Dock and Riparian Use Ordinance Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND

INTENT TO AMEND THE DOCK AND RIPARIAN USE ORDINANCE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners intends to amend its Dock and Riparian Use Ordinance.  The Ordinances will be considered at a meeting of the County Board in the Commissioner’s Room at the Otter Tail County Government Services Center, 515 West Fir Avenue, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, on Tuesday June 5, 2018, at 1:00 p.m.

Amendments to the Dock and Riparian Use Ordinance include the following Aquatic Invasive Species revisions/additions:

Under Part II. Regulations add  Section F, which reads as follows:

  Section F –  In order to comply with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 84D Invasive Species, a dock, pier, wharf, or boatlift may not be placed in waters of the state unless:

1. The dock, pier, wharf, or boatlift is new and has never been in a body of water, or;

2. The dock, pier, wharf, or boatlift is being moved from one location to another in the same body of water, or;

3. The dock, pier, wharf, or boatlift is registered with the Otter Tail County Land and Resource Management Office. Registration of the dock, pier, wharf or boatlift must include the owners name, the location (E-911 address) and the date the dock, pier, wharf or boatlift was removed from the water. All docks, piers, wharfs, or boatlifts must remain dry for 21 days before it may be placed in another body of water.

Copies of the proposed language stated above, and the current Dock and Riparian Use Ordinance are available on the Otter Tail County website http://www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/, at the Land and Resource Management Office and at the Otter Tail County Auditor-Treasurer’s office in the Government Services Center.

All interested persons are invited to attend the hearing or submit written testimony prior to the hearing date. Written testimony should be submitted to the Office of Land and Resource Management, 540 West Fir Ave, Fergus Falls, MN 56537.

(Published May 30, 2018)