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i;- <br />ms <br />W-. <br />>. (I <br />■ms <br />by <br />lily <br />iia* <br />M oi <br />n ir»- <br />|IM«I <br />iiiiilV. <br />IsilM'SK <br />;pb»*IC <br />mini <br />IH «*»l <br />•s. US’* <br />I niwHf <br />cins, s*s <br />s ol iI h* <br />iM'ClNtWR <br />ct.A'jToN t. Ltrcvcne <br />t( r i« r < ^tT f, I i. ft f ri <br />LAW ornccs <br />LcFEVERE, LEFLER, HAMILTON AND PEARSON <br />IIOO finOT NATIONAL RANK nUII.OINQ <br />ftiMU'Wi vH iM, mnr!f:-.OiA T rLCl*Hf>NC <br />Hr. • II i i.w <br />» <br />♦ • * ,1 • \ <br />' » ‘) ^ J •* • <br />o . 1...i, .. < i: <br />**A '•). I. i.'f-r !; <br />V/,.yzal:a, M.i iiin, ;jq L i <br />Dear Mr, Mixa; <br />A9 a result of questions raised at the last LMCD board meet <br />inq, we have done some additional research on the right of <br />the LMCD to regulate the use of channels so that they are- <br />not constricted or obstructed by docked or moored boats. <br />Among the conclusions we have reached on this subject are <br />the following: <br />1. The LMCD may limit the rights of riparian owners to <br />insure the free exercise of the public's right to navigation - <br />provided that it exercises its powers in a way that is not <br />arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable. <br />2. This power exists by virtue of the fact that Lake Min< <br />netonka is a navigable lake. This has been decided in several <br />court cases. <br />3. The rights of the public in navigable waters are <br />superior to riparian rights. <br />4. It is the public policy of the state to preserve the <br />navigable waters of the state which are capable of any form of <br />public use and enjoyment. <br />5. Th^ owner of riparian land has a right to free commu*- <br />nication between his land and the navigable water, to build and <br />maintain a suitable landing place, wharf or pier and to extend <br />the same into the navigable water to the point of navigability, <br />but this right is subordinate and subject to the rights of navi <br />gation of the public and to such needful rules and regulations <br />for their protection as may be prescribed by competent legis­ <br />lative authority. <br />Mr. F <br />July, <br />•... i <br />fO a <br />.Is :ujl <br />Wg be <br />can bi <br />withoi <br />which <br />chann* <br />trict' <br />other <br />We wo< <br />cific <br />CLLt j