Ordinance 003a•
VILLAGE OF CHANHASSEN
ORDINANCE NO. 3-A
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF CHANHASSEN, INCORPORATING PROVISIONS
OF THE STATE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT BY REFERENCE;
AND IMPOSING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF CHANHASSEN ORDAINS:
Section 1. Highway Traffic Regulation Act Incorporated by Reference:
The Minnesota Highway Traffic Regulation Act, as last amended by Laws
of 1969, three copies of which are on file in the office of the Village Clerk, is
hereby adopted as the traffic regulation Code of the Village for the purpose of
regulating the use of highways, streets and alleys within the Village of Chan-
hassen. Every provision contained in said Highway Traffic Regulation Act is
hereby adopted and made a part of this ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
Section 2. Driver's License and Vehicle Ownership.
No person shall drive or operate a vehicle upon any street in the Village of
Chanhassen without having in his possession, as required by the laws of the State
of Minnesota, a valid driver's license or chauffeur's license. No person shall
drive a motor vehicle belonging to another without the owner's consent.
Section 3. Exhibition Driving .
Any person, firm or corporation operating a vehicle within the limits of
• the Village of Chanhassen in such a manner as to cause unnecessary engine noise
or tire squeal, skidding or sliding upon acceleration or stopping; or which stimu-
lates a race; or which causes any vehicle to unnecessarily turn abruptly or away
shall be guilty of Exhibition Driving.
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Section 4. Parking, Snow Removal, Impounding.
4.01 Impounding of Vehicles.
(a) Any vehicle which shall be left parked or
standing in violation of this ordinance or
the laws of the State of Minnesota may be
summarily removed without notice to the
owner or operator by officers of the police
department of the Village of Chanhassen, or
persons employed or designated by them,
and stored in any appropriate place. All
necessary costs and expenses of towing,
removing and storage of such vehicles shall
first be paid to the person towing, removing
or storing such vehicles by the person
claiming the vehicles before release of
the same.
(b) The Village of Chanhassen, its agents and
employees, shall not be responsible for
any damage to such vehicles removed in
accordance with the provisions of this
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4.02 Parking Prohibited.
No person shall park or leave a vehicle on any street
within the Village when there is an accumulation of
more than %,jo /1-IC1/�5 of snow on the street and
snow is falling or has fallen within the previous 24
hours or snow is blowing or has been blowing within
the previous 24 hours. Parking may be resumed on
individual streets as soon as the snow has been
removed from these streets, except as may be
otherwise restricted by ordinance or state law.
Section 5. Penalty.
Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a
• misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $300.00 or by
imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 90 days; but if a
minimum fine or imprisonment is prescribed by the State Highway Traffic Regu-
lation Act for an offense, such penalty shall apply to a person convicted of the
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same offense under this ordinance.
Section 6. Repeal.
0 Ordinance No. 3 passed July 24, 1967, is hereby repealed.
Section 7. Effective Date
This ordinance becomes effective from and after its passage and publication.
Passed by the Council this / 9 day of �7 1970.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
Published in on the Z Z.- day of
ry -rte 1970.
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