Ordinance No. 0603 11-03-1975ORDINANCE N0. 603
AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH CHAPTER 123 JUNK VEHICLES
IN THE FRIDLEY CITY CODE
THE CITY OF FRIDLEY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
123. JUNK VEHICLES
123.01 Purpose
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For the purpose of promoting health, safety, order, convenience, prosperity and
general welfare in the City of Fridley, the outside parking or outside storage,
on or near residential district properties, of vehicles, materials, supplies or
equipment not customarily used or needed for the use in connection with the occupancy
of residential property for residential purposes is hereby found to create nuisances
and detrimental influences upon the public health, safety, property, good order and
general welfare in such districts, including obstructing of view on streets and on
private properties, bringing unhealthful and noisome odors and materials into
residential neighborhoods, creating cluttered and otherwise unsightly areas, pre-
venting the full use of residential streets for residential parking, and otherwise
adversely affecting residential property values and neighborhood patterns.
123.02 Definitions
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of
this ordinance:
1. PERSON shall mean any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company, or organization of any kind.
2. JUNK i,AR means any motor vehicle which is not in operable condition, or
which is partially dismantled or which is used for sale of parts or as a source
' of repair or replacement parts for other vehieles, or which is kept for scrapping;
dismantling, or salvage of any kind, or which is not properly licensed for operation
witfiin the State of Minnesota by the State of Minnesota.
3. VEHICLE shall mean a machine propelled by power other than human power,
designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners or slides,
and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, without
limitation, automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle and tractor.
4. STREET OR HIGHWAY shall mean the entire width between the boundary lines of
every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the
public for purposes of vehicular travel.
5. PROPERTY-shall mean any real property within the City which is not a street or
highway.
123.03 Parking and Storage of Junk Cars and Vehicles on Private Property
No person in charge or control of any property within the City, whether as owner,
tenant, occupant, lessee or otherwise, shall allow any partially dismantled non-
operating wrecked, junked or discarded vehicle to remain on such property longer
than ten (10) days after notification by the City of a violation of this ordinance;
and no person shall leave any such vehicle on any property within the City for a
longer time than ten (10) days after notification by the City of a violation
of this ordinance; except that this ordinance shall not apply with regard
� to a vehicle in an enclosed building; or a vehicle on the premises of a business
__ enterprise operated in a lawful place and manner, when necessary to the operation
of such business enterprise; or a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or
depository maintained in a lawful place and manner by the City, or a single inopera-
ble vehicle which is in the reasonable process of restoration to an operable
vehicle, provided such vehicle does not constitute a nuisance.
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123.04 Impounding
The City or its duly authorized agent is hereby authorized to remove or have
removed any vehicle left at any place within the City which reasonably appears
to be in violation of this ordinance or lost, stolen or unclaimed. Such vehicle
shall be impounded until lawfully claimed or disposed of in accordance with
Chapter 114 of the City Code.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 3RD DAY
OF November , 1975.
, ATTEST:
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CITY K- Marvin C. Brunsell
First Reading: October 20, 1975
Second Reading: Novem er 3, 19 5
Publish: November 12, 1975
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NIAYOR - WILLIAM J. NEE '