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. LAKE MINNETONKA CONSERVATION DISTRICT RESOLUTION N0. 73 RESIDENTIAL TEMPORARY DOCK EXTENSIONS WITHOUT A PERMIT APPLICATION WHE1tEAS LMCD Code §2.01, Subd. 2 d) requires that during periods when the Lake level falls below 929.4 feet and when so declared by resolution of the Board, the Executive Director may issue permits for temporary dock extensions beyond the authorized dock use area subject to cer- tain limitations; and WHEREAS LMCD Resolution No. 53 of 4-1-87 declared a low water emergency con- dition for Lake Minnetonka existed, and that resolution has not been rescinded but is still in effect; and WHEREAS Because an extraordinarily high number of residential temporary dock extension permit applications had been received for the 1989 season, that the Board on 5-24-89 waived applications under certain guide- lines for docks at residential properties; and WHEREAS On 1-24-90 the Board renewed the waiver of residential appiications for temporary low water extensions for the 1990 season; and WHEREAS On 2-26-91 the level of Lake Minnetonka stood at elevation 926.65 feet, N.G.V.D. , 1929, as observed and reported by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, 2.75 feet below elevation 929.4 feet; and WHEREAS It is proposed that the application requirements for temporary dock extensions at residential properties be waived for the 1991 season, with guidelines publicized and/or advertised to enlist public re- sponse and cooperation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the LMCD Board of Directors waive appli- cations for permits for temporary dock extensions at residential docks under the following guidelines: 1. Residential docks may be extended beyond the authorized dock use area (that being the area basically bordering on the Lake which extends into the Lake a distance equal to the site Lake frontage measured at right angles to the side site lines, and not extending into the Lake a dis- tance greater than 100 feet measured on a line parallel to the side site lines as extended into the Lake) on the following conditions: a. Dock is extended only to the extent necessary to meet the normal navigable water depth of three feet. b. No additional boats may be docked than permitted prior to the exten- sion as authorized by the LMCD Code. c. The extension shall be permitted only during the season during which the low water emergency has been declared by LMCD Board resolution. (continued)