15A NCAC 10F .0303       BEAUFORT COUNTY

(a)  Regulated Areas. This Rule applies to the following waters in Beaufort County:

(1)           Aurora.

(A)          the waters within 50 yards of Smith Creek Boating Access Area on Smith Creek, 3484 NC Highway 33 E; and

(B)          the waters within 50 yards of Aurora Boating Access Area on South Creek, 1 Main Street.

(2)           Belhaven.

(A)          the waters within 50 yards of Belhaven Boating Access Area on Pantego Creek, 135 West Water Street; and

(B)          the waters within 50 yards of Wrights Creek Boating Access Area on Pungo Creek, 1922 Wilkins Road.

(3)           Chocowinity.

(A)          the portion of Blounts Creek north of a line 35 yards south-southeast of the Mouth of the Creek Bridge from a point on the east shore at 35.43333 N, 76.96985 W to a point on the west shore at 35.43267 N, 76.97196 W and south of a line 350 yards north-northeast of the Mouth of the Creek Bridge from a point on the east shore at 35.43553 N, 76.96962 W to a point on the west shore at 35.43679 N, 76.97011 W;

(B)          the canals at the eastern end of the peninsula between Chocowinity Bay and the Pamlico River at Fork Point and Whichard Beach, beginning at the canal entrance off Chocowinity Bay at a point a 35.50296 N, 77.03043 W and beginning at the canal entrance off the Pamlico River at a point at 35.50340 N, 77.02364 W; and

(C)          Blounts Creek south of a line 100 yards north of the Blounts Creek Boating Access Area at 350 Crisp Landing Road, from a point on the east shore at 35.40846 N, 76.96091 W to a point on the west shore at 35.40834 N, 76.96355 W, and north of a line 100 yards south of Cotton Patch Landing, from a point on the east shore at 35.40211 N, 76.96573 W to a point on the west shore at 35.40231 N, 76.96702 W.

(4)           Washington.

(A)          the portion of Broad Creek south of a line from a point on the east shore at 35.49472 N, 76.95693 W to a point on the west shore at 35.49477 N, 76.96014 W and north of a line from a point on the east shore at 35.48894 N, 76.95052 W to a point on the west shore at 35.48660 N, 76.95879 W;

(B)          the waters within 50 yards of Masons Landing Boating Access Area on Tranters Creek, 625 Clarks Neck Road; and

(C)          the waters within 50 yards of Havens Garden Boating Access Area on Runyon Creek, 1053 East Main Street.

(5)           the navigable portion of Nevil Creek extending upstream from its mouth at the Pamlico River;

(b)  Speed Limit. No person shall operate a vessel at greater than no-wake speed within the regulated areas identified in Paragraph (a) of this Rule.

(c)  Placement of Markers.

(1)           the Board of Commissioners of Beaufort County shall be the designated agency implementing the portion of Parts (a)(3)(C) south of the Blounts Creek Boating Access Area; and Parts (a)(2)(A) and (B), (a)(3)(A) and (B), and (a)(5) of this Rule;

(2)           the City of Washington shall be the designated agency implementing Parts (a)(4)(A) through (a)(4)(C) of this Rule; and

(3)           the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission shall be the designated agency implementing the portion of Part (a)(3)(C), the waters of Blounts Creek shore to shore from 100 yards north of the Blounts Creek Boating Access Area to 100 yards south of the Boating Access Area; and Parts (a)(1)(A) and (B) of this Rule.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 75A-3; 75A-15;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. September 1, 2013; September 1, 2010; June 1, 1998; April 1, 1997; June 1, 1989; March 1, 1987; April 1, 1986; March 4, 1979;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. December 6, 2016;

Amended Eff. April 1, 2026; May 1, 2019; October 1, 2018; November 1, 2017.