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LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT <br />NEWS RELEASE <br />Contact: Gene Strommen <br />473-7033 <br />June 6, 1990 <br />/. <br />SUBJECT: Personal Watercraft Ordinance for Lake Minnetonka <br />adopted, effective June 14, 1990 <br />The Lake Minnetonka Conservation District (LMCD) has acted to bring a <br />balance among personal watercraft (PWC) (jet ski) users and other persons <br />enjoying the waters and shore of Lake Minnetonka, according to LMCD Chair <br />Dave Cochran, Chair, Greenwood. <br />A series of user group meetings and equipment noise level testing <br />started in August, 1989. That was followed by a public hearing, public <br />committee and board meetings. The final ordinance resulted from its <br />adoption May 23 by the LMCD Board. <br />DEFINITION. The ordinance defines a "pprc^nal watercraft"as a water­ <br />craft less than 14 feet in length which uses a motor powering a water jet <br />pump, designed to be operated by a person sitting, standing or kneeling on, <br />rather than the conventional manner of sitting or standing inside, the <br />watercraft. <br />HOURS. Hours of operation are limited to between sunrise and sunset. <br />SPEED. Speed is limited to 5 miles per hour or a minimum wake within <br />150 feet of any shoreline, swimmer, anchored bcit, person fishing, mooring, <br />dock or other water structure. <br />OPERATION WITHIN 300 FEET OF SHORELINE. Operation between 150 and 300 <br />feet of the shoreline Is also limited to 5 miles per hour or a minimum wake <br />(continued)