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• � Cit� of ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL � NO. 1291 • � • • 19. The character of the change of the use of Lake Minnetonka by the m�rinas throtzgh the years is one that has affec�.ed adversely the general public. These changes are manifestly detrimental to the rights peculiar to the general public . The extent to which the public could atherwise enjoy the publi�. waters of Lake Minnetonka has beeri changed and detrimentally affected by the expansion of the marinas throucth �he years . 20. The marinas have failed to show that their excessive use of Lake Minnetonka is in any way reasonable. 21. When the rights of. other riparian owners and the rights of the public generally ar� c.ontrasted with the marinas comrtercial and excessive use of their limited riparian rights, in order to maxirliza their economic return from harboring additior.al boats both on and off the public waters of La;ce Minnetonka, the marina' s excessive use of the lake mus-t be curtailed. 22. The above findings of fact relate not only to the extQnsion • of docics �nd mooring areas into Lake Minneto�}�a but alsa relate to the �;redging of public waters which dredging has proven time after time to be �: detriment to the public, present or future users of the public waters. 23. All of the c�ommercial marinas are located adjacent to properti�s which are residentially zoned and/or resider�itially used or are in fact surrounded by residentially zoned and used properties. 24 . A11 of the comsnercial marinas began as and have historically operated as small fishing ports and bait shops serving the general boating public with boat rental, fuel, ba.it and boat servicing. 25. Over the past fifteen years, �he scope of com.mercial marina operations has radically changed tc� the current emphasis upon sho��raom sales ot expensive watercraft and accessories and the proliferation of slig� a.nd mooring rental for the exclusive storage of �aatercraft on public waters by a limited. number of private individuals. 26. Over the past fifteen years, the rent�l of boats to the general public, the launching and servicing of boats awned by the general public anc� the sa.le of bait and fuel to the general public have been reduced, elim.inated or made difficult and expensive to the point of discouraging acc�ss f�.r the qeneral public in favor of catering to the few baat purchasers and slip and mooring renters. 27 . The new emphasis upon slip and mooring r�ntal has been • accompanied by expansion af the number, size and extent of dock f.acilities �:�nd off-shore buoys over and upon large areas of the public waters thereby creating a public harm k�y excluding general boating and the general public from those waters.