Ordinance No. 1093 03-31-1997 ORDINANCE NO. 1093
AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT RECODIFYING THE FRIDLEY
CITY CODE, CHAPTER 114, ENTITLED "ABANDONED
MOTOR VEHICLES" , BY AMENDING SECTION 114.01,
"POLICY"
The Council of the City of Fridley does hereby ordain as follows:
114. ABANDONED JUNK OR UNSAFE MOTOR VEHICLES
114 .01 PURPOSE
Abandoned junk and unsafe motor vehicles constitute a hazard to the
health and welfare of the residents of the community in that such
vehicles can harbor noxious diseases, furnish shelter and breeding
places for vermin, and present physical dangers to the safety and
well being of children and other citizens. Motor vehicles contain
fluids which if released into the environment can and do cause
significant health risks to the community. The condition of vehicles
that are junked and abandoned junk or unsafe significantly increase
the likelihood that these dangerous fluids might be so released.
Abandoned junk or unsafe motor vehicles and other scrap metals also
constitute a blight on the landscape of the City and therefore are
detrimental to the environment. The abandonment and retirement of
motor vehicles and other scrap metal constitutes a waste of a
valuable source of useful metal. It is therefore in the public
interest that the present accumulation of abandoned junk or unsafe
motor vehicles and other scrap metals be eliminated, that future
abandonment of motor vehicles and other scrap metals be prevented,
that the expansion of existing scrap recycling facilities be
developed, and that other acceptable and economically useful methods
for the disposal of abandoned junk or unsafe motor vehicles and other
forms of scrap metal be developed. Because of these significant
concerns, the City is amending this section.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
31ST DAY OF MARCH, 1997 .
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ANC /JP J. GE/•ON - MAYOR
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WILLIAM A. CHAMPA - CITY CLERK
First Reading: March 3, 1997
Second Reading: March 31, 1997
Publication: April 10, 1997