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I I I I I I I I I I I I i I I I I I I ORDINANCE #98- CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATION OF WATERCRAFT ON THE RUM RIVER IN THE CITY OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA The City of Ramsey hereby ordains as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE. It is the purpose of the City of Ramsey to regulate the operation and speed of watercraft on the Rum River within the city limits of the City of Ramsey. The limitations contained in this ordinance are designed to prevent and limit the erosion which is occurring to the banks and shoreline of the Rum River within the City of Ramsey. The heavy wake from water skiing, jet skiing and speed-boating creates wave action which is eroding the shoreline, banks and bluffs along the river, is adverse to the public's interest in maintaining and preserving the shoreline. This ordinance is designed to protect the health, safety and general welfare of the public. SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. The following words and phrases, when used in this ordinance, shall have the meanings set forth: Person includes an individual, partnership, corporation or any body of persons, whether incorporated or formed as association or not. Operate means to navigate or otherwise use a watercraft. Watercraft is as defined in Minnesota Statutes 28B.005, Subd. 18. Slow-No-Wake means the operation of a watercraft at the slowest possible speed necessary to maintain steerage and in no case greater than five (5) miles per hour. Rum River is that body of water which borders the cities of Andover and Ramsey. SECTION 3. REGULATIONS. No person shall operate a watercraft of greater than a slow-no-wake speed (five [5] miles per hour) on the Rum River within the city limits of the City of Ramsey. The slow-no- wake zone shall be in effect twenty-four (24) hours a day, all year.