7-7B-1: PROHIBITED TRAFFIC ACTIVITY:

This article is intended to address certain acts on or about the Boise River and in and around City parks, as defined in section 7-7A-1 of this chapter. Through regulation of those acts, this article seeks to preserve the safety of recreational traffic on and around the Boise River and in and around City parks to ensure the protection of life and property. In addition to City parks, the provisions of this article shall apply to all public property seventy feet (70') horizontally landward from the ordinary high water mark on either side of the river and including the bed and banks of the river itself. In the above delimited area, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to:

   A.   Jump from, throw or drop any object, including a person, from any bridge, tree or other landscape features into the Boise River within fifty feet (50') of any boater, floater, rafter or tuber.

   B.   Obstruct the pathway, bicycle lane, sidewalk or roadway of any bridge in the City or cause the flow or movement of pedestrians, bicycles or vehicles to be obstructed in the passage across a bridge, including the immediate area surrounding the access to the bridge. "Obstruct" means to stand more than two (2) persons deep along the railing or side of any bridge or along the side of any bridge accessway. Alternatively, "obstruct" means to occupy all or such portion of the path, lane, sidewalk, or road, as to block or delay more than momentarily safe passage of another person or vehicle using the path, lane, sidewalk or road lawfully and carefully.

   C.   Use or ride in or upon the Boise River within the City any object commonly referred to as a "boogie board", "body board" or "river board", which for the purposes of this section shall be defined to mean any object regardless of the type of material from which it is constructed which creates a surf type wave upon or within the water surface or is used to ride upon or against the current and which is secured by, tied to, held or belayed from any rope, line, cord, bungee or the like attached at any time to any object or fixture within, adjacent to or spanning any portion of the Boise River, except as may be authorized by the Parks and Recreation Commission by rule or regulation with notice of such posted by City in the location where the activity is permitted. (1952 Code § 10-24-01)