Ordinance 418CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.418
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6-49
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
SLOW -NO WAKE AREAS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
SECTION 1: Section 6-49 of the City Code, City of Chanhassen, Minnesota, is hereby amended
as follows:
Sec. 6-49. Slow --No wake areas.
(1) No person shall operate a watercraft in any marked slow --no wake areas in excess of slow --
no wake speed. Slow --no wake areas shall be marked in accordance with the applicable
regulations of the state department of natural resources. The location and boundaries of each
slow --no wake area established are shown on that certain map entitled Water Surface Use Zoning
Map of Chanhassen dated July 11, 1983, on file in the city hall. The map and all notations,
references and data thereon are hereby incorporated by reference into this article and shall have
the same force and effect as if fully set forth and described herein.
(2) Emergency slow -no wake areas may be established by resolution of the city council and shall
be marked in accordance with the appropriate regulations of the state department of natural
resources and posted at all public accesses.
(3) Special Slow -No Wake Restrictions
(a) Lotus Lake:
All persons shall operate watercraft at a slow -no wake speed on Lotus Lake whenever the
water elevation exceeds the 100-year predicted level for Lotus Lake of 896.8 MSL as set
forth in the 1994 Surface Water Management Plan. The slow -no wake surface zoning shall
remain in place until the water drops below the 100-year predicted level of 896.8 MSL for 3
consecutive days. Upon the placement of a slow -no wake restriction, notice will be given:
1. On a sign posted at the public access.
2. On the City of Chanhassen Web Page.
3. On the City of Chanhassen Clean Water Hotline.
4. On the Community Cable Access Channel.
5. In an e-mail format to known representatives on Lotus Lake.
6. To the Carver County Sheriffs Department.
7. To the public by other appropriate means determined by Council.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of May, 2006, by the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota
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Tgodd Gerhardt, City Manager
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Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
ORDINANCE SUMMARY NO.418
• CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE CONCERNING
EMERGENCY SLOW -NO WAKE SURFACE ZONING
This ordinance amends City Code Chapter 6 creating an automatic Slow -No Wake for
Lotus Lake. The ordinance will automatically be enforced when the lake level on Lotus Lake
exceeds 896.8 Mean Sea Level (MSL). The restriction will remain in place for three (3) days
after the water level drops below 896.8 MSL. Notice of the No -Wake condition will be posted 1)
At the Public Launch; 2) On the Water Quality Hotline; 3) On the City Web Page; 4) Community
Cable Access; 5) In an email to known Lotus Lake representatives; 6) To the Carver County
Sheriffs Department; 7) To the public by other appropriate means determined by Council.
A printed copy of the ordinance is available for inspection by any person during regular
office hours at the office of the City Manager/Clerk.
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION this 8`h day of May,
• 2006, by the City Council of the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota.
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager June 22, 2006)
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ORDINANCE SUMMARY NO.418
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN
COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 6 OF THE
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE
- CONCERNING
EMERGENCY SLOW -NO WAKE
SURFACE ZONING
This ordinance amends City Code
Chapter 6 creating an automatic Slow -
No Wake for Lotus Lake. The ordinance
will automatically be enforced when
the lake level on Lotus Lake exceeds
896.8 Mean Sea Level (MSL). The
restriction will remain in place for
three (3) days after the water level
drops below 896.8 MSL. Notice of the
No -Wake condition will be posted 1) At
the Public Launch; 2) On the Water
Quality Hotline; 3) On the City Web
Page; 4) Community Cable Access; 5)
In an email to known Lotus Lake
representatives; 6) To the Carver
County Sheriffs Department; 7) To the
public by other appropriate means
determined by Council.
A printed copy of the ordinance is
available for inspection by any person
duringregular office hours at the office
of the City Manager/Clerk.
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND
APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION this
8th day ofMay, 2006, by the City Council
of the City of Chanhassen, Minnesota.
CITY OF CHANHASSEN
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager
on Thursday, June 22, 2006; No. 4682)
Affidavit of Publication
Southwest Suburban Publishing
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County of Carver )
Laurie A. Hartmann, being duly sworn, on oath says that she is the publisher or the authorized
agent of the publisher of the newspapers known as the Chaska Herald and the Chanhassen Vil-
lager and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows:
(A) These newspapers have complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal
newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as
amended. L/
(B) The printed public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No. 7'
was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
Notice is hereby incorporated as part of this Affidavit. Said notice was cut from the columns of
the newspaper specified. Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both
inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
and publication of the Notice:
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Laurie A. Hartmann
Subscribed and sworn before me on
this �7� day of , 2006
GWEN M. RADUENZ
NOTARY PUBUC - MINNESOTA
My Commission Expires Jan. 31, 2010
Notary Public
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