FLARA - Fish Lake Area Residents Association

Maple Grove now posts its municipal codes online.

The entire section on Use of Lakes can be found here . A subset of this ordinance is below.

Sec. 22-98 (b) Speed limit near persons in water and anchored or moored watercraft. Watercraft shall not exceed a slow-no wake speed within 100 feet of a person in the water or an anchored or moored watercraft.

Sec. 22-98 (c) Speed limit near shoreline. Watercraft shall not exceed a slow-no wake speed within 100 feet of any shoreline, except that a watercraft launching or landing a person on water skis or a similar conveyance requiring speed to stay above water may use the most direct route to open water or shore at the speed limit established in subsection (e) of this section, unless within 100 feet of a person in the water or an anchored or moored watercraft.

Sec. 22-98 (e) Specific speed limits; direction of travel.
(1) No person shall operate a watercraft at a speed which exceeds the following limitations:

Lake Permissible Speed
All lakes in designated slow-no wake areas Slow-no wake
All lakes in the city, sunrise to sunset, unless otherwise specified in this subsection 40 miles per hour
All lakes in the city, sunset to sunrise, unless otherwise specified in this subsection 15 miles per hour
Edward Lake and Pike Lake 15 miles per hour
Rice Lake in waterways west of Interstate I-94 Slow-no wake
Fish Lake:

Southwest Bay and Mariner Point Channel Slow-no wake

Sunset to 9:00 a.m. Slow-no wake

(2) All watercraft shall travel on Fish Lake and Weaver Lake in a counter-clockwise direction. This requirement shall not apply to:
a. Watercraft traveling in slow-no wake areas at or below such speed.
b. Watercraft traveling anywhere on such lakes at or below slow-no wake speeds.
c. Watercraft moving solely by power of the wind.
d. Watercraft using for their intended purpose any slalom course or ski jump course previously approved by the city council and subject to such limitations imposed by the council.

(3) No watercraft shall be operated at speed greater than is reasonable and prudent for the existing conditions and having full regard for both the actual and potential hazards at the time. Speed shall be restricted as is necessary to avoid colliding with any person, property, or natural resource which is in, on, or entering the water of any lake.

(4) Whenever the waters of Fish Lake shall reach or exceed 892.00 feet above sea level, as measured by the water level gauge set by the city, the city administrator or his designee may, at his discretion, upon notifying the county sheriff, impose a slow-no wake speed on the lake. Such restriction shall become effective upon a date specified by the city administrator or his designee and shall remain in effect until the water level for the lake has receded to below this level. The city shall make every effort toinform the public of such restriction, including, but not limited to, notification to the city's official newspaper, posting of the restriction at all public lake access points prior to and during the time such restriction is in place, and posting of the restriction at the city hall. A violation of such restriction shall be a violation of this article.


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