Boating

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City of Deephaven, Minnesota

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Boating

Carson's Bay, Deephaven, Minnesota

Buoys Available!

If you are a Deephaven resident and have considered buying a sailboat and taking up sailing - now is the time! The City of Deephaven currently has eight open buoys and no one left on the waiting list! If you are interested in renting a city buoy, please contact Deborah at City Hall for more information, 952-474-4755

DEADLINE - PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR BOAT IN IT'S CITY MOORING SPACE PRIOR TO JUNE 1ST EVERY YEAR

You are allowed to place your boat in your city mooring as early as ice-out, which is usually around April 15th - as long as you have received your city mooring permit for the season.

DECLARING LAKE MINNETONKA ICE-OUT

Ice-out is declared on Lake Minnetonka by the Commander of the Water Patrol.

Ice out is called when the commander can take a boat from Water Patrol Headquarters in Spring Park, through the Narrows and around Big Island without having to significantly alter course to avoid ice.

Earliest Ice-Out: March 11, 1878, Latest Ice-Out: May 8, 1856, Earliest to Latest: 59 days, Most Common Ice-Out: April 17 & 18 - 9 times, Average Ice-Out: April 15

For more information contact the Excelsior Fire District, Hennepin County Water Patrol or the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

CITY REGULATIONS RELATED TO BOATING ARE FOUND IN CHAPTER 9 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES

	Boat Committee Members
	Lake Minnetonka High Water Minimum Wake Map
	JOINT LEASE PROCESS
	MAP - St. Louis Bay Docks
	MAP - St. Louis Bay Moorings
	MAP - Carson's Bay Moorings
	Policy on B1 and B2 Slides

DEEPHAVEN MOORING WAITING LISTS

In order to sign up on a Deephaven Mooring Waiting list you must:

1. Be a RESIDENT of Deephaven

2. Be 18 years or older

Mooring Waiting Lists - GENERAL INFORMATION SHEET

	Mooring WAITING LIST APPLICATION
	If you are on a waiting list, you no longer are required to renew your position each year. It is automatically preserved for you unless you tell us to remove it, you no longer own property in Deephaven or you have declined 2 offers for that space, at which time you will be removed from that waiting list.

CITY MOORING WAIT LISTS, SPACE DESCRIPTIONS, ANNUAL FEES

	Buoy Waiting List
	Buoys - City buoys allow sailboats only and must be at least 16' but not over 25' in length.
	Buoy annual fee $450.00

	Canoe Rack Waiting List
	Canoe Racks - allow Canoes, Kayaks, Rowing Shells, Sailboards, Sunfish & Laser Boats only.
	Canoe Rack annual fee $100.00

	Dock Waiting List
	Docks - City docks allow motor boats only, at least 16' in length and not over 26' in length including all equipment and attachments in their normal operating positions. Width cannot be over 8' 6". (Exception: Due to LMCD regulations, the following city dock spaces only allow boats up to a maximum of 24 feet in length, #'s 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43 and 45. If you have questions, please contact City Hall.)
	Dock annual fee $750.00

	Shorespace Waiting List
	Shorespaces - City shorespaces allow motorboats which are at least 16' in length and not over 34'
	Shorespace annual fee $48.00 per foot

	Street End Slide Waiting List
	Street End Slides - These slides are located in the Cottagewood neighborhood only, on Bay Street (3), on Water Street (3) and Western Road (2). Boats cannot be over 5'4" in width, or over 16' long measuring from stem to stern, unless a special permit is obtained from the city.
	Street End Slides annual fee $175.00
	B1 Slide Waiting List
	B1 slides accommodate two boats per pallet, and must be a minimum of 5'5" in width and not over 7' in width.
	B1 Slides annual fee $262.50
	Policy on B1 and B2 Slides

	B2 Slide Waiting List
	B2 slides accomodate three boats per pallet. Boats cannot be over 5'4" in width, or over 16' long measuring from stem to stern, unless a special permit is obtained from the city.
	B2 Slides annual fee $175.00
	Policy on B1 and B2 Slides

The City Watercraft Space Ordinance states that your permit/space will be renewed for the following year only if the required application and permit fee (s) are received or postmarked on, or before, November 15 of each year for the following boating season.

If you currently have a city mooring and are interested in moving to a different bay or changing the space you have (but keeping the same type of mooring), please contact city hall to sign up on the rotation request list. All possible rotations are processed first, at the beginning of each year, prior to filling open spaces for the new boating season.

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