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� °� � . � o 0 �b. - CITY o� ORONO � � � ti '�' RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL �L`9k'E o4"�G � NO. 3 2 2 5 SH public generally, no one riparian owner has exclusive privileges � over Lake Minnetonka. The only additional .private right that any riparian owner may have over the public generally is to construct one dock to the navigable depth of the public waters . There can be no dispute but that the public generally and each riparian owner to Lake Minnetonka has the right to use the entire surface area of Lake Minnetonka for all suitable purposes in common with all other riparian owners . This right is a right not only to members of the public but the right to each riparian owner. This mutual right of enjoyment which is shared by riparian owners and the public generally includes the recreational benefits of the lake such as boating and fishing therein; the riparian owner has no exclusive privileges to these rights; and WHEREAS, Lake Minnetonka is capable of substantial beneficial public use only as long. as all riparian users of the • lake are regulated in such a way as to ensure there is no abuse of the limited riparian rights; and � WHEREAS, .the City has adopted reasonable � regulations regarcling the construction and use of lakeshore and dock facilities when such facilities are� used and maintained by three or more families, which regulations include the annual licensing of Joint Use Docks pursuant to Section 5 .42 of the Orono Municipal Code; and . WHEREAS, the purpose of this Resolution is to set forth the above noted general conditions and concerns and the following � special conditions as they relate to an application for an annual Joint Use Dock License described on Exhibit A attached, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of . the City of Orono hereby directs the Staff • to issue a Joint Use Dock License according to the facts and conditions noted on Exhibit � A attached. • � Page 2 of 3