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MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Subject Chapter
General Traffic Regulations.........................................................801
Parking Regulations.....................................................................802
Snowmobiles................................................................................803
City of Mounds View
801.01 801.01 (Rev. 5110)
CHAPTER 801
GENERAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
SECTION:
801.01: Adoption Of Statutes
801.02: Unreasonable Acceleration
801.03: Vehicle Load Limit Restrictions
801.04: Unlawful Deposits On Public Ways
801.05: Violation Of Provisions
801.01: ADOPTION OF STATUTES: The regulatory provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
chapters 168, 169 and 171, as amended from time to time, including amendments enacted by the
Minnesota legislature at its regular and special sessions, as regulatory ordinances relative to the
use of highways, streets and alleys and of motor vehicles and drivers and all other vehicles
within Mounds View, are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Code as completely as if
set out herein in full. A copy of said provisions is on file in the office of the City Administrator
for public use and inspection. (1988 Code §80.01; 1993 Code) (Amended, Ord. 844, 5-20-10)
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801.02: UNREASONABLE ACCELERATION:
Subd. 1. Definitions: When used in this Section, the following words and phrases shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in this subdivision:
a. MOTOR VEHICLE: Any vehicle propelled by an engine and authorized to be
driven on a public highway.
b. UNREASONABLE ACCELERATION: To cause squealing or screeching sounds
by the tires, and/or fishtailing of the motor vehicle or the throwing of sand or gravel by
the tires of said vehicle or both.
Subd. 2. Unreasonable Acceleration Prohibited: "Unreasonable acceleration" of any motor
vehicle on any public highway or private property within Mounds View, as defined
herein, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and is prohibited.
Subd. 3. Evidence Of Violation: It shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this
Section if a motor vehicle shall be observed accelerating in such a manner as to cause
squealing or screeching sounds by the vehicle's tires, fishtailing of the vehicle or the
throwing of sand and gravel or other material by the tires of said vehicle, or any
combination of the herein described actions. (1988 Code §§80.02)
801.03: VEHICLE LOAD LIMIT RESTRICTIONS:
Subd. 1. Seasonal Load Restrictions: Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, sections 169.80
through 169.88, the Director of Public Works shall establish appropriate seasonal load
restrictions for Municipal streets and shall cause notice of such restrictions to be posted
as required. Such restrictions shall be for the purpose of minimizing damage to
Municipal streets during the annual spring thaw.
Subd. 2. Special Permit Requirements: The Director of Public Works/City Engineer may
issue special permits authorizing vehicle loads in excess of established restrictions. Such
special permits shall be for good cause, including maintenance of the orderly progress
and timely completion of private and public improvement projects, and shall be issued
only when such cause does not conflict with the purpose of this Section.
Subd. 3. Application For Permit; Fee: The operator of each overload vehicle shall make
application for such special permit and provide such information as required by the
Director of Public Works/City Engineer. A fee as established by resolution of the City
Council for each overload trip shall be paid with the application. All fees collected
pursuant hereto shall be deposited in the General Fund. (1988 Code §80.03; 1993 Code)
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801.04: UNLAWFUL DEPOSITS ON PUBLIC WAYS:
Subd. 1. Snow And Ice Accumulationsl: All snow accumulated from clearing or plowing
operations on private property shall be stockpiled on the property from which the snow is
cleared or upon other private property for which the property owner has written
permission. In clearing snow and/or moving snow, it shall be unlawful to operate in such
a manner as to cause any snow to be deposited in the street, on sidewalks, in the
boulevard of any street or on private property for which the property owner does not have
written permission for storage of snow. Snow cleared from the portion of a driveway or
sidewalk in the boulevard of a street may be placed on the boulevard adjacent to the
driveway or sidewalk, but may not be moved across the street to other areas without
express permission of the property owner receiving the snow.
Subd. 2. Debris: Debris, including but not limited to tree branches, leaves, dirt and other
materials, shall be properly disposed for the type of material2. It shall be unlawful to
place any type of debris into the street right of way or on private property for which the
property owner does not have written permission.
Subd. 3. Exemptions: Nothing in this Section shall be deemed to apply to governmental
agencies involved in the maintenance of streets and sidewalks or involved in snow or ice
control operations. (Ord. 522, 2-8-93)
801.05: VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS: Any violations of the provisions of this
Chapter or of the statutes adopted by reference herein is a violation of this Code when it occurs
within Mounds View. Any person violating any provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor or, where authorized, a petty misdemeanor. (1988 Code §80.05)
1 See also subdivisions 607.03.3t and 1005.05.2 of this Code
2 See Sections 603.05 of this Code for disposal of yard waste.
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CHAPTER 802
PARKING REGULATIONS
SECTION:
802.01: Definitions
802.02: Public Parking
802.03: No-Parking Zones
802.04: Oversize Vehicle Parking
802.05: Impeding Traffic
802.06: Parking During Snow Accumulation
802.07: Off-Street Parking
802.08: Restricted Hours
802.09: Parking Vehicles for Sale
802.10: Vehicle Towing Provisions
802.11: Violation of Provisions
802.01: DEFINITIONS: As used in this Chapter, the following words and terms shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section:
Subd. 1. BOULEVARD: That portion of any right of way of a public roadway, other than
the paved surface of such roadway, which is not designated for use as an off-street
parking facility.
Subd. 2. DESIGNATED OFF-STREET PARKING: Any private garage or properly
surfaced off-street parking facility as provided under Chapter 1121 of this Code.
Subd. 3. DRIVER: Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor
vehicle.
Subd. 4. MOTOR VEHICLE: Any vehicle propelled by motor and engine and commonly
used upon the streets and highways.
Subd. 5. OWNER: A person who owns a legal title to a vehicle.
Subd. 6. PARK, STAND or STANDING: The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the receiving
or discharging of passengers.
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Subd. 7. PERSON: Every natural person, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation.
Subd. 8. PUBLIC PARKING AREA: All areas dedicated for public use and maintained by a
political subdivision.
Subd. 9. RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT: Any trailer, boat, snowmobile or other
equipment mounted on a trailer and designed and primarily used for recreational
purposes.
Subd. 10. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE: Any motor vehicle designed and primarily used for
recreational purposes.
Subd. 11. STOP: Complete cessation from movement.
Subd. 12. TRAILER: Any nonmotorized vehicle designed for carrying property on its own
structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle.
Subd. 13. TRUCK: A motor vehicle with a gross weight classification of "G" (12,001 —
15,000 pounds) or higher, as identified on the license plate and specified in Minnesota
Statutes. Ordinary pick-up trucks and passenger vans customary in residential districts
with such a weight classification shall not be considered a TRUCK for purposes of this
Chapter. (1988 Code §81.01; Ord. 886, 4-28-14)
802.02: PUBLIC PARKING: Unless permitted by an authorized parking sign, no person
shall park, remain in or leave standing any motor vehicle in or upon any public park, bathing
beach or public land, road or highway adjoining public waters. (1988 Code §81.02)
802.03: NO-PARKING ZONES: No person shall stop, stand or park a motor vehicle,
except as otherwise provided or unless directed to do so by a police officer, on any street or
highway where the Municipal Council has established by resolution a "no-parking zone", and
such zone is marked by a sign or a yellow curb. (1988 Code §81.02)
802.04: OVERSIZE VEHICLE PARKING': No person shall allow any recreational
equipment, recreational vehicle or truck to remain parked on a public street or highway within
Mounds View for a period of more than two (2) hours per day. (1988 Code §81.02)
802.05: IMPEDING TRAFFIC: No person shall allow a motor vehicle to remain parked
on public property when said motor vehicle impedes, impairs or prohibits the free flow of traffic
1 See also subdivision 802.07(4)and(5)of this Chapter and subdivision 1110.07(2)of the Code.
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or prohibits maintenance or construction equipment from properly conducting their functions.
(1988 Code §81.02)
802.06: PARKING DURING SNOW ACCUMULATION: No person shall park or
permit to be parked any vehicle within any block on any public street when, within the preceding
forty eight (48) hours, melting or blowing snow or a combination thereof has accumulated to a
depth of three inches (3") or more at street level anywhere within that block. Provided, however,
that parking shall be permitted within any block of any public street where not otherwise
prohibited whenever the entire length of the roadway of such block has been cleared of snow
from curb to curb or, in the case of streets without curbs, between the outer edges of the
shoulders of such streets. Any vehicle parked in violation of this Section may be removed as
provided by Section 802.10 of this Chapter. (1988 Code §81.02)
802.07: OFF-STREET PARKING:
Subd. 1. Compliance with Zoning Provisions: The location, design and number of off-street
parking facilities shall be as specified in Chapter 1121 of this Code.
Subd. 2. Parking in Yards: No person shall allow any motor vehicle or trailer to be parked in
any yard adjacent to a public street, except in a designated off-street parking space.
Subd. 3. Parking in Boulevards: No person shall allow any motor vehicle or trailer to be
parked upon the boulevard of a public roadway.
Subd. 4. Recreational Vehicles and Equipment': No person shall allow any recreational
vehicle or equipment to be parked off-street closer than fifteen feet (15') to the paved
surfaces of a public roadway.
Subd. 5. Trucks2: No person shall allow any truck to be parked in any residential district,
except as provided in Section 607.06. Subd.4 and Section 802.04. (1988 Code §81.02;
Ord. 886, 4-28-14)
' See also Section 801.04 of this Chapter and subdivisions 1110.064(4)and 1110.07(3)of this Code.
2 See also Section 802.04 of this Chapter
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802.08: RESTRICTED HOURS:
Subd. 1. Generally, 2:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M.: No person shall stop, stand or park a motor
vehicle or trailer on any street or highway in the City between the hours of
two o'clock(2:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M., except as otherwise authorized by
this Chapter or unless directed or authorized by a police officer or traffic-control device.
The City Council may authorize exceptions from this Section. Any street or highway so
excepted must be posted with a sign indicating that parking between
two o'clock(2:00) A.M. and six o'clock(6:00) A.M. is allowed. (Ord. 511, 6-22-92)
Subd. 2. Specific Areas, 9:00 P.M. to 2:00 A.M.: No person shall stop, stand or park a
motor vehicle on the following sections of City streets between the hours of
nine o'clock(9:00) P.M. and two o'clock(2:00) A.M., except as otherwise authorized by
this Code or unless directed to do so by a police officer or traffic-control device:
Bronson Drive, north side between Edgewood Drive and Jackson Drive;
Clearview Avenue,between Irondale Road and Edgewood Drive;
Edgewood Drive, between Woodale Drive and County Road H-2 except adjacent to
2400 County Road H-2;
Greenfield Avenue, between Woodale Drive and County Road H-2 except adjacent to
2400 County Road H-2;
O'Connell Drive,between Jeffrey Drive and Greenfield Avenue. (Ord. 540, 6-13-94)
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802.09: PARKING VEHICLES FOR SALE:
Subd. 1. Purpose: In order to preserve civic beauty, to insure public health, safety and
welfare by preventing congestion and traffic hazards, to prevent unauthorized use and
trespass on vacant land and to prevent damage and erosion problems associated with
off-road vehicle traffic on unimproved surfaces, the following prohibitions are required.
Subd. 2. Vehicle Parking for Sale Prohibited: No person shall park, store, display or permit
the parking, storage or display of a motor vehicle, as defined in subdivision 802.01(4) of
this Chapter for the purpose of sale, consignment, lease, trade or exchange upon:
a. Any public property including public right of way and easements; or
b. Any private property unless the vehicle is parked on an improved hard surface
designed and improved for vehicle travel and only if the vehicle is registered to the
property owner or occupant of said property and, when applicable, if said owner or
occupant has a license issued pursuant to Chapter 510 of this Municipal Code. (1988
Code §81.03)
802.10: VEHICLE TOWING PROVISIONS: Police officers are hereby authorized to
remove, or cause to be removed, a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other
place of safety or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department or otherwise
maintained by this City under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated:
Subd. 1. Obstruction of Traffic: When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge,
viaduct or causeway or in any tube, tunnel or underpass where such vehicle constitutes an
obstruction to traffic.
Subd. 2. Disabled Car: When a vehicle upon a highway is so disabled as to constitute an
obstruction to traffic and the person in charge of the vehicle is, by reason of physical
injury, incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or
removal.
Subd. 3. Unattended, Illegally Parked Vehicles: When any vehicle is left unattended upon a
street and is so parked illegally as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the normal
movement of traffic or snow plowing.
Subd. 4. Violation of Provisions: When any vehicle is parked upon a public street in
violation of the provisions of this Chapter. (1988 Code §81.02)
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802.11: VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS:
Subd. 1. Evidence: The operation or use of a motor vehicle in violation of this Chapter shall
be prima facie evidence that said motor vehicle was, at the time of such violation,
controlled, operated and used by the owner thereof. (1988 Code §81.01)
Subd. 2. Misdemeanor: Any person who shall do or commit any act that is forbidden by the
provisions of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1988 Code §81.04)
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CHAPTER 803
SNOWMOBILES
SECTION:
803.01: Adoption of Statutes
803.02: Restrictions on Operation
803.03: Hours of Operation
803.04: Violation of Provisions
803.01: ADOPTION OF STATUTES: Any person operating a snowmobile in Mounds
View, unless provided otherwise herein, shall be subject to the provisions of sections 84.81 to
84.911, inclusive, Minnesota Statutes, and to the regulations of the Commissioner of Natural
Resources, which are incorporated herein by reference. (1988 Code §202.01)
803.02: RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATION:
Subd. 1. No person shall operate a snowmobile in Mounds View, except:
a. On any privately owned land with the express permission of the property owner.
b. In an emergency during the period of time when and at location where the condition
of the roadway renders travel by automobile impractical.
C. By City maintenance personnel and members of the City Police Department in the
performance of their duties.
Subd. 2. No person shall operate a snowmobile in the City upon the paved portion or
boulevard of any trunk highway, County road or Municipal street. (1988 Code §202.02)
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803.03: HOURS OF OPERATION: No person shall operate a snowmobile in Mounds
View between the hours of eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M.,
prevailing time in Ramsey County, Sunday through Thursday, and from one o'clock(1:00) A.M.
to seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. on other days, including the day preceding a national holiday.
(1988 Code §202.03)
803.04: VIOLATION OF PROVISIONS: Any person who violates any of the provisions
of this Chapter, Minnesota Statutes 84.81 to 84.911 or the Regulations of the Commissioner of
Natural Resources shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (1988 Code §202.04)
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