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public generally, no one riparian owner has exclusive privileges <br />over Lake Minnetonka. The only additional private right that any <br />riparian owner may have over the public generally is to construct <br />one dock to the navigable depth of the public waters. There can be <br />no dispute but that the public generally and each riparian owner to <br />Lake Minnetonka has the right to use the entire surface area of <br />Lake Minnetonka for all suitable purposes in common with all other <br />riparian owners. This right is a right not only to members of the <br />public but the right to each riparian owner. <br />This mutual right of enjoyment which is shared by riparian owners <br />and the public generally includes the recreational benefits of the <br />lake such as boating and fishing therein; the riparian owner has no <br />exclusive privileges to these rights; and <br />WHEREAS, Lake Minnetonka is capable of substantial <br />beneficial public use only as long as all riparian users of the <br />lake are regulated in such a way as to ensure there is no abuse of <br />the limited riparian rights; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has adopted reasonable regulations <br />regarding the construction and use of lakeshore and dock facilities <br />when such facilities are usea and maintained by three or mere <br />families, which regulations include the annual licensing of Joint <br />Use Docks pursuant to Section 5.42 of the Orono Municipal Code; and <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of this Resolution is to set forth <br />gbove noted general conditions and concerns and the following <br />special conditions as they relate to an application for an annual <br />Joint Use Dock License described on Exhibit A attached, <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of <br />the City of Orono hereby directs the Staff to issue a Joint Use <br />Dock License according to the facts and conditions noted on Exhibit <br />A attached. <br />Page 2 of 3