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• Ci.t� o� ORONO � <br /> � -� <br /> �,,.�,: RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> ..., • <br /> �` NO. 1498 <br /> �� <br /> � � ��'�� � <br /> • � • •�� <br /> �:r��<k��. <br /> WHEREAS, because of the geographical location of the <br /> marinas and their proximity to heavy population, .and the access to <br /> marinas by county and city roads, and the general use of the bays <br /> of Lake P4innetonka for recreation by way of swimming, boating, <br /> fishing and water sports by the citizens of Orono, the City regulates <br /> both the on-land activities of marinas and the extensions of docks <br /> and mooring areas into Lake Minnetonka in, the interest of public order <br /> and to protect the life, safety and welfare of the community. The <br /> City through its regulations is not licensing boats but is only licensing _ <br /> the marinas to the extent the marina operations affect the general public <br /> and the adjacent properties within the City of Orono; and <br /> WHEREAS, the City shares concurrent jurisdiction over the <br /> primary harbor limit of the City of Orono with the Lake Minnetonka . <br /> Conservation Distriet and the Department of Natural Resources of the <br /> � State of Minnesota; and <br /> • WHEREAS, the regulation of the navigable. waters involves an <br /> exercise of police power of �the State, LMCD and the City of Orono, all <br /> of which have adopted rules to ensure to all equal enjoyment of the <br /> public rights and to suppress the clashing of public and private �interests <br /> and resulting public disorder; and • <br /> WHEREAS , the regulations of the DNR, LMCD and the City of <br /> Orono regizlate the property rights of the riparian owners both as to <br /> single family residential owners and the commercial marina owners , to <br /> the extent prohibiting any interference with the public waters adjoining <br /> that property. The LMCD, DNR and the City of Orono must fulfill their <br /> trusteeship over the public waters by protecting against interference <br /> by anyone, including those who assert the commonlaw rights of riparian <br /> �owners, whether or not they be commercial marinas or single family <br /> residential owners; and . � <br /> WHEREAS, as to Lake Minnetonka, a mutual right of enjoyment <br /> exists between and is shared by riparian owners and the public generally. <br /> The marinas have no exclusive privileges over Lake Minnetonka. The - <br /> only additional private right that the marina or any riparian owner may <br /> have over the public generally is to construct one dock to the navigable <br /> depth of the public waters. There can be no- dispute but that the public <br /> generally and each riparian owner to Lake Minnetonka has the right to use <br /> - the entire surface area of Lake Minnetonka for all suitable purposes in <br /> . common with all other riparian owners. This right is a right not only to <br /> •♦y ,the members of the public but the right to each riparian owner. This <br /> fmutual right of enjoyment which is shared by riparian owners and the <br /> � public generally includes the recreational benefits of the Lake such as <br /> boating and fishing therein; the riparian marina has no exclusive <br /> privileges to these rights; and <br />