Vehicles
Chapter VII. Traffic and Motor Vehicles
Part 1. Highways and Highway Vehicles
701.01. Definitions. Any term used in
this chapter and defined in Minn. Stat. 169.01 has the meaning given it by that
section.
701.02. Turning. Subdivision 1. Restriction on Turns. The council by resolution may, whenever
necessary to preserve a free flow of traffic or to prevent accidents, designate
any intersection as one where the turning of vehicles to the left or to the
right, or both, is to be restricted at all times or during specified
hours. The city street commissioner
shall mark by appropriate signs any intersection so designated. No intersection on a trunk highway shall be
so designated until the consent of the commissioner of transportation to such
designation is first obtained. No person
shall turn a vehicle at any such intersection contrary to the direction on such
signs.
Subd. 2. U-turns. No person shall turn a vehicle so as to reverse its direction on any
street in the business district or at any intersection where traffic is
regulated by traffic control signal.
701.03 Through
streets; one-way streets. The council by
resolution may designate any street or portion of street as a through highway
or a one-way roadway where necessary to preserve the free flow of traffic or to
prevent accidents. The street
commissioner shall cause appropriate signs to be posted at the entrance to such
street. No trunk highway shall be so
designated unless the consent of the commissioner of transportation to such
designation is first secured.
701.04. Speed
limit in school zones. School speed
limit zones are establish on he following streets: H. C. Andersen Alle between Brogade and
Engvej, and Dannesbrogade between Kobmagergade and H.C. Andersen Alle. Upon the erection of appropriate signs
designating the beginning and ending of such speed limit zones, no person shall
drive a vehicle within the zones designated by this section in excess of 20
miles per hour when children are present, going to or leaving school during
opening or closing hours or during school recess periods.
701.05. Truck
restrictions. The city council by
resolution may designate streets on which travel by commercial vehicles in
excess of 10,000 pounds axle weight is prohibited. The city street commissioner shall cause
appropriate signs to be erected on such streets. No person shall operate a commercial vehicle
on such posted street in violation of the restrictions stated
701.07. Parking
regulations. Subdivision 1. Angle and parallel parking. Angle parking
shall be required on streets as designated by the council by resolution. On any
such street every vehicle parked shall be parked with the front of the vehicle
facing the curb or the edge of the traveled portion of the street and facing between the painted or other
markings on the curb or street
indicating the parking. On all other
streets, cars shall be parked parallel to the curb or edge of the roadway in
accordance with law. Every vehicle when
parked where parking spaces are marked shall be parked in a single space marked
for vehicle parking by painted lines on the street or curb, and no part of the
vehicle shall extend into any other marked space.
Subd. 2. No
parking, stopping or standing zones. The
council may, by resolution, designate certain streets or portions of streets as
no parking or no stopping or standing zones and may limit the hours in which
the restrictions apply. The city street
commissioner shall cause to be marked by appropriate signs each zone so
designated. Except when necessary to
avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a
police officer or a traffic control device, no person shall stop or park a
vehicle in an established no stopping or standing zone when stopping and
standing is prohibited. No vehicle shall be parked in a no-parking zone during
hours when parking is prohibited except that a vehicle may be parked
temporarily in such zone for the purpose of forming a funeral procession and a truck may be parked temporarily between the
hours of 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. of any business day for the purpose of loading
or unloading where access to the premises is not otherwise available.
Subd. 3. Time limit parking zones. The city council may by resolution designate
certain areas where the right of parking is limited during hours
specified. The city street commissioner
shall cause to be marked by appropriate signs each zone so designated. During
the hours specified on the sign, no persons shall park a vehicle on any limited
parking zone for a longer period than is so specified.
Subd. 4. Time
limit and winter parking.
a. It shall be unlawful for anyone to park motor
vehicles, equipment or structures
on a residential street or alley in the city for more than 24 consecutive hours, without a special
written permit from the clerk.
b. It shall be unlawful for anyone to park motor
vehicles, equipment, or structures
on a street or alley in the city between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. between November 15
and April 1 of the following year, those
dates inclusive.
Subd. 5.
Impoundment. The council may request the police to remove a vehicle from a
street to a garage or other place of safety when the vehicle is left unattended
and constitutes an obstruction to traffic or hinders snow removal or street
improvement or maintenance operations. Such vehicle shall not be released until the fees for towing and storage
are paid in addition to any fine imposed for violation of this ordinance.
Subd. 6. Prima facie violation. The presence of any motor vehicle on any
street when standing or parked in violation of this chapter is prima facie
evidence that the registered owner of the vehicle committed or authorized the
commission of the violation.
701.08. Truck
zone, loading zone, etc. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The city council may by resolution establish
space in streets as loading zones or truck zones. The city council may specify in the
resolution establishing the zone such times as shall be the loading zone or
truck zone hours. The street
commissioner shall mark each such zone by appropriate signs.
Subd. 2. Truck zone prohibitions. During truck zone hours, no person shall
stop, stand, or park any vehicle except a truck in a truck zone. No person shall stop, stand, or park a truck
in a truck zone except to receive or discharge passengers or freight and then
only for a period no longer than is necessary for the purpose.
Subd. 3. Loading zone prohibitions. No person shall stop, stand, or park any
vehicle in a loading zone except to receive or discharge passengers for the
purpose. No person shall occupy a
loading zone with a vehicle other than a truck for more than five minutes.
Subd. 4. Property owner initiative. Any person desiring the establishment of loading zone or truck zone abutting
premises the person occupies shall make written application therefor to the
city council. If the council grants the
request, the proper city officer shall bill the applicant for the estimated
cost of placing signs and of painting the curb. When the amount is paid to the city treasurer, the street commissioner shall install the necessary signs and
paint the curb.
Subd . 6. No truck parking zones. The council may by resolution establish
"No Truck Parking" zones in the business district and the city street
commissioner shall mark by appropriate signs any zone so established. Such zones shall be established in the
business district where heavy traffic by truck or other traffic congestion make
parking by trucks a hazard to the safety of vehicles or pedestrians. No person shall park a truck of more than two
ton capacity between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on any week day upon any street in
any such zone, but parking of such vehicle for a period of not more than 20
minutes shall be permitted in such zone for the purpose of having access to
abutting property when such access cannot conveniently be secured otherwise.
701.09 Certain
vehicles, equipment and animals prohibited on streets. It is unlawful to operate any vehicle or
equipment of any type whatsoever not equipped with pneumatic tires, a pneumatic
tire being a tire in which compressed air is deigned to support the load or to
ride or otherwise permit an animal with shod hoofs upon any street or alley in
the city. A violation of this section
shall constitute a misdemeanor.
701.10. Establishment of safety zone, lanes of traffic, etc. To assist in the direction and control of
traffic, to improve safe driving conditions at any intersection or dangerous
location, and to warn pedestrians or drivers of motor vehicles of dangerous conditions or hazards, the
street commissioner may establish safety zones, lanes of traffic, and stop
intersections, and may order installation of stop signs, yield signs, warning
signs, signals, pavement markings, or other devices with the approval of the
city council. No regulation may be
established on a trunk highway unless the consent of the commissioner of
transportation is first secured.
701.11. Exhibition driving prohibited. No
person shall turn, accelerate, decelerate, or otherwise operate a motor vehicle
within the city in a manner which causes unnecessary engine noise or backfire,
squealing tires, skidding, sliding, swaying, throwing of sand or gravel, or in
a manner simulating a race. Unreasonable
squealing or screeching sounds emitted by tires, the unreasonable throwing of
sand or gravel by the tires is prima facie evidence of a violation of this
section.
701.12. Police duties. During a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or safeguard
pedestrians, officers of the fire department may direct or assist the police in
directing traffic at the scene of a fire or emergency or in the immediate
vicinity.
701.13. Penalty. Any person convicted of
violating any provision of this ordinance is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.