90-010 ORD
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CITY OF ELK RIVER
ORDINANCE 90-10
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SPEED AND
DIRECTION OF WATERCRAFT ON ORONO LAKE
The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as
follows:
Section 1108 of the 1982 Code of Ordinances of the City of
Elk River is created to read:
Section 1108 - Requlation of Watercraft
1108.00 - Definitions.
"Personal Watercraft" means a motorboat less than 12 feet
in length propelled by a water jet pump.
"Slow-No Wake" means the operation of a watercraft at the
slowest possible speed necessary to maintain steerage, but in
no case greater than five (5) miles per hour.
"Watercraft" means any contrivance used or designed for
navigation on water other than (a) duck boat during the duck
hunting season, (b) rice boat during the harvest season, or (c)
seaplane.
1108.02 - Applicability. This Ordinance shall apply to
the water surface use of Orono Lake in the City of Elk River.
1108.04 - Requlations.
1. All watercraft exceeding a slow-no wake speed shall
travel in a counter-clockwise direction.
2. Maximum speed limit of watercraft shall be 40 m.p.h.
at all times with the exception of those areas and
times listed in the next two paragraphs.
3. Maximum speed limit of watercraft shall be 15 m.p.h.
sunset to sunrise all year.
4. A slow-no wake speed shall be maintained in the area
extending 100 feet from the shore. Watercraft
launching or landing water skiers by the most direct
route to open water shall be exempt from this
provision.
5.
Any watercraft owner or the operator thereof, if the
owner not be present, who violates any provision of
this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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1108.06 - Enforcement. Primary enforcement of this
ordinance shall rest with the Sherburne County Sheriff's Office.
The City of Elk River shall be responsible for marking the
public access and lake with signs or buoys explaining the rules
and regulations of this ordinance.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Elk River
this 7th day of May, 1990.
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James A. Tralle: Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sandra A. Thackeray,
Mfidavit of Publication
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STATE OF MINNESOTA )
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COUNTY OF SHERBURNE)
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CITY OF ELItBIVJilR
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AN QRDIN'ANCE.~TlNG
THE SPEED ANDnnmcTlON
OF WA'I'JmClfAll'TON .
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1108.00 - Detfnition..:
"Personal Watereralt~.melUls a mo-
torboat less than 12 feet in length pro-'
pelledby a water jet pump.
"Slow-No W!Ute" means the . opera.
tion of a .watel'eralt at the slowest pos-
sible speed~:toniaintainsteer-
age,but in no case gl"eaterthal1 live (5)
miles per hour.
"Wate1'l::f8.ft"DleanB .anyCQntrivanee
1;1sedord,es~fornavis.. water
otherthan;:(a) ~1J.ck . boat the
quckhuntiiig..-son, (b) . dur-
ing the harvest~n, 0 e.
l108.02-.Ap;piiea.. . .
nance s\ltUlapPW. to t. he
use of Qreno.(lLakein t
River. . . . .
1108.04- Regulations,....
1. All wateroraltexceetbg.$low~no
wake speed shall travel iu,i4~nter.
clockwise ~on. . .,.:" '
2.Maxi~lt1spee<iIi~otwater-
craft shall be 40mph at alltitneswith
the exception ofthose~and times
listed in tM next two paragraphs.
3. MaximuJP, speed limit ofwl'lter-
craft shall be 15 mph sunset ~. suJUise
all year. ..' ..... .i......
...4. AsloW-noWlilke ilpee<illhliU.. be
maintained in thEl area \ilXtending 100
feet trom.theshore. Wa~ launch-
i~or lancUng water~bythe.most
di~ .rou.te to" oJl81l.~ . shall be
ex~t'~.n thisprovWl()n.
&.~'\yatercraft;o~ror the .op-
eratdrtfitii'eQf~ ifthe~ ~t bEl pre~-
ent; who viollifesany ~ro~ll1on or. this
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,sible for marking the pUblic access and
lake with signs or buoys explaining the
, rules andregulaflionsofthisordin~.
Passed and .a'dopted by the CIty
COUncil of the City of Elk River this 7th
day of :May, 1990. ..
J lU!lElil A, Trall,. Mayor
AT'mS'1': . ..'
Sandra A.Thackeray, City Clerk
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being duly sworn, on oat~ ~~ys ~a~ he/she is the publisher 0;
authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the newspa-
per known as The Elk River Star News, and has full knowledge
of the facts which are stated below:
(A) The newspaper has complied with all the requirements
constituting qualification as a qualified newspaper, as provided
by Minnesota Statute 331A02, 331A07, and other applicaLle
laws, as amended. .
(B) The printed D~q()-fD
which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper,
and was printed and published once each week, for I . ~
cessive weeks; it was fIrst published on Wednesday, the ~-'-
day of ~ ,19 ~ 0 ,and was thereafter
printed and published on every Wednesday to and including
Wednesday, the_ day of ,19_;
and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to
Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size
and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the
notice.
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