The following are considered to be public nuisances affecting the harbor limits, as defined in Chapter 109 of this code, within the city.
Subd. 1. Anything declared to be a public nuisance by an ordinance of the city.
Subd. 2. The depositing of refuse, waste or other deleterious, poisonous or injurious substance within the harbor limits of the city.
Subd. 3. The depositing of sewage within the primary harbor limits of the city.
Subd. 4. The erection or maintenance of any dock or structure which interferes with, obstructs or tends to obstruct or render dangerous for use the waters within the primary harbor limits of the city.
Subd. 5. The failure to equip and to operate a boat, vessel or watercraft in accordance with the provisions of M.S. Chapter 361 and ordinances of the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD), as amended, which statutes and ordinances are hereby adopted and incorporated herein and made a part hereof by reference, as fully as if set forth herein. Further, the following additional requirements shall be met by all owners and operators of watercraft within the harbor limits established herein:
a. All watercraft in use or underway between sunset and sunrise shall be equipped with and have in operation red and green running lights in the forward section of the boat, and a white light at the stern or on the superstructure, which white light shall be visible on a dark night with clear atmosphere for a distance of two miles from any direction; provided, however, that motor powered watercraft under 16 feet in overall length may use portable lights which must be clamped on the watercraft when in use, and non-powered watercraft may use a portable single white light which is visible from any direction for a distance of two miles on a dark night with clear atmosphere.
b. All watercraft, when at anchor or drifting, must show a white light visible from any direction for a distance of one mile, and the light shall be lit from sunset to sunrise; except, that a watercraft anchored in a cove within 100 feet of shore and 200 feet away from normal navigation and any watercraft anchored at a dock or pier need not have a white light lit.
c. All watercraft shall have on board and readily accessible life preservers, vests or other similar buoyant devices capable of keeping every person on board afloat.
d. No watercraft other than an authorized water patrol boat or other police watercraft shall use or display a red light except a red running light.
e. No watercraft other than an authorized water patrol boat or other police watercraft shall use or display a police, sheriff or law enforcement officer’s flag, or any device designed to simulate a flag.
f. No person shall board, use, damage or tamper with a watercraft except when done by the owner or with the owner’s consent.
g. No person under 15 years of age shall operate a watercraft powered by a motor of 10 horsepower or more unless accompanied by a competent person 15 years of age or older.
Subd. 6. The failure to tow or to operate a watercraft towing one or more persons behind a watercraft on water skis, aqua-plane, surfboard, saucer or similar devices, except in compliance with these regulations:
a. Every person being towed shall wear a life vest, belt or other buoyant device, except with written permission of the County Sheriff.
b. Not more than two persons may be towed at one time except with written permission of the County Sheriff.
c. No person shall be towed from one-half hour after official sunset to sunrise.
d. No person shall be towed by rope, cable or other towing devices longer than 85 feet, except with a written permit of the County Sheriff.
e. No person operating a watercraft when towing a person, and no person being towed, shall come within 150 feet of any bathing area, skin diver’s warning flag, swimmer, raft, watercraft, dock or pier except that raft, dock or pier from which he or she is operating.
f. No person shall tow or be towed unless two competent persons are on board the watercraft. The driver of the watercraft shall be at least 15 years of age and must watch where the watercraft is being driven at all times. The second person on board the watercraft shall be an observer, shall be at least 12 years of age and shall watch the person or persons being towed at all times.
g. No person shall drag an unoccupied tow line behind a water craft for an unreasonable length of time.
h. No person shall tow or be towed into or through a marked channel connecting two bodies of water.
Subd. 7. The overtaking and/or passing of any craft in a channel or narrow passage by the operator of any motor boat, speed boat, or of any vessel under power, so as to endanger other craft; and all craft shall proceed through all channels and narrow passages of water at safe speeds, other-wise the operator thereof shall be deemed to have committed a public nuisance.
Subd. 8. Obstructing or interfering with passage of a boat or vessel through a channel or narrow water passageway.
Subd. 9. The failure to equip and maintain lights, and to have the lights lighted when the boat or vessel is operating within the harbor limits of the city at night.
Subd. 10. Operating a boat or vessel in a careless or reckless manner in or about a public swimming beach.
Subd. 11. Swimming in a channel or jumping or diving from a channel bridge.
Subd. 12. Operating a boat or other watercraft on the waters of Galpin Lake within the harbor limits of the city with any motor or other source of power having a rated horsepower in excess of seven and one-half.