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Sheriff’s office introduces comprehensive boating ordinance update; board sets second reading
Summary
The board accepted introduction of an updated boating ordinance intended to modernize lake rules — including universal kill switches, personal watercraft setbacks, new mooring limits and updated fines — and set a second reading for July 8 following a 4-0 action to waive first reading.
The Madera County Board of Supervisors on July 1 accepted introduction of a comprehensive update to the county’s boating ordinance and voted to waive the first reading and set a second reading for July 8.
A representative of the sheriff’s office described the first comprehensive update to Chapter 9.28 in more than two decades, saying the changes are intended to improve safety, environmental protection and enforceability on county lakes. Key changes…
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