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ORD! NANCE NO. <br /> <br />;,N ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING EROSION CONTROLS <br /> A~D L]F, ITING THE SIZE OF MOTORS AND SPEED <br /> FOR BOATS OPERATING ON THE LO¼'ER RUM RIVER <br /> <br />Anoka County does <br /> <br /> Section <br />and shall read as <br /> <br />Section 1. <br /> <br />Section 2. <br /> <br />ordain: <br /> <br /> is hereby added to the County's Code of Ordinances <br />follows: <br /> <br />F~.er Craft - Erosion - LoveF Rum River <br /> <br />Purpose. The limitations contained in this ordinance are <br />designed to prevent and limit the erosion which is <br />occurring to the banks and shoreline of the Lower Rum <br />River. Large motors on boats create wave action which is <br />eroding the shoreline, banks, and bluffs along the river <br />add is adverse to the public's interest in maintaining and <br />preserving the shoreline. Swimmers, people canoeing, <br />and other people using the river more passively are placed <br />in jeopardy by large boats and wave actions, and this <br />ordinance is designed to protect the health, safety, and <br />general welfare of the public. <br /> <br />Recu!ations. <br /> <br />Motor Size. No person shall navigate, place, <br />maintain, or operate any boat, motor boat, or <br />~atercraft of any kind upon the Rum River from the <br />Rum River Dam in the City of Anoka to Anoka County <br /> o <br />Road 7 Bridge Westerly or Rum River Central Park <br />which is propelled by an internal combustion <br />engine having a size and power in excess cf five <br />horsepower. <br /> <br />Soeed Limit. No person shall navigate or operate <br />=ny boat or ~atercr-f of any <br />- = t . kind upon that <br />portion of the RumRiverdescribed in A. above at a <br />speed in excess of six land miles per hour. <br /> <br />~icns Z Posting. The Sheriff or County <br />Administrator shall provide for the erection o~ <br />signs at a!! public accesses and at othe- <br />appropriate locations along the Rum River to <br />inform operators of ~atercraft of the motcr size <br />!imitaticn and the speed limitation applicable <br />t~ls se~s~; , <br /> ' ' --.~e Portion of the <br /> <br />Ooeration of ~atercraft vith motors in excess of <br />that a!lowe~ by this ordinance or in excess of the <br />speed set forth in paragraph B is prima facie <br />evidence that the ~atercraft is being operated in <br />violation of this Ordinance. <br /> <br /> <br />