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,A - cote PROPOSED REVISED ORDINANCE Prepared by and approved by the Gervais Lake Association STATE OF MINNESOTA CITY OF LITTLE CANADA ORDINANCE NUMBER 1301 An Ordinance Regulating the Surface Use of Lake Gervais - City of Little Canada. Be it ordained and enacted by the City Council of the City of Little Canada, State of Minnesota, that these amendments following, by this act, hereby replace and nullify those like numbered clauses now existing and a part of the City of Little Canada Ordinance Number 1301. PURPOSE, INTENT AND APPLICATION. As authorized by Minnesota Statutes 868.201, 86B.205 and 459.20, AND Minnesota Rules 611.3000 - 6110.3800 as now in effect and as hereafter amended, this Ordinance is enacted for the purpose and with theament to control and regulate the use of the waters of Lake Gervais of the City of Little Canada, Minnesota, said body of water shared between the City of Little Canada and the City of Maplewood, to promote its fullest use and enjoyment by the public in general and the citizens of the City of Little Canada in particular, to insure safety for persons and property in connection with the use of said waters; to harmonize and integrate the varying uses of said waters; and to promote the general health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Little Canada, Minnesota. 1301. MOTORBOATS AND 01 HER MOTORIZED VEHICLES REGULATIONS 1301.010 MINNESOTA STATUTES. Minnesota statutes Chapter 84 and Chapter 86B and the rules promulgated thereunder are hereby adopted and made a part of this Ordinance. 1301.020 SLOW - NO WAKE ZONES. It shall be unlawful to operate a watercraft while exceeding slow - no wake speed: a. Within 150 feet of any shoreline, unless launching or landing a slcier by the most direct route to open water. b. On the entire surface of Lake Gervais when the lake elevation exceeds 860.0 feet above mean sea level as measured by Ramsey County at the public access in Spoon Lake. Such restrictions shall become effective upon publication in a local daily newspaper as a news item or on a specified date, whichever is later. All public and private water access ramps shall be posted prior to and during the time restrictions are in place. In addition, notice of said restrictions shall be posted at the Little Canada City Hall. When high water levels have subsided and have remained below an elevation of 860.0 feet above mean sea level for three (3) consecutive days, said restrictions shall be promptly removed. 1 Page 3