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The City of Orono has already changed the definition of a <br />private road contained in its municipal code. Section 6.01 of <br />the Orono Municipal Code originally read, <br />Subd. 2. "Private Road" means any street or roadway <br />which has not been dedicate. :o public use or which <br />is not maintained by public funds, but which is open <br />to travel pursuant to an easement between persons or <br />between persons and the City. Private roads are <br />private property except as regu ated in this Chapter. <br />City of Orono Municipal Code, S 6.01, subd. 2. <br />On July 25, 1988, the Orono City Council amended the <br />definition of the term "private road". The new definition is <br />similar to the old definition in all respects, except that the <br />underlined language in the above quoted passage has been <br />deleted. The Orono City Council could again amend S 6.01, <br />subd. 2 to include an addendum sentence which reads, "All <br />private roads must be open to all people who own homes on that <br />road and their invitees and to all people and their invitees who <br />could reasonably be expe::ted tc use that road to get to their <br />private residences." <br />ZSRP718 <br />-4- <br />