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LAKER _ 12/13/93 <br />LMCD reminds lake users <br />of *shorezone* restrictions <br />The Lake Minnetonka freeze- <br />■ over began Thanksgiving weekend. <br />This marks the beginning of • <br />numerous winter activities on the <br />lake, cross-cotuitry skiing, skating, <br />ice fishing, ice boating ami <br />snowmubiling. to name a few. <br />The Lake Minnetonka <br />Conservation District has estab­ <br />lished the “shoreronc” on Lake <br />.Minnetonka, to prevent conflicts <br />anumg these various acuvitics. <br />The sliorczonc is that area of <br />tlic lake ice within 150 feet of the <br />shoreline. The shorezone is <br />• reserved for mxi-motorized activi­ <br />ties including, but not limited to, <br />walking, skating, showshixing, <br />cross ciHintry skiing and fishing. <br />Motorized vchielcs must stay <br />clear of the shoreline except to <br />uavcfsc the shorezone by the <br />, shortest direct route to and from <br />shore to the 150-ft. line, or <br />approximately parallel to shore in <br />narrow areas of the lake -- i e., <br />channels -- when necessary at a <br />speed no greater than 15 mph. <br />Outside the shorezone. speed <br />limit-S for motorized vehicles arc <br />40 iiipli during daytime hours and <br />30 mph for nighttime hours. If a <br />snowmobile is more than 1.000 <br />feet from shore, the daytime speed <br />limit is 50 mph. <br />However, any motorized <br />vehicles within 150 feel of people <br />fisliing, fishhouscs. pedestrians, <br />skiers, skaters, .skating rinks, or <br />gatherings of people or property <br />must limit their speed to 15 mph. <br />Caution should always be taken <br />when traveling on the ice by fool <br />or vehicle, particularly in unfam­ <br />iliar aicas or where there has been <br />no previous tralfic, an LMCD <br />. "news release wiuns. <br />Ckcasionally. take residents <br />will leave dtv ks or dock posts in <br />the lake over the winter. While <br />these structures arc within the <br />stiorc/oiic. tlicy arc a potential <br />ha/ruil. <br />Ihc LMCD recommends that <br />rcsidciiLs wiUi suuctiircs left in Uic <br />lake put rclicctorizcd material <br />aroumi posts, and rclicciors on <br />docks. It is also a gootl idea to put <br />snow Iciicing around structures tliat <br />may he a *'azard. This simple <br />preventive lucasurc could help yon <br />avoid an injury. <br />For additional information <br />about winter regulations or for a <br />AVinter Rules” brochure, call the <br />Lake Minnetonka Conservation <br />District office at 473-7033. <br />“W'intcr Rules" brochures arc also <br />available in boxes at the public <br />accesses and at city halls. <br />I