HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 1979-09CITY OF PLYMOUTH
ORDINANCE NO. 79 - 9
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO UNCLAIMED MOTOR
VEHICLES; AMENDING SECTION 1315 OF THE
PLYMOUTH CITY CODE BY ADDING SUBSECTIONS
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH ORDAINS:
Section 1. Section 1315 of the City Code is hereby amended by adding
the following subsections thereto:
"1315.02. Definitions. The following definitions shall apply in
the interpretation and enforcement of this section.
Subd. 1. "Person" shall mean any person, firm, partnership,
association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
Subd. 2. "Junk Car" means any vehicle which is not in operable
condition, or which is partially dismantled, or which is used for the
sale of parts or as a source of repair or replacement parts for other
vehicles, or which is kept for scrapping, dismantling or salvage of
any kind, or which isnotcurrently licensed for operation within the
State of Minnesota or by the State of Minnesota.
Subd. 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, automobiles,
trucks, trailers, motorcycles and tractors.
Subd. 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.
Subd. 5. "Property" shall mean any real property within the
city which is not a street or highway,
Subd. 3. This section shall not apply to the following:
(A) To a vehicle in an enclosed building.
(B) to a vehicle on the premises of a business enterprise
operated in a lawful place and manner, when necessary to the
operations of such business enterprise.
(C) To a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository
maintained in a lawful place and manner by the city or its agents.
1315.04 Impounding of Junk Cars.
Subd. 1. The chief of police or any member of his department
designated by him 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 section or is lost, stolen or unclaimed.
Subd. 2. The impounding of such vehicle shall be in accordance
with the provisions of this section."
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication.
Adopted by the City Council the 21st day of May 1979.
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