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.- . . . CITY OF ELK RIVER ORDINANCE 90-10 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SPEED AND DIRECTION OF WATERCRAFT ON ORONO LAKE The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1108 of the 1982 Code of Ordinances of the City of Elk River is created to read: Section 1108 - Requlation of Watercraft 1108.00 - Definitions. "Personal Watercraft" means a motorboat less than 12 feet in length propelled by a water jet pump. "Slow-No Wake" means the operation of a watercraft at the slowest possible speed necessary to maintain steerage, but in no case greater than five (5) miles per hour. "Watercraft" means any contrivance used or designed for navigation on water other than (a) duck boat during the duck hunting season, (b) rice boat during the harvest season, or (c) seaplane. 1108.02 - Applicability. This Ordinance shall apply to the water surface use of Orono Lake in the City of Elk River. 1108.04 - Requlations. 1. All watercraft exceeding a slow-no wake speed shall travel in a counter-clockwise direction. 2. Maximum speed limit of watercraft shall be 40 m.p.h. at all times with the exception of those areas and times listed in the next two paragraphs. 3. Maximum speed limit of watercraft shall be 15 m.p.h. sunset to sunrise all year. 4. A slow-no wake speed shall be maintained in the area extending 100 feet from the shore. Watercraft launching or landing water skiers by the most direct route to open water shall be exempt from this provision. 5. Any watercraft owner or the operator thereof, if the owner not be present, who violates any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.