Rules and Regulations – Harris Bay Yacht Club

CHILDREN: No person under the age of 16 years shall be permitted on Club property unless accompanied and supervised by a parent-member or another adult-member.
APPEARANCE: Each member shall be obligated to keep the slip assigned to his membership in a neat, orderly and clean condition, The slips and docks shall be kept clear of all personal property except (1) in connection with the actual loading and unloading of a boat or vessel, (2) personal property specifically authorized by the Board or any Management agent in writing. Any lifeboat and/or dinghy shall be stored aboard the boat or vessel. No motorized vehicle shall be operated or stored or otherwise permitted on the slips or docks.
PARKING: Each membership shall entitle the holder thereof to one parking space on Club property. No more than one motor vehicle for each membership shall be permitted on the lakeside Club property unless specifically authorized by the Board or any Management agent in writing. The Board may require that a sticker be affixed to the motor vehicle permitted on the Club property and/or registration of such vehicles. No trucks with a maximum gross weight of 9000 pounds shall be parked on Club property unless specifically authorized by the Board or any Management agent. All motor homes, recreational vehicles, campers, trailers and similar vehicles shall be parked in area(s) specifically designated on the southern side of Route 9L. Passenger and all other permitted motor vehicles shall be parked in the lot located on the 7.58 acre parcel of Club property located on the northern side of 9L. No motor vehicle shall be operated on Club property in excess of (5) miles per hour.
PETS: No pets other than cats or dogs shall be permitted on Club property, and then for the purpose of embarking on and disembarking from boats or vessels. Any cat or dog must be leashed or carried. Dogs are NOT allowed in the Clubhouse. Dogs must be walked in the designated dog walking area on the south side of Route 9L. Feces must be collected and properly disposed of in a sanitary manner by the dog’s owner. If pets cause a disturbance to other marine tenants, they shall be required to be removed from the marina.
REGISTRY OF BOATS AND VESSELS: No boat or vessel shall be permitted in or about any slip assigned to a member unless the Club or any Management agent is previously provided with a registration or other satisfactory
documentation establishing that boat or vessel is owned by the member to whom the slip is assigned, or any approval lessee or tenant of the membership to which the slip is assigned. The Club or any Management agent shall maintain a registry of all such permitted boats or vessels including without limitation the names of the owner and the boat, the serial and registration numbers, the name and address of the insurer.
COMPLIANCE WITH LAW: All boasts and vessels and all persons in or about the Club property, including without limitation the slips, shall comply with all applicable local, county, state and federal laws, ordinances, regulations, rules and other valid governmental requirements.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Each member and any other person in or about the Club property assumes the risk of loss or damage to any boat or vessel or other personal property owned by such person. The Club shall have no liability or responsibility for such property.
TRASH: No foreign material, substance or liquid shall be thrown, dumped, pumped, or otherwise allowed into the water in or about the Club’s property. All garbage shall be deposited in receptacles that shall be provided by the Club or removed from the Club property by members. Any foreign material, substances or liquid other than garbage shall be deposited in receptacles that may be provided by the Club at its discretion or removed from the Club property by the members.
SANITARY FACILITIES: All boats or vessels in or about the Club property, including without limitation the slips, shall comply with Section 33-a of the New York State Navigation Law. Each member shall provide the Club, prior to the commencement of each season, an affidavit verifying that the boat or vessel that will utilize the assigned slip for the season (and any substitute boat or vessel) complies with the Statue. The Board may promulgate a mandatory form of affidavit.
DOCKING: Each member is exclusively responsible for the secure and proper docking of member boat or vessel and the maintenance of docking lines in good condition, sufficiently strong to secure member boat or vessel at all times. The Club or any Management agent has no obligation, but shall be empowered to provide proper docking lines in the event any member fails to do so
AQUATIC USES: No swimming, diving, fish cleaning, fishing, wind-surfing, bathing, or similar activity shall be permitted in or about from the Club property, including without limitation the slips, nor in or about or from the boats or vessels while in or about the slips.
BARBECUES AND PICNICS: No picnics and no charcoal barbecues shall be permitted in or about the Club property, including the slips, nor on or about any boats or vessels therein, except such areas and grills as the Board or any Management agent may expressly permit.
LIMITATIONS ON NATURAL PERSON: No membership shall permit more natural persons than can safely be accommodated in or about the Club property at any time, as determined by the Board or any Management agent.
EMPLOYEES: No member shall utilize any employee of the Club or Management agent for any personal business of the member
PERSONAL PROPERTY AND SIGNS: No laundry, wash or other article shall be hung anywhere outside of a boat or vessel, except in such areas as the Board or any Management agent may expressly permit. No sign, notice of advertisement shall be placed in or about the Club property including the slips, nor on or about any boats or vessels therein, without the prior written permission of the Board or any Management agent.
SOLICITATION: No sale, solicitation, advertising, promotion, or other offering shall be conducted in or about the Club property, including the slips without the prior written approval of the Board or any Management agent.
FLAMMABLE MATERIAL: The use of any open flame other than a match or cigarette lighter or a gas stove or oven, or a charcoal barbecue flame expressly permitted pursuant to these Rules and Regulations, is prohibited in or about the Club property, including the slips and any boats or vessels therein, without the prior written approval of the Board or any Management agent. No smoking is permitted in or about the gas dock or any other portion of the Club property so designated by the Board and posted as such. Fuels shall not be stored other than in tanks which are integral parts of boats or vessels or motor vehicles, without the prior written approval of the Board or any Management on or agent. Gasoline shall not be transported or carried on the docks or slips unless contained in a secure can designed for such purpose and to be used in connection with an outboard motor.
STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY: No personal property shall be stored in or about the Club property, unless specifically authorized by the Board or any Management agent.
REPAIRS: No boat of vessel shall be repaired, painted, overhauled, refitted or altered in or about the Club property, including the slips, without prior written approval of the Board or any Management agent.
LEAKAGE: Each member shall be responsible for pumping his boat or vessel when necessary. Each member shall be responsible for curing forthwith any usual leakage. In the event any boat or vessel sinks in or about the Club property, including the slips, the owner-member of his approved lessee or tenant-owner shall cause it to be repaired or removed within twenty-four (24) hours. In the event the owner-member or his approved lessee or tenant-owner fails to act, the Board or any Management agent shall be empowered to cause the boat or vessel to be repaired or removed, and shall charge the cost of doing so to the owner of the boat or vessel.
STORAGE: The Club shall provide storage space for the “Off-Season” defined below. Each member shall have the right to storage of his boat or vessel during the Off-Season. The Club shall impose no fee for outdoor storage of one boat for each membership. Indoor storage shall be available on a first-come, first-served basis, with a priority given to members who leased indoor storage space during the preceding Off-Season. The Club shall impose reasonable fees to be fixed by the Board for indoor storage. Outdoor storage shall be provided for the remaining members. Any outdoor storage space not used by a member may be leased to non-members. The Board or any Management agent shall maintain a waiting list of members desiring indoor storage space. The Board or any Management agent shall give members notice of a final date for the membership electing to use storage space, before leasing space to non-members. During the “Season” each member shall have the right either to have a boat at his slip or to have a boat stored outdoors without payment of a fee beyond the Club’s regular maintenance fee. The Club may lease indoor and outdoor storage space to members and to the extent that additional space exists, to non-members for a fee established by the Club during both the “Off-Season” and the “Season”. A member who leases out his membership and stores a boat at the club shall be charged storage fees at the rates charged by the Club in the ordinary course of business.
SEASON: The right of the members to use the slips assigned to their membership is limited to the “Season”. Subject to extraordinary weather, the “Season” shall commence on or about the weekday immediately preceding the Memorial Day holiday weekend and terminate on or about the weekday immediately following the Columbus Day holiday weekend. The balance of the year shall constitute “Off-Season”. In as much as the launching and removal of boats and vessels will require an extended period of time, some members will have the benefit of but not the right to an extended Season, determined as follows. The boats and vessels stored or to be stored on the Club property shall be launched and removed to storage in whatever order the Board or Management agent shall determine at its discretion. Any boats or vessels not stored or to be stored on the Club property shall be delivered by the member for launching and/or transported by the member upon removal from the water, as the case may be, on the date and at the location fixed by the Board or any Management agent in its discretions. The Club shall impose no fee for launching or removing one boat for each membership at our about the respective commencement and termination of the Season. No boats or vessels shall be permitted on the 7.58 acre parcel of Club property located on the northern side of 9L, after the Monday preceding the Memorial Day holiday weekend, without the prior written approval of the Board or any Management agent.
MOVEMENT OF BOATS AND VESSELS: The Club and any Management agent shall have the right to move any boat or vessel that is placed or permitted to remain in or about any portion of the Club property in violation of the By-Laws or these Rules and Regulations
STORAGE BUILDINGS: No person shall enter or remain in any storage building or shop unless accompanied by an employee or officer of the Club or any Management agent.
MAIN OFFICE BUILDING: Any member and any person permitted on the Club property by any member may use the lounge, restrooms and showers in the main building. No parties, meetings, or other organized gatherings shall be held in the main building without written approval of the Board or any Management agent. The Board may impose a reasonable fee as a condition of granting approval. No approval shall be granted unless a member assumes financial responsibility for all costs and expenses incurred by the Club as a result of or in connection with such gathering including without limitation the cost of cleaning.
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS: All boat owners are required to maintain liability insurance in the amount of not less than ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00), naming the Club as Certificate Holder. Other than Harris Bay Yacht Club personnel, the Boat Owner and the Boat Owner’s immediate family, no person or entity shall be hired or permitted to install any machinery or equipment upon Club’s premises. Harris Bay Yacht Club prohibits any outside laborer to work on boats on the Club’s premises, unless specifically authorized by Harris Bay Yacht Club. Boat Owners and/or Contractors are required to obtain permission from Harris Bay Yacht Club to have repairs performed on their boats. All such contractors are required to provide Harris Bay Yacht Club with certificates of liability and workers’ compensation insurance.

HBYC Rules and Regulations