HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000055_pg102MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL April 13, 1981
Regular Meeting Page Four.
Mounds View for the last 20 years. He stated
that he feels that the Ordinance concerning
off - street parking of trucks is idiotic.
There were no more comments from the floor.
Mayor McCarty stated that the section of the
Ordinance regarding off - street parking could be
repealed. Council discussed options regarding
the Ordinance.
MOTION: Mayor McCarty made a motion, seconded
by Councilmember Forslund to instruct staff to
draw up an Ordinance repealing the definition of
truck from the Ordinance, to also repeal Chapter
81.01, paragraph 13, and Chapter 81.02, Subd. 5,
paragraph 5.
Attorney Meyers stated that by repealing the
definition of truck, the State Highway Code
definition would then be used. Attorney
Meyers stated that recreational vehicles can
park in a residential zone but not closer than
15' from the road surface.
Councilmember Doty asked if a smelly truck would
be covered under the Nuisance Ordinance. Attorney
Meyers discussed the Nuisance Ordinance.
Councilmember Doty asked if someone could park
a gas truck or something similar in a residential
area. A resident stated that it is a State
Regulation that you cannot park a gas truck in
a residential area.
Mayor McCarty and Councilmember Forslund withdrew
their motion.
MOTION: Mayor McCarty made a motion, seconded by
Councilmember Forslund to instruct staff to prepare
an Ordinance repealing Chapter 81.02, Subd. 5,
paragraph 5.
AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION: Councilmember Forslund
made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Doty to
amend the main motion to amend Chapter 81.02,
Subd. 5, paragraph 4 to read, "No person shall
allow any recreational vehicle or equipment or
truck to be parked off - street closer than fifteen
feet to the paved surface of a public roadway."
Discussion took place by the Council on the repeal.
Councilmember Blanchard stated that there must
be a few people in the City that are against the
parking of trucks. Councilmember Hodges dis-
cussed the background of the Ordinance. He
stated that at the time that the Ordinance had
gone into effect, there had been a lot of pressure