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CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />COUNTY OF WASHINGTON <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />ORDINANCE NO. 08-074 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PARKS AND RECREATION CHAPTER OF THE <br />LAKE ELMO CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES GOVERNING WATER SURFACE USE <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby ordains that Chapter 97: Parks and <br />Recreation, of the City Code is hereby amended in the following manner: <br />WATER SURFACE USE <br />§ 97.20 PURPOSE. <br />The purpose of §§ 97.20 et seq. is to establish the rules governing the use of the lake surfaces within <br />the city. It is the intent of § § 97.20 et seq. to promote the health, safety, welfare, and well-being of all, <br />and to define the standards of behavior expected for all water users. <br />(1997 Code, § 1380.01) <br />§ 97.21 WATERCRAFT AND WATER SURFACE USE REGULATIONS. <br />The following regulations shall apply to the use of watercraft on lakes entirely within the city limits, <br />to the use of a lake entirely within the city limits, and to the use of ice surfaces on lakes entirely within <br />the city limits. <br />(A) Dumping. No person shall dump or throw garbage, paper, bottles, cans, refuse, or debris into <br />any lake or on the shore of any lake or in any public area around any lake in the city. <br />(B) Hours of operation. <br />(1) Normal conditions. No person shall operate any motorboat at a speed greater than a slow, <br />no -wake speed as defined by M.S. § 8613.005 in the following manner: <br />a. Lake Elmo — between sunset and noon the following day, seven days a week <br />b. Olson Lake, Lake Demontreville and Lake Jane — between sunset and sunrise, <br />Monday through Friday; and between sunset and 9AM on weekends and holidays <br />c. All other lakes within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Lake Elmo — <br />between sunset and noon, seven days a week. <br />(2) High water conditions. No person shall operate any motorboat at greater than a slow, no - <br />wake speed as defined by M.S. § 8613.005 whenever the lake level of Lakes Olson and Demontreville <br />is above 929.7 feet above sea level (MSL). This restriction will remain in effect until the water level <br />drops below 929.7 feet, and remains there for three consecutive days. No person shall operate any <br />motorboat at greater than slow, no -wake speed as defined by M.S. 86B.005 whenever the lake level of <br />