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Title VI - LAND USE
<br />Chapter 94 - WATERWAYS
<br />ARTICLE IV. REGULATION OF WATERCRAFT ON LONG LAKE
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<br />Orono, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Created: 2022-07-19 16:13:10 [EST]
<br />(Supp. No. 20, Update 2)
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<br />ARTICLE IV. REGULATION OF WATERCRAFT ON LONG LAKE1
<br />Sec. 94-136. Definitions.
<br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them
<br />in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
<br />Lake means the lake known as Long Lake located in the cities of Orono and Long Lake, and designated as
<br />Lake Number 27016000 by the state department of natural resources.
<br />Operate. To navigate or otherwise use a watercraft.
<br />Personal watercraft means a motorboat that is powered by an inboard motor powering a water jet
<br />pump or by an outdoor or propeller-drive motor, and is designed to be operated by a person or persons
<br />sitting, standing, or kneeling on the craft, rather than in the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside
<br />a motorboat.
<br />Slow-no wake. The operation of a watercraft at the slowest possible speed necessary to maintain
<br />steerage, but in no case greater than five miles per hour.
<br />Watercraft. Any and all kinds or types of flotation vessels designed for use on the water, whether or
<br />not motorized, including, but not limited to boats, canoes, kayaks, rowing shells, sculls, jet skis, ski -doos,
<br />pedal craft, pontoon boats, inflatable crafts, tubes, or wind-propelled surf boards.
<br />(Ord. No. 201 3rd series, § 2, 11-13-2017)
<br />Sec. 94-137. Purpose, intent, application.
<br />The provisions of Minn. Stats. 86B, Water Safety and Watercraft, Minnesota Rule Parts 6110.0100β
<br />6110.2300, boat and safety rules, are hereby incorporated herein and made a part of this article.
<br />(Ord. No. 201 3rd series, § 2, 11-13-2017)
<br />Sec. 94-138. Exempt personnel.
<br />All authorized resource management, emergency and enforcement personnel, while acting in the
<br />performance of their assigned duties, are exempt from restrictions of this article.
<br />(Ord. No. 201 3rd series, § 2, 11-13-2017)
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<br />1Editor's note(s)βOrd. No. 201 3rd series, § 1, adopted Nov. 13, 2017, repealed the former Art. IV, §§ 94-136β94-
<br />143. Section 2 of said ordinance enacted a new Art. IV as set out herein. The former Art. IV pertained to
<br />similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 136 2nd series, §§ 1β7, adopted June 19, 1995; Ord. No.
<br />123 3rd series, §§ 1, 2, adopted June 9, 2014.
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