HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1986-410Cny OF PLYMOUTH
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, was held o-n---tV 7th day of
Jul , 1986 . The following members were present: oyer chne�der,
Councimem ers Crain, Sisk, and Zitur
The ng members were sent:Councilmember Vasfl iou
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Councilmember Sisk introduced the following Resolution and moved
its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 86- 410
APPROVING PROPOSED QUIET WATERS - SLOW ZONE AS DEFINED IN THIS RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth, in cooperation with the DNR, Lias established a
quiet waters/slow zone area extending 150 feet out from the shoreline extending
approximately 700 feet north of 18th Avenue along the western shore of Medicine
Lake. The following terms shall apply:
1. Exceptions: The provisions of this resolution do not apply to the
sheriff, his deputies, or other peace officers, or conservation
officers, while engaged in the performance of their duties.
2. Quiet Water -Slow Zone area: No person shall operate a motor -operated
watercraft, including waterborne aircraft, on those areas of the lake
heretofore specified at a speed it: excess of six miles per hour, or
at a speed which results in more than a minimum wake.
3. Minimum Wake defined: For the purpose of this resolution, a minimum
wake is the wave moving out from a watercraft and trailing behind it
in a widening "V" of insufficient size to affect other watercraft or
be detrimental to the shoreline.
4. The Quiet Water -Slow Zone restrictions set fcrch in this resolution
shall apply to areas and shorelines as delineated by markers, buoys,
or other aids to navigation placed by the County.
5. Attached map shows Quiet Water -Slow Zone.
WHEREAS, the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department Water Patrol Division will 'provide
for the placement of signs at appropriate locations in the lake to inform operators
of watercraft of the speed limitations established by this resolution,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CIT1 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA, that a "slow zone" 700 feet long in front of west Medicine Lake beach is
approved.
The motion for the adoption of the fc*egoing Resolution was duly seconded
by Councilmember Crain , and upon vote being taken thereon, the
fol ow vet aver ereo . Mayor Schneider, Councilmembers Crain,
Sisk and Zitur
The owing v-6ted arinst or a sta
Whereupon the Resolution was declared dulnony pass pt .
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