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. STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF ARDEN HILLS ORDINANCE NO. 309 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING MOTORBOATS ON LAKE JOSEPHINE. The Arden Hills City Council ordains that Article III is hereby added to Chapter 12 of the Ardeu Hills City Code to read as follows: ARTICLE III. LAKE JOSEPHINE. Section 12-33. Purpose, Intent and Application. Portions of Lake Josephine are located within the City of Arden Hills and within the City ofRoseville. The City Councils for the cities of Arden Hills and Roseville, by adoption of a Joint Powers Agreement, have determined that it is in the public's interest and in the interests of those people who reside on property adjacent to Lake Josephine to consistently regulate the surface use of Lake Josephine. The following regulations shall apply to the surface use of Lake Josephine: A. The definitions contained in Minnesota Statutes 86B.005 are hereby incorporated as e a part of this regulation. B. Motorboat speed on Lake Josephine shall not exceed 40 mph. which speed shall be in effect 24 hours per day. C. No person shall operate a motorboat or be towed on water skis or on a similar device at a greater than slow no wake speed within 150 feet of the shoreline of Lake Josephine. Launching or landing a skier by the most direct route to open water shall be exempt from this regulation. D. Motorboats shall only travel in a counter-clockwise direction except when operating at a slow-no wake speed. E. Persons operating a motorboat, and those being towed on water skis or a similar device shall, at all times, maintain an adequate distance (considering speed and conditions) from other watercraft, swimmers, swim rafts, and docks, so as to avoid an accident. When a swimmer is present, motorboats or persons being towed on water skis or a similar device, shall not pass between a swim raft and the nearest shoreline. ~I . 1