the principal rocks at Three Arch Rocks
National Wildlife Refuge during the period from May 1 to September 15. Vessel
transit through the closed area, including the arches of the rocks, is
prohibited. Storm Rock, to the west of Shag Rock, is the westerly boundary of
the seasonal closed area.
(b)
Persons operating boats near Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge should
exercise caution to avoid any disturbance of nesting birds and marine mammals.
Harassment of birds and marine wildlife is strictly prohibited under federal
and state law.
(11)
Tillamook Bay: A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no
wake speed within the Bay City Boat Basin.
(12) Tillamook River: A person must not
operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed above the 3rd Street
Bridge.
(13) Trask River:
(a) A person must not operate a motorboat in
excess of a slow-no wake speed from RM 0 upstream to the Highway 101
Bridge.
(b) A person must not use
an internal combustion engine to propel a boat upstream of the Highway 101
Bridge.
(14) Wilson
River:
(a) A person must not operate a
motorboat in excess of slow-no wake speed from a point 500 feet downstream from
the confluence with Hall Slough (as marked) to the Sollie Smith Bridge Boat
Ramp.
(b) A person must not use an
internal combustion engine to propel a boat upstream of the Sollie Smith Bridge
Boat Ramp.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 830.110 & ORS 830.175
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 830.110, ORS 830.175 & ORS 830.195
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