Under authority of section
1531.06 of the Revised Code and
after compliance with Chapter 1547. of the Revised Code, the chief of the
division of wildlife orders that:
(A)
No person shall operate (start/run) or permit to be operated a motor, other
than an electric motor, to propel a vessel on water areas on the following
state-owned or on controlled areas, or on water areas managed under agreement
by the division of wildlife.
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Barnesville reservoir #2
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Belmont county
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Barnesville reservoir #3
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Belmont county
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Barnesville reservoir #4
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Belmont county
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Belmont lake
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Belmont county
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Big island wildlife area
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Marion county
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Circleville canal
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Pickaway county
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Cooper hollow wildlife area
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Jackson county
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Darke wildlife area
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Darke county
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Delaware wildlife area
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Delaware, Morrow, and Marion counties
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Deer creek lake
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Stark county
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Deer creek wildlife area
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Pickaway, Madison and Fayette counties
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Grand river wildlife area
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Trumbull county
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Hammertown lake wildlife area (Jackson city
reservoir)
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Jackson county
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Hebron canal
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Licking and Fairfield counties
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Indian creek wildlife area
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Brown county
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Ismond pond
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Columbiana county
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Lake Vesuvius
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Lawrence county
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Miller Blue hole
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Sandusky county
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New Lexington City reservoir
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Perry county
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Oberlin reservoir
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Lorain county
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Oldaker pond wildlife area
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Highland county
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Orwell pond wildlife area
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Ashtabula county
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Ottoville quarry wildlife area
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Putnam county
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Pleasant valley wildlife area
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Ross county
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Ruff pond wildlife area
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Columbiana county
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Spring valley wildlife area
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Warren county
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Timbre Ridge lake
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Lawrence county
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Tranquility wildlife area
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Adams county
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Wallace H. O'Dowd wildlife area
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Athens county
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Walhonding canal
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Coshocton county
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Waterloo wildlife area
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Athens county
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Wellington reservoir
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Lorain county
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Wolf creek wildlife area
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Morgan county
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Woodbury wildlife area
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Coshocton county
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(B) No
person shall operate (start/run) or permit to be operated a motor, or
combination of motors, exceeding a horsepower rating in excess of ten
horsepower on the waters of Appalachian Hills wildlife area in Morgan,
Muskingum and Noble counties, Greenfield lake wildlife area in Fairfield
county, Jackson lake in Jackson county,
Jesse Owens wildlife area in Morgan County, Kokosing lake in Knox county, Rush
creek reservoir in Fairfield and Perry counties, Veto lake in Washington
county, Rockmill lake wildlife area in Fairfield county, Clouse lake in Perry
county, Fox lake in Athens county, Monroe lake in Monroe county, Clark lake in
Clark county, Grant lake in Brown county, Rush Run lake in Preble county,
Jockey Hollow wildlife area ponds in Harrison county, Zepernick lake wildlife
area in Columbiana county, and Highlandtown lake wildlife area in Columbiana
county.
(C) No person shall operate
(start/run) or permit to be operated a motor, or combination of motors,
exceeding a horsepower rating of ten horsepower on Knox lake in Knox county,
and Rupert lake in Vinton county unless motors in excess of ten horsepower are
operated at idle speed and do not create a wake.
(D) No person shall operate (start/run), or
permit to be operated any powercraft on any water area on Aldrich pond wildlife
area in Sandusky county, Aquilla lake wildlife area in Geauga county, La Su An
wildlife area Williams county, Fallsville wildlife area in Highland county,
Fulton ponds wildlife area in Fulton county, Killdeer Plains wildlife area in
Wyandot county, New Lyme lake in Ashtabula county, Oxbow lake wildlife area in
Defiance county, Resthaven wildlife area in Erie county, Ross lake wildlife
area in Ross county, St. Joseph river wildlife area in Williams county, Shreve
lake in Wayne county, Spencer lake in Medina county, Tycoon lake wildlife area
in Gallia county, Wayne R. Carr lake in Paulding county, and Wingfoot lake in
Portage county, unless the powercraft is operated at idle speed and does not
create a wake.
(E) No person shall
operate (start/run) or permit to be operated an electric motor exceeding four
horsepower to propel a vessel on or within any water area owned or controlled
by the division of wildlife.
(F) No
person shall operate (start/run) or permit to be operated a motor, or
combination of motors, exceeding a horsepower rating in excess of ten
horsepower on any body of water on the American electric power recreation
area.
(G)
Nothing in this rule shall prohibit vessels
Vessels with higher horsepower motors
from being
may
be present on these
the waters listed in this
rule provided they comply with paragraphs (A), (B), (C), (D) (E) and (F)
of this rule.
(H) No person shall
operate (start/run), use, or permit to be operated or used, a boat on
Barnesville reservoir no. 1.
(I) It
shall be unlawful to operate watercraft on or within any water area owned or
controlled by the division of wildlife in a manner that is not in conformity
with posted regulations.
(J) All
definitions set forth in rule
1501:31-1-02 of the
Administrative Code apply to this rule.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
1501:31-5-02
Effective:
1/1/2023
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
8/8/2022 and
01/01/2028
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 1531.06
Rule
Amplifies: 1531.06
Prior
Effective Dates: 03/01/1973, 08/25/1975, 08/16/1978, 01/25/1982, 06/01/1982,
05/31/1984, 04/20/1987, 03/01/1991, 01/15/1994, 11/01/1997, 03/01/2000,
01/01/2001, 07/22/2001, 07/19/2002, 06/04/2003, 03/01/2004, 07/01/2008,
07/01/2010, 07/01/2011, 01/01/2014, 04/30/2015, 07/07/2018,
07/01/2022
