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Oshkosh parks advisory board denies condo request to extend no-wake zone, urges city to study ban on wakeboarding
Summary
After residents described shoreline erosion, the Parks Advisory Board voted to deny a RiverWatch Condominium Association request to extend an Oshkosh no-wake zone but recommended that the city explore an ordinance banning wakeboarding and similar towing sports across the Fox River.
The Oshkosh Parks Advisory Board on Sept. 9 rejected a request from RiverWatch Condominium Association to extend a no-wake zone on the Fox River between the Oshkosh Avenue bridge and the Wisconsin Street bridge, but asked city staff and the City Council to study a citywide ordinance banning wakeboarding and other towing sports.
Parks staff outlined the petition and cited Wisconsin Statute 30.77 as the statutory authority that allows municipalities to set no-wake areas and buoy placement. Residents who live along the river told the board they have experienced repeated shoreline erosion, sinkholes and stone loss they attribute to boat wakes.
"We've had actual sinkholes that you could look down," said Sally Wodzinski, a RiverWatch…
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