OAR 250-020-0161: Boat Operations in Jefferson County

(1) All lakes and reservoirs in Jefferson County: (a) A person must not anchor or moor a boat outside of a marina or away from a dock for more than 30 consecutive days in one location and must not anchor or moor in the previously used location for 30 days thereafter. For the purpose of this rule, “location” is defined as an area within a 1/2 mile radius. This rule does not apply to a person anchoring or mooring a boat on privately owned submerged or submersible land with the permission of the landowner. (b) A person must not anchor or moor a boat outside of a marina or away from a dock and leave the boat unattended for more than 7 consecutive days. (2) Cache Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat. (3) Hand Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat. (4) Haystack Reservoir: (a) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed in the western cove inside a buoy line approximately 500 feet from shore, as marked. (b) A person must not operate a boat in excess of a slow-no wake speed in the southern cove inside a buoy line extending from south of the boat ramp on the east shore to a point south of the southeast peninsula, as marked. (5) Island Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat. (6) Jack Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat. (7) Lake Billy Chinook: (a) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of 10 MPH on the: (A) Crooked River Arm above the Crooked River Bridge; (B) Deschutes River Arm above the Deschutes River Bridge; (C) Metolius River Arm from a point approximately 1,000 feet upstream of Street Creek, as marked. (b) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed within: (A) The buoyed areas at Cove Palisades State Park Marina; (B) The buoyed areas at the Crooked River Launching Ramp; (C) The buoyed areas at the Lower Deschutes River Day Use Area; (D) The buoyed areas at the Upper Deschutes River Day Use Area; (E) 300 feet of a designated swimming area; (F) The cove at Chinook Island (Metolius Arm) as marked; (G) The cove at Camp Perry South (Metolius Arm) as marked; (H) Fly Creek Inlet inside a line across the inlet from the apex of the bend between docks 3 and 4 on the western shore of the inlet to the point where the northern edge of dock 13’s walkway, as situated in 2018, joins the eastern shore of the inlet, as marked. (c) A person must not operate a boat inside the log boom enclosure around Round Butte Dam. (d) Except for leased or rented spaces within established marinas or moorages, a person must not beach, anchor or moor a boat within 200 feet of shore between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. in the following areas: (A) The east shore of the Crooked River Arm between a point approximately 1,000 feet north of the cove Marina, as marked, and the Crooked River Bridge; (B) The west shore of the Crooked River Arm from the State Park boundary north approximately 2,000 feet, as marked; (C) The east shore of the Deschutes Arm between a point approximately 2,000 feet north of the northernmost boat launch, as marked, and the Deschutes River Bridge. (8) Lake Simtustus: (a) A person must not operate a motorboat in excess of a slow-no wake speed within 300 feet of a moorage. (b) A person must not operate a boat within the restricted tailrace area enclosed by the log boom approximately 1200 feet downstream of Round Butte Dam. (c) A person must not moor a boat to the log boom or operate a boat within the restricted intake area enclosed by the log boom located approximately 200 feet upstream of Pelton Dam. (d) Boat access in the areas closed by subsections (8)(b) and (8)(c) of this rule is permitted for federal, state, local and tribal government agencies and Portland General Electric employees or their agents for official business. (9) Link Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat. (10) Round Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat. (11) Scout Lake: A person must not use a motor to propel a boat. (12) Suttle Lake: (a) A person must not operate a motorboat for the purpose of towed watersports or in excess of 10 MPH in the buoyed area on the eastern portion of the lake. (b) A person must not operate a motorboat for the purpose of towed watersports or in excess of 10 MPH between the hours of 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. in any portion of the lake.