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