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• CITY OF CHANHASSEN '
• CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
Ordinance No. 3-;
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
WITHIN THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, INCORPORATING PROVISIONS
OF THE STATE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT BY REFERENCE;
AND IMPOSING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. ' .
THE CITY 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
- 1974, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, copies of which
• are on file in the office of the City Clerk, are hereby adopted as the traffic regulation
code of the City for the purpose of regulating the use of highways, streets and alleys
within the City of Chanhassen. 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._
2.01 Driver's License. No person shall drive or operate a vehicle
upon any street or highway in the City of Chanhassen, without having in his posses=�`
sion, 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.
2.02 Owner. A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in
the event a vehicle is the subject of a security agreement for the conditional sale
thereof, or lease with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions
stated in the agreement, and with an immediate right of possession vested in the
• conditional vendee or lessee, then such conditional vendee or lessee shall be deemed
the owner for the purpose of this ordinance. The operation or use of a motor vehicle
in violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be prima facie evidence that
said motor vehicle was at the time of such violation driven, controlled, operated,
and used by the registered owner thereof.
Section- 3. Exhibition Driving._
• Any person, firm or corporation operating a vehicle within the limits of the
City of Chanhassen in such a manner as to'cause unnecessary engine noise or tire
squeal, skidding or sliding upon acceleration or stopping; or which stimulates a
race; or which causes any vehicle to unnecessarily turn abruptly or away shall be
guilty of exhibition driving.
Section 4. Parking, Snow Removal, Impounding: _
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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 City 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 City of Chanhassen, its agents and employees, shall not
be responsible for any damage to'such vehicles removed in accordance with
the provisions of this ordinance. '
4.02 Parking_ Prohibitions.
(a) In order to expedite the prompt and efficient removal of snow
from the streets of the City, no person shall park any vehicle or pernit it
to stand upon any street or highway within the City when there is an
accumulation of more than two inches of snow on the street or highway 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 and highways as soon as the snow has been
removed therefrom, except as may be otherwise restricted by ordinance or
state law.
(b) No person shall park any vehicle or permit it to stand upon
West 78th Street between its intersection with Laredo Drive and Erie Avenue
between the hours of 2:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M. of each day.
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(c) No person shall park any vehicle or permit it to stand upon
fire lanes established on public and rpivate property by the City Fire Chief.
• (d) No person shall park any vehicle exceeding 6 feet 6 inches in
height or permit it to stand upon West 78th Street between its intersection
with Great Plains Boulevard and Laredo Drive.
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 imprison
ment in the county jail for period not to exceed 90 days; but if a minimum fine or
impris.onment is prescribed by the State Highway Traffic Regulation Act for an offense,
such penalty shall apply to a person convicted of the same offense under this
ordinance.
Section 6. Repeal.
Ordinance No. 3-A, passed igg//a Y /9 , 1970,. Ordinance No. 3-B,
( passed January 17, 1972, and Ordinance No. 3-C, passed January 22, 1973, are
"i hereby repealed.
Section 7. Effective Date.
This ordinance becomes effective from and after its passage and publication.
Passed by the Council this Zday of 1979.
ATTEST: �!
MAYOR
Clerk -Administrator
Published in Chaska Herald on the 5 day of 1979.
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