Resolution No. 2021-49 Ordinance No. 1393
Resolution No. 2021-49
Scheduling a Public Hearing on June 28, 2021 to Consider Ordinance No. 1393,
Amending the Fridley City Code Chapter 509, Motorized Vehicle Rentals
Whereas, pursuant to Minnesota Statute §§ 462.351 and 462.353 the City of Fridley (City) is
empowered to coordinate municipal planning to enable public and private agencies to operate
certain businesses in the City; and
Whereas, the Fridley City Code Chapter 407, Rights-of-Way Management regulates uses of the
public rights-of-way in the City and outlines the City’s rights and responsibilities for administering
public rights-of-way within the City’s geographical boundaries; and
Whereas, the Fridley City Code Chapter 407.01, subd. 2 enables the City to administer rights-of-
way within the City by imposing reasonable regulations through the creation of permits, licenses
or other forms of administration; and
Whereas, on May 12, 2021, the City received a Text Amendment Application from Bird Rides Inc.
of Santa Monica, California to revise the Fridley City Code to include micromobility sharing
operations to allow riders to temporarily use micromobility vehicles available from a fleet in
exchange for a fee on City-maintained rights-of-way; and
Whereas, the Fridley City Code Chapter 509, Motorized Vehicle Rentals was adopted through
Ordinance No. 303 on June 7, 1965 and has not been updated since then; and
Whereas, Fridley City Code Chapter 509, Motorized Vehicle Rentals is the most appropriate
chapter of the City Code to include language to legislate and administer micromobility sharing
operations; and
Whereas, the Fridley City Council discussed the Text Amendment Application at their May 24,
2021 Conference Meeting and were generally supportive of pursuing the code revision as drafted
recommended by staff; and
Whereas, the Fridley City Council finds it prudent to conduct a discretionary public hearing to
take public comment on this proposed amendment to the Fridley City Code.
Now, therefore be it resolved, that the City Council of the City of Fridley hereby schedules a
public hearing for Monday, June 28, 2021 in the Council Chambers of the Fridley Civic Campus,
7071 University Avenue N.E., at 7:00 p.m. to consider an amendment to the Fridley City Code
Chapter 509, entitled Motorized Vehicle Rentals as found in draft Ordinance No. 1393, attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
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Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fridley this 14 day of June, 2021.
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Scott J. Lund – Mayor
ATTEST:
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Daniel Tienter – City Clerk