HSV POA LAKE USE REGULATIONS
Lake Use:
1. Hot Springs Village lakes are for the exclusive use of property owners and their guests.
2. Property owners must obtain and properly display a numbered Lake Use Sticker and an annual renewal sticker, for each watercraft or obtain a launching tag.
3. Guests with a motorized watercraft must obtain and display a launching tag.
4. Violators are subject to all the penalties available to the Property Owners’ Association (POA).
Lake Regulations: All state and federal boating and fishing regulations apply to Hot Springs Village lakes in addition to Village regulations.
1. All property owners MUST have a lake use number for their boat(s). This renewable identification number may be obtained at the POA tunnel boats, and power racing boats, or any boats without a muffler.
2. All guests must register their motorized boats at the DeSoto or Balboa Marines. Proper identification must be shown to obtain a temporary launching tag.
3. No boat, power or sail, in excess of 28 feet in length, shall be allowed on the lakes except by permission of the Lakes Manager.
4. The following watercrafts which hold operators and or passengers will not be permitted on
Village lakes: houseboats (water crafts used as living quarters) or any boat with toilet facilities,
“unconventional craft” such as jet skis, water bikes, wave runners, drag boats, hydro planes.
5. Persons under 12 years of age may not operate a boat powered by more than 10 hp except under the direct supervision of a person over 17 years of age.
6. Persons operating a boat must obey all buoy markers. A “NO WAKE” buoy indicates operator must slow the watercraft down and not generate waves that can erode the lakeshores and destroy boat docks. The area within 100 feet of shore is a “NO WAKE” area at all times and does not have to be marked with a buoy.
7. Skiing, knee boarding, tubing and other towing sports are allowed on lakes only in areas specifically marked for skiing/towing and must stay in the main body of water and not enter coves, keeping 100 feet from the shoreline, docks, marina, launch ramps, floating markers, other craft and any areas so designated.
8. A person being towed must wear an approved personal flotation device (PFD). wear their PFD at all times while aboard a boat except within the area enclosed by railings while the vessel is not underway.
9. Boats towing persons on water skis or similar devices must have, in addition to the driver, an observer (at least 12 years of age) or a wide angle mirror to observe the person being towed.
10. Water towing activities must be in a counter clockwise direction and is permitted from 9:00
a.m. until sunset only.
11. Boat operators and participants must conform to all state and Coast Guard regulations pertaining to the operation of the boat and equipment such as belts, life preservers, tow ropes, etc.
12. Swimming more than 100 feet from shore is not advisable. Swimming is not allowed near boat launching and storage areas.
13. All boats must have one Personal Flotation Device (PFD) for each person on board plus one throwable device. Children 12 and younger must wear their PFD at all times while aboard a boat except within the area enclosed by railings while the vessel is not underway.
14. Excessive noise on the lakes caused by general assembly after dark of boats adrift, fireworks, etc., will not be tolerated.
15. Boats departing from docks, piers or ramps shall have the right-of-way over all other watercraft approaching the structure. This applies within 100 feet of the dock, pier or ramp.
16. Operation at a speed exceeding five miles per hour within 100 feet of a designated recreation area, a dock, pier, raft, float, anchored boat, dam and shoreline is prohibited.
For a complete listing of the Hot Springs Village lake regulations, please pick up a copy of the Hot Springs Village POA Information and Regulations booklet.