HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-060 Council OrdinancesORDINANCE NO. 60
CITY OF LINO LAKES
COUNTY OF ANOKA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DEPOSIT, PARKING OR STANDING OF
CERTAIN MATERIALS AND MOTOR VEHICLES AND OTHER ITEMS ON PUBLIC
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE CITY OF LINO LAKES, ANOKA COUNTY,
MINNESOTA.
The City Council of the City of Lino Lakes, Anoka County,
Minnesota, does ordain as follows:
I.
No person shall deposit, cause to be deposited, or through
any negligence allow to be deposited upon the traveled portion of
any public Street or Highway, or the shoulders thereof, within
the City of Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota, any snow, ice,
slush, earth, stone, mud, wood or items of like substance, irre-
spective of the source thereof. Nothing herein shall be deemed
to interfere with the removal of such items by the City of Lino
Lakes, its agents or employees or anyone authorized by said City
to do so to provide safe travel on public Streets or Highways.
II.
No person shall park or stand, cause to park or stand, or
through any negligence allow to be parked or stood upon the traveled
portion of any public Street or Highway, or the shoulders thereof,
within the City of Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota, any motor
vehicle, trailer or other item, so that such motor vehicle, trailer
or other item shall constitute a hazard or interfere with the
maintenance, repair, construction, cleaning or removal of snow, ice,
slush or other items from any public Street or Highway within the
City, or the shoulders thereof.
Whenever any such snow, ice, slush, earth, stone, mud, wood,
or items of like substance, motor vehicle, trailer or other items
are so deposited, so parked or so let or made to deposit or stand
in violation of this Ordinance, any police officer or other authorized
agent of the City of Lino Lakes is hereby authorized to remove or
cause to be removed such snow, ice, slush, earth, stone, mud, wood
or other items of like substance, or motor vehicle, trailer or other
items, without notice to the one so causing same to be so placed,
or the owner thereof, to any parking lot, garage or storage area
designated by the City Council, and the owner or one so violating
this Ordinance shall be liable to the City for the costs thereof.
IV.
For the purposes of this Ordinance, any person who operates,
or allows another to operate his motor vehicle upon the public
Streets or Highways of the City of Lino Lakes, shall be deemed to
have consented to the removal and storage of said motor vehicle
under the terms of this Ordinance and such consent shall extend to
such removal and storage thereof without liability for any damage
to such motor vehicle or its contents while being so removed or so
stored.
V.
All fines and costs incurred under this Ordinance for the
removal and storage of any motor vehicle, trailer or other items,
including the costs of removal and storage, shall be a lien upon
such motor vehicle, trailer or other item, and if not paid within
fifteen (15) days following such removal or the imposition of such
fine in the event of prosecution, the City of Lino Lakes may sell
such property in the same manner as provided by M.S.A. 514.18 et
seq. for the sale of personal property in possession. All proceeds
in excess of that to cover such fines and costs shall be distributed
to the owner as provided in said Statutes.
VI.
Anyone violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
subject to a fine of not to exceed $300.00 or shall be imprisoned
in the County jail for not to exceed 90 days, or both. The fore-
going penalty shall not be held to relieve the violator from paying
the costs of removal or storage as hereinbefore provided.
VII.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication according to law.
Passed by the City Council this 8th day of April
ATTEST:
Edna L. Sarner,
Clerk -Treasurer
(CITY SEAL)_
, 1974.
William I. Boh'-nen, Ma