(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MOTORBOAT. A watercraft propelled in any manner by machinery, including watercraft temporarily equipped with detachable motors.
PERSONAL WATERCRAFT. A motorboat that:
(a) Is powered by an inboard motor powering a water jet pump or by an outboard or propeller-driven motor; and
(b) Is designed to be operated by a person or persons sitting, standing or kneeling on the craft, rather than in the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside a motorboat.
SLOW-NO WAKE. Operation of a watercraft at the slowest possible speed necessary to maintain steerage, but in no case greater than five mph.
WATERCRAFT. Any contrivance used or designed for navigation on water.
(B) (1) No person shall operate a watercraft at greater than a slow-no wake speed upon the lake.
(2) The use of internal combustion engines on watercraft is prohibited; however, the engines may remain attached to watercraft used on the lake.
(3) Swimming is permitted only in those areas designated for the use or from those private lands abutting the lake as permitted by the property owner.
(4) No overnight camping is permitted in park areas.
(5) Littering or the disposal of any items rendered useless for the purpose originally intended upon any park land or in the lake is prohibited.
(6) The use of dark houses and fish houses upon the lake shall be in conformity with M.S. § 97C.355, as may be amended from time to time, which is hereby adopted by reference and incorporated in this section as completely as if set out in full herein.
(7) The operation of watercraft upon the lake shall be in conformity with M.S. Ch. 86B, as may be amended from time to time, and all rules promulgated hereunder, which are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated in this ordinance as completely as if set out in full herein.
(8) No snowmobiles are permitted to operate upon the lake between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
(9) The use of set lines or the commercial netting of fish is prohibited except for the harvesting of minnows.
(10) Authorized resource management, emergency and enforcement personnel when acting in the performance of their duties, shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(11) The transport of exotic species shall be governed by M.S. Ch. 84D.10, as may be amended from time to time, and Minn. Rule part 6216.0500 which chapter and rule are hereby adopted by reference and incorporated in this section as completely as if set out in full herein.
(C) Primary enforcement of this section shall rest with, but is not limited to licensed peace officers of the Police Department and the County Sheriff’s Department.
(D) The city shall inform the riparian residents and place signs at all public access points to the lake outlining these restrictions.
(Ord. 77, passed 6-19-2000)