Good Neighbor

BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR:

Comply with no wake zones
Secure your trash at all times
Fish Remains or food should be disposed in your trash
Do not feed wildlife
Observe posted speed limits
Do not park on wetlands shoulder on Sunrise Blvd

TRASH MANAGEMENT

Please help keep our community clean and enjoyable for everyone by securing your trash and recycling properly.

Seagulls and other wildlife may also tear open trash bags or remove loose lids, creating litter and sanitation issues. As both full-time and part-time residents share this community, we kindly ask everyone to care for their property with the same consideration they would give their primary home.

Helpful Tips:

• Consider installing an outdoor garbage can enclosure to help prevent cans from blowing over or ending up on neighboring properties. It can also make trash collection more convenient by allowing cans to remain secured curbside.

• A small amount of ammonia in trash cans may help mask food odors and discourage birds from disturbing garbage bags.

• Please follow the trash and recycling guidelines provided by Lacey Township, including the schedules and instructions outlined in the annual calendars mailed to residents.

LAGOON WATERWAYS

Community Boating & No Wake Reminder

For the safety of our residents, protection of property, and preservation of our waterways, all boat operators are reminded to observe strict “Slow Speed / No Wake” regulations while traveling through our lagoons and canals.

What Is a Wake?

A wake is the swell or wave action created behind a moving vessel. If your vessel is producing a noticeable wake within the lagoons or canals, you are traveling too fast.

New Jersey Boating Regulations

New Jersey law requires all power vessels to operate at “slow speed/no wake” when:

• Traveling within 200 feet of any marina, pier, dock, wharf, or abutment
• Passing work boats engaged in work-related activities
• Passing through bridge openings of 400 feet or less
• Traveling through lagoons, canals, and confined waterways less than 200 feet wide
• Passing vessels not under command
• Passing emergency vessels displaying emergency lights
• Passing vessels engaged in authorized activities displaying flashing red and yellow lights

Please note: The “No Wake” requirement extends 200 feet in all directions from any posted No Wake marker or barrel.

Why This Matters

Excessive wake causes significant shoreline and bulkhead erosion, which contributes to sediment buildup in our waterways. Over time, this creates shallow lagoons that restrict navigation for many boats and increase the need for costly dredging projects. These expenses ultimately impact the entire community through increased maintenance costs and potentially lower property values.

In addition, wakes can damage docks, vessels, and bulkheads, and may create dangerous conditions for swimmers, kayakers, and other residents using the waterways.

Boat operators are legally responsible for any damage or injury caused by their wake and may be held liable under both civil and criminal law.

Enforcement

FISH WASTE

The best disposal for fish waste is composting. Please don’t throw it in the lagoon. The combination of shallow water and poor flushing can concentrate fish waste. As with other organic matter, decomposing fish waste requires oxygen, and in large enough quantities, can lower the dissolved oxygen levels in the water. It also contributes to nutrient pollution.

⇒ Disposing of food waste or fish parts in the water is illegal and compromises water quality. Do not feed the seagulls, ducks or any other wildlife. Food sources quickly sink, and then decay. The process of decay consumes dissolved oxygen (D.O.). D.O. is the air that all sea creatures require to survive. The waterway should not be used as a dumping ground. Nature provides for the creatures we share the environment with. Properly dispose of all wastes via trash pickup.

The EPA recommendations are at http://water.epa.gov/polwaste/nps/czara/ch5-3b.cfm