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<br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />845.035. Public Nuisances Affecting Lakes or Other Body of Water. <br /> <br />1. Definitions. For the purpose of this section "public waters" has the meaning given in :Minn. Stat. ~ <br />103G.005, subd.15, <br /> <br />2. A violation of any of the following prohibitions is a public nuisance affecting the waters of any <br />lake or other body of water. <br /> <br />a. A person must not interfere with, obstruct, or partially obstruct these waters or otherwise cause <br />them to be dangerous for passage or use. <br /> <br />b. A person must not erect or maintain a dock or structure that interferes with, obstructs or tends to <br />obstruct the use of those waters or that causes the use of those waters to be dangerous. <br /> <br />c. A person must not operate motorized watercraft powered by non-e1ectric motors, upon or in <br />such waters except for Grays Bay and Libbs Lake, and except as permitted on Shady Oak Lake under <br />paragraph d, below. This prohibition applies to the portions of Minnehaha Creek within the city that are <br />(1) Minnehaha Creek from Grays Bay to a point on the southerly right of way line of the Burlington <br />Northern Railroad approximately 830 feet west of County Road 73, (2) Minnehaha Creek from a point <br />on the northerly extension of the centerline of Atwater Street approximately 1,420 feet north of the <br />centerline of County Road 5 to the easterly line of Section 13, Township 117, Range 22, and (3) <br />Minnehaha Creek between the Gray's Bay Dam and Interstate Highway 494. <br /> <br />d. A person must not operate on Shady Oak Lake motorized watercraft that are powered by non- <br />electric motors with a designed or actual horsepower over 25. Nevertheless, operation of such <br />watercraft during public events may be allowed by a temporary permit issued by the city council. <br /> <br />e. A person must not participate in water-skiing on Libbs Lake and Shady Oak Lake, except that a <br />temporary permit for public water-skiing events may be obtained for Shady Oak Lake from the city <br />council. For purposes of this paragraph both the person or persons operating the watercraft and the <br />person or persons being towed are deemed equally responsible for this public nuisance. <br /> <br />f. A person must not swim in a channel, or jump or dive from a channel bridge. The channels to <br />which this restriction applies are the Libbs Lake channel to Grays Bay and the channel that divides <br />Shady Oak Lake. <br /> <br />3. Enforcement. A licensed peace officer employed by the Minnetonka police department;, the <br />Hennepin county sheriff's department, or the Minnesota department of natural resources may enforce <br />this ordinance. <br /> <br />4. Exemption. Authorized emergency and law enforcement personnel are exempt from the provisions <br />of this ordinance when acting in the performance of their assigned duties. <br /> <br />http://www.amlegal.com/nxtlgateway.d1I/MinnesotafMinnetonkalchapter00009.htm?f=tem. .. 4/28/2005 <br />