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,� �. - � Resolution No. �1096 � Page 2 . . - . 3. Because of the geographical location of the marinas and their proximity to heavy population, and the access to marinas by county and city roads, and the general use of the bays of Lake Minnetonka for recreation by way of swi�ing, boating, fishing and ' water sports by. the citizens of Orono, the city regulates both the on-land activities of marinas and the extensions of docks and mooring areas into �Lake Minnetonka in the interest of public order and to protect the life, safety and welfare of the community. The City • through its regulations is not licensing boats but is only licensing the marinas to the extent the marina operations affect the general public and the adjacent properties within the City of Orono. , 4. The City shares concurrent jurisdiction over the primary harbor limit of the City of Orono �with the LMCD and the , State of Minnesota, 5. The LMCD and the City of Orono have determined that . docks and mooring in excess of 200. feet from the ordinary high � water mark of property along Lake Minnetonka is an unreasonable •extension of riparian rights into the navigational channels and � body of Lake Minnetonka. � 6. The establishment of a dock and mooring line neither creates nor destroys the limited rights of the marinas but merely � regulates and limits the exercise of whatever riparian rights the marinas may have. � . � � 7. Absent such regulatioris,� who would fix and �adjust the proper compromise of the obviously conflicting interests of the use of Lake Minnetonka. Only the agencies of the State of Minriesota ' � and the political subdivisions thereof in exercise of the legislative law mak.i.ng and 'police power can prescribe , the rules by which these • "public highways" of the lake are regulated. - 8. The regulation of the navigable waters involves an exercise of police power of the state, LMCD and the City of� Orono, all of which have adopted rules to insure to all equal enjoyment � of the public rights and to suppress the clashi.ng of public and private interests and resulting public disorder. ' 9. In manp waps� the development and management of marinas �ithin the City of Orono are peculiarly subject to the local regulations of the City.