Ordinance No. 1043 01-23-1995 ORDINANCE NO. 1043
III AN ORDINANCE RECODIFYING THE FRIDLEY CITY CODE,
CHAPTER 506, ENTITLED "VEHICLE PARKING", BY AMENDING
SECTION 506.02, "DEFINITIONS", AND 506.13, "PARKING IN
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS"; AND CHAPTER 128, ENTITLED
"ABATEMENT OF EXTERIOR PUBLIC NUISANCES", BY AMENDING
SECTION 128.02, "APPLICATION", AND RENUMBERING THE
REMAINING SECTIONS CONSECUTIVELY
The Council of the City of Fridley does hereby ordain as follows:
506. VEHICLE PARKING
506.02. DEFINITIONS
1. Bus.
"Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than 15 passengers
including the driver, and used for transporting persons.
2. Large Commercial Vehicle.
A truck, truck-tractor, tractor, semi-trailer, van, or bus as defined herein
having a licensed gross vehicle weight over 12,000 pounds.
3. Manufactured Home; Park Trailer; Travel Trailer.
III (a) "Manufactured home" has the meaning given it in Minnesota State
Statute Section 327.31, subdivision 6.
(b) "Park trailer" means a trailer that:
1) exceeds eight feet in width but is no larger than 400 square
feet when the collapsible components are fully extended or
at maximum horizontal width, and
2) is used as temporary living quarters. "Park trailer" does
not included a manufactured home.
(c) "Travel trailer" means a trailer, mounted on wheels, that:
1) is designed to provide temporary living quarters during
recreation, camping or travel;
2) does not require a special highway movement permit based on
its size or weight when towed by a motor vehicle; and
3) complies with Minnesota State Statute Sections 169.80,
subdivision 2, and 169.81, subdivision 2.
4. Passenger Automobile.
III "Passenger automobile" means any motor vehicle designed and used for the
carrying of not more than 15 persons including the driver, and does not
include motorcycles, motor scooters, and buses as defined herein.
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5. Pickup Truck.
"Pickup truck" means any truck with a manufacturer's nominal rated carrying
capacity of three-fourths ton or less and commonly known as a pickup truck.
6. Residential District.
Means and includes those areas zoned single family dwelling areas, two family
areas, and general multiple family areas (Ref. 552) .
7. Semi-trailer.
"Semi-trailer" means a vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in
conjunction with a truck-tractor that a considerable part of its own weight or
that of its load rests upon and is carried by the truck-tractor and shall
include a trailer drawn by a truck-tractor semitrailer combination.
8. Tractor.
"Tractor" means any motor vehicle designed or used for drawing other vehicles
but having no provision for carrying loads independently.
9. Trailer.
"Trailer" means any vehicle designed for carrying property or passenger on its
own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle but shall not include a
trailer drawn by a truck-tractor semitrailer combination, or an auxiliary axle
on a motor vehicle which carries a portion of the weight of the motor vehicle
to which it is attached.
10. Truck.
"Truck" means any motor vehicle designed and used for carrying things other
than passengers, except pickup trucks and vans as defined herein.
11. Truck-tractor.
"Truck-tractor" means:
(a) a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other
vehicles and not constructed to carry a load other than a part of
the weight of the vehicle and load drawn; and
(b) a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other
vehicles used exclusively for transporting motor vehicles and
capable of carrying motor vehicles on its own structure.
12. Van.
"Van" means any vehicle of box like design with no barrier or separation
between the operator's area, and the remainder of the cargo carrying area, and
with a manufacturer's nominal rating capacity of three-fourths ton or less.
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13. Vehicle.
"Motor Vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively
upon railroad tracks and any vehicle propelled or drawn by a self-propelled
vehicle and includes vehicles known as trackless trolleys which are propelled
by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated upon
rails, except snowmobiles, manufactured homes, park trailers, and all-terrain
vehicles.
506.13. PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
1. One large commercial vehicle having a licensed gross vehicle weight over
12,000 pounds may be parked on property in any residential district
provided it meets the following requirements. In no circumstances may
more than one large commercial vehicle be parked on residentially zoned
property.
A. The owner or operator of the vehicle must reside on the property.
B. The vehicle shall be parked on a hardsurface driveway in
compliance with the applicable zoning district requirements.
C. Noise from idling the engine shall not exceed the L50 standards
provided for in Chapter 124.03.02 of the Fridley City Code. The
vehicles' engine must not be idled for more than thirty (30)
minutes in any one (1) hour period. In no circumstances may the
engine idle for more than two periods, lasting thirty (30) minutes
each, in one twenty-four (24) hour period. For purposes of this
section, idling shall mean running the vehicle engine for more
than three (3) minutes.
D. The permitted vehicle shall be parked at least ten (10) feet from
the front property line.
2. Recreational vehicles as defined in Minnesota State Statutes 168.011,
Subdivision 25, boats and boat trailers are exempt from the provisions
of Section 506.13.01.
3. School buses which are parked or stored on church properties and used in
conjunction with church related activities are exempt from the
provisions of Section 506.13.01.
4. Large commercial vehicles parked at hotels and motels as defined in
Chapter 205 of the Fridley Zoning Code are exempt from the provisions of
this Section 506.13.01.
5. Owners or operators of large commercial vehicles shall comply with the
provisions of this chapter by March 1, 1995. All large commercial
vehicles not in compliance with Section 506.13.O1.A. , C, and D, must be
removed by March 1, 1995. Owners or operators who need to install a
hardsurface driveway as required in Section 506.13.O1.B shall install
the driveway no later than July 1, 1995. Large commercial vehicles in
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violation of this chapter shall be considered a public nuisance and may
be abated as provided in Chapter 128.
6. No person shall park or leave standing a truck tractor, semi-trailer,
bus (except for school buses during normal operation of their routes
between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekday mornings) , manufactured home,
park trailer, travel trailer, or truck having a licensed gross weight
over 12,000 pounds, whether attended or unattended, upon the public -
streets in any residential district unless in the process of
loading or unloading and then only for such period of time necessary to
load or unload (Ref. 552, 741) . '
128. ABATEMENT OF EXTERIOR PUBLIC NUISANCES
128.02. APPLICATION
This Chapter shall apply to the abatement of public nuisances maintained
exterior to the principal structure involving junk vehicles (as defined in
Chapter 123) , large commercial vehicles having a gross licensed weight over
12,000 pounds, which are in violation of the provisions of Chapter 506, and
outside storage of materials and equipment including, but not limited to, dis-
used machinery, household appliances and furnishings, tires,
automotive parts, scrap metal, lumber, and all other materials deemed to
create an exterior public nuisances as described in 128.01.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY
THIS 23RD DAY OF JANUARY, 1995.
WILLIAM J. N - MAYOR
ATTEST:
td1A/m. CIVAI
WILLIAM A. CHAMPA - CITY TERK
Public Hearing: October 17, 1994
First Reading: December 19, 1994
Second Reading January 23, 1995
Publication: January 31, 1995