Sec. 08.18.18.01. Canals and Inlets

A. Ocean City canals and inlets encompass the waters of Assawoman and Isle of Wight Bays, east of a line beginning at First Street at or near Lat. 38° 20.043’N., Long. 75° 5.347’ W., then running 26° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 20.057’N., Long. 75° 5.338’ W., then running northerly along the shore to 10th Street, at or near Lat. 38° 20.518’N., Long. 75° 5.083’ W., then running 344° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 20.612’N., Long. 75° 5.117’ W., then running northerly along the shore to 14th Street, at or near Lat. 38° 20.782’N., Long. 75° 5.123’ W., then running 2° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 20.858’N., Long. 75° 5.120’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point at or near Lat. 38° 21.007’N., Long. 75° 5.055’ W., then running 302° (True) to Mallard Island, at or near Lat. 38° 21.030’N., Long. 75° 5.103’ W.,then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 21.107’N., Long. 75° 5.088’ W., then running 352° (True) to the south end of an island, at or near Lat. 38° 21.195’N., Long. 75° 5.105’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 21.237’N., Long. 75° 5.075’ W., then running 359° (True) to a Bayshore Drive, at or near Lat. 38° 21.462’N., Long. 75° 5.078’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 21.668’N., Long. 75° 5.130’ W., then running 353° (True) to Penguin Drive, at or near Lat. 38° 21.755’N., Long. 75° 5.143’ W., then running northerly along the shore to 36th Street, at or near Lat. 38° 21.862’N., Long. 75° 4.505’ W., then running 15° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 21.867’N., Long. 75° 4.503’ W., then running northerly along the shore to Trimper Avenue, at or near Lat. 38° 21.915’N., Long. 75° 4.492’ W., then running 345° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 22.007’N., Long. 75° 4.523’ W., then running northerly along the shore to 43rd Street, at or near Lat. 38° 22.192’N., Long. 75° 4.437’ W., then running 38° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 22.265’N., Long. 75° 4.363’ W., then running 2° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 22.350’N., Long. 75° 4.360’ W., then running northerly along the shore to 47th Street, at or near Lat. 38° 22.365’N., Long. 75° 4.358’ W., then running 23° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 22.427’N., Long. 75° 4.325’ W., then running northerly along the shore to 48th Street, at or near Lat. 38° 22.447’N., Long. 75° 4.318’ W., then running 322° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 22.453’N., Long. 75° 4.325’ W., then running northerly along the shore to 49th Street, at or near Lat. 38° 22.525’N., Long. 75° 4.318’ W., then running 344° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 22.602’N., Long. 75° 4.347’ W., then running 322° (True) to 52nd Street, at or near Lat. 38° 22.682’N., Long. 75° 4.425’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 22.702’N., Long. 75° 4.420’ W., then running 2° (True) to Reedy Island, at or near Lat. 38° 22.765’N., Long. 75° 4.417’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 22.817’N., Long. 75° 4.377’ W., then running 78° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 22.830’N., Long. 75° 4.298’ W., then running 21° (True) to 56th Street, at or near Lat. 38° 22.867’N., Long. 75° 4.280’ W., then running 8° (True) to 57th Street, at or near Lat. 38° 22.923’N., Long. 75° 4.270’ W., then running 15° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 22.967’N., Long. 75° 4.255’ W., then running 11° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 23.007’N., Long. 75° 4.245’ W., then running 321° (True) to a point on the shore south of the MD Route 90 Bridge, at or near Lat. 38° 23.097’N., Long. 75° 4.337’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point on the north side of the MD Route 90 Bridge, at or near Lat. 38° 23.190’N., Long. 75° 4.455’ W., then running 18° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 23.335’N., Long. 75° 4.397’ W., then running northerly along the shore to 66th Street, at or near Lat. 38° 23.385’N., Long. 75° 4.380’ W., then running 49° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 23.407’N., Long. 75° 4.348’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 23.427’N., Long. 75° 4.343’ W., then running 23° (True) to a marsh point, at or near Lat. 38° 23.463’N., Long. 75° 4.323’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 23.620’N., Long. 75° 4.303’ W., then running 9° (True) to Swan Point, at or near Lat. 38° 23.925’N., Long. 75° 4.240’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 23.948’N., Long. 75° 4.237’ W., then running 47° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 24.095’N., Long. 75° 4.033’ W., then running 337° (True) to Rusty Anchor Road, at or near Lat. 38° 24.432’N., Long. 75° 4.217’ W., then running 325° (True) to Bradley Road, at or near Lat. 38° 24.498’N., Long. 75° 4.277’ W., then running 329° (True) to Mooring Road, at or near Lat. 38° 24.567’N., Long. 75° 4.328’ W., then running 0° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 24.875’N., Long. 75° 4.327’ W., then running 51° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 25.010’N., Long. 75° 4.118’ W., then running northerly along the shore to Point Lookout Road, at or near Lat. 38° 25.162’N., Long. 75° 4.052’ W., then running 97° (True) to Shifting Sands Drive, at or near Lat. 38° 25.145’N., Long. 75° 3.877’ W., then running 16° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 25.177’N., Long. 75° 3.865’ W., then running northerly along the shore to Jamestown Road, at or near Lat. 38° 25.345’N., Long. 75° 4.035’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 25.440’N., Long. 75° 4.027’ W., then running 335° (True) to Newport Canal, at or near Lat. 38° 25.457’N., Long. 75° 4.037’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 25.520’N., Long. 75° 4.105’ W., then running 341° (True) to Heron Drive, at or near Lat. 38° 25.547’N., Long. 75° 4.117’ W., then running northerly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 25.578’N., Long. 75° 4.113’ W., then running 3° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 25.602’N., Long. 75° 4.112’ W., then running northerly along the shore to North Heron Drive, at or near Lat. 38° 25.640’N., Long. 75° 4.108’ W., then running 7° (True) to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 25.660’N., Long. 75° 4.105’ W., then running northerly along the shore to 122nd Street, at or near Lat. 38° 25.703’N., Long. 75° 4.097’ W., then running 4° (True) to South Ocean Drive, at or near Lat. 38° 26.132’N., Long. 75° 4.062’ W., then running northerly along the shore to the south side of Fenwick Ditch, at or near Lat. 38° 26.513’N., Long. 75° 4.140’ W.; and east of a line beginning at a point on the north side of Fenwick Ditch, at or near Lat. 38° 26.718’N., Long. 75° 4.125’ W., then running northwesterly along the shore to a point, at or near Lat. 38° 26.823’N., Long. 75° 4.307’ W., then running 21° (True) to a point on the Maryland-Delaware line, at or near Lat. 38° 27.075’N., Long. 75° 4.187’ W.These areas have a 6-knot speed limit all year.

B. Fenwick Ditch encompasses the area north and east of a line beginning at a point, at or near Lat. 38° 26.718’N., Long. 75° 4.125’ W., then running 183° (True) to a point on shore, at or near Lat. 38° 26.513’N., Long. 75° 4.140’ W.,and south of the Maryland-Delaware line across Fenwick Ditch beginning at a point at Maryland-Delaware Boundary Monument 0, at or near Lat. 38° 27.075’N., Long. 75° 3.297’ W., then running 270° (True)to a point at Maryland-Delaware Boundary Monument 1, at or near Lat. 38° 27.075’N., Long. 75° 4.187’ W. This area has a 6-knot speed limit all year.

C. 94th Street Marsh encompasses all the area enclosed by a line beginning at a point at the northeast corner of the 94th Street Canal, at or near Lat. 38° 24.610’N., Long. 75° 3.750’ W., then running 280° (True) to a point on the north side of the 94th Street canal, at or near Lat. 38° 24.687’N., Long. 75° 4.310’ W., then running 24° (True) to a point at the west tip of Devils Island, at or near Lat. 38° 24.768’N., Long. 75° 4.263’ W., then running 27° (True) to a point on the south side of the Old Landing Road canal, at or near Lat. 38° 24.993’N., Long. 75° 4.120’ W., then running 95° (True) to a point on the south side of the Old Landing Road canal, at or near Lat. 38° 24.983’N., Long. 75° 3.972’ W., then running 103° (True) to the south side of Old Landing Road, at or near Lat. 38° 24.977’N., Long. 75° 3.890’ W., then running 138° (True) to the south side of Old Landing Road, at or near Lat. 38° 24.768’N., Long. 75° 3.6520’ W., then running 191° (True) to the point of beginning. Personal watercraft (PWC) may not operate in this area in excess of idle speed all year.