Ordinance No. 1257 05-04-2009ORDINANCE NO. 1257
OFFICIAL TITLE AND SUMMARY
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 506, RELATED TO PARKING OF
VEHICLES ON STREETS.
I. Title
An ordinance of the City of Fridley, Minnesota, amending the Fridley City Code to
update certain definitions and eliminate the parking of certain types of vehicles on any
public street for the purpose of protecting public safety.
II. Summary
The City Council of the City of Fridley does hereby ordain as follows:
That Chapter 506 is hereby amended to provide a definition for motor home, motor
vehicle, and vehicle and to restrict the parking of trucks, truck tractors, semitrailers,
buses, manufactured homes, park trailers, travel trailers, motor homes, and trailers on any
public street unless in the process of loading or unloading.
III. Notice
This title and summary has been published to clearly inform the public of the intent and
effect of the City of Fridley's Vehicle Parking Code. A copy of the ordinance, in its
entirety, is available for inspection by any person during regular business hours at the
offices of the City Clerk of the City of Fridley, 6431 University Ave N.E., Fridley, MN.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY
THIS 4TH DAY OF MAY 2009.
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SCOTT . LUND, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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DEBRA A. SKOGE , CITY CLERK
Public Hearing: April 1, 2009
Public Hearing: April 13, 2009
First Reading: Apri127, 2009
Second Reading. May 4, 2009
Published: May 14, 2009
ORDINANCE NO. 1257
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 506 OF THE FRIDLEY CITY CODE
PERTAINING TO VEHICLE PARKING
The City Council of the City of Fridley hereby finds, after review, examination and
recommendation of staff, that the Fridley City Code be hereby amended as follows:
Section 1: That Section 506.02 of the Fridley City Code be hereby amended as follows:
506.02 DEFINITIONS (Ref. 1043)
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and application of this Chapter and the
following words and terms, wherever they occur in this Chapter, are defined as follows:
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.
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 e�tended 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. Motor Home.
"Motor home" means any vehicle desi�ned as an enclosed piece of equipment dually used as
both a vehicle and a temporary travel home. They are also called motor caravan.
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5. Motor Vehicle
"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is
propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires. Motor vehicle does not include
an electric personal assistive mobility device or a vehicle moved solely by human power.
46. Passenger Automobile.
"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.
�7. 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.
b8. Residential District.
Means and includes those areas zoned single family dwelling areas, two family areas, and
general multiple family areas (Ref. 552).
�9. 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.
� 10. Tractor.
"Tractor" means any motor vehicle designed or used for drawing other vehicles but having no
provision for carrying loads independently.
311. Trailer.
"Trailer" means any vehicle designed for carrying property or passengers 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.
�912. Truck.
"Truck" means any motor vehicle designed and used for carrying things other than passengers,
except pickup trucks and vans as defined herein.
�13. 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
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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.
�14. Van.
"Van" means any motor 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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��°��Every device in, upon, or by which an�person or property is or may be transported or
drawn upon a hi'°�hwa�, exceptin� devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
Section 2: That Section 506.13 of the Fridley City Code be hereby amended as follows:
506.13. PARKING REQUIREMENTS (Ref. 1043)
6. No person shall park or leave standing a truck tractor, semitrailer, bus (except for school
buses during normal operation of their weekdav routes�'�°+T��°°„ �:nn ., ,,, .,,,,a �.nn ., ,,, ,,,,
�°°'��'��� m�r����°`, truck havin� a licensed �ross wei�ht over 12,000 pounds, manufactured
home, park trailer, travel trailer, trailer, or motor home ^r *��^'�'�^����� ^'�^°�°°�' �r^°° T��°��'�*
�°r ,'' ��� r�„��'° whether attended or unattended, upon, the public streets in any zonin�
r°�'�� district unless in the process of loading or unloading �r�' *'�°r �r'�� � r ����'� r°r���' ��
*;m° r°�°���r�, *�'���' �r�' „r'���'. Motor homes and travel trailers may remain parked on a
public street for loadin� and unloadinu�purposes no more than two nonconsecutive 24 hour time
periods in a seven (7) day time period (Ref. 552, 741).
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 4Tx
DAY OF MAY, 2009.
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SCOTT J. LUND, MAYOR
ATTEST:
DEBRA A. SKOGE CITY CLERK
Public Hearing: April 1, 2009
Public Hearing: April 13, 2009
First Reading: Apri127, 2009
Second Reading. May 4, 2009
Published: May 14, 2009