City of Silver Lake - Ordinance 93

City of Silver Lake
ORDINANCE 93: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9 SECTIONS 5, 6, 8 AND 10 OF THE SILVER LAKE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING TRAFFIC, PARKING, MOTOR VEHICLES AND SNOW REMOVAL AREA
The City Council of the City of Silver Lake, Minnesota does hereby ordain:
Section 1. Chapter 9 of the Silver Lake Municipal Code shall be amended as follows:
Section 5. General Parking Regulations
Subd. 1. The owner, driver, operator, or person in charge of any vehicle parked or left standing upon any street, avenue, alley, boulevard, or public place within the corporate limits of the City of Silver Lake shall conform to and observe the regulations set forth in the subdivisions which follow in regard to the parking thereof.
Subd. 2. Any vehicle left standing or parked at the curb of any street, avenue, alley, boulevard, or on any public place within the corporate limits of the City for more than 24 continuous hours shall be subject to a parking ticket, the fine shall be $25.00 for the first 24 hour violation, $35.00 for a violation after 48 hours, and $50.00 for any violation after 72 hours. Each offense shall be a separate offense and fined separately as set out herein.
Subd. 3. Removal of vehicles.
a. Any vehicle left standing or parked at the curb of any street, avenue, alley, boulevard, or on any public place in the City of Silver Lake for more than 24 continuous hours shall be deemed to be so parked or left standing at the risk of the owner or operator thereof and any vehicle so parked may be towed away from said parking place at the direction of the police department of the City of Silver Lake. The owner of said towed vehicle shall pay the City Clerk/Treasurer of the City of Silver Lake the total cost of towing plus any cost of storage, prior to having the vehicle returned to them. The payment of said sums shall be prerequisite for the return of the vehicle to the person entitled thereto.
b. Any damage occasioned to any such vehicle by such towing operations or the storage of said vehicle thereafter, shall be assumed by the owner or operator thereof, and no liability for damage shall be assumed by the City of Silver Lake.
Subd. 4. The owner, driver, operator or person in charge of any vehicle within the City of Silver Lake, shall not allow any vehicle to be placed upon blocks or other similar means unless such placement of the vehicle is for immediate repair of the vehicle to place it in an operable condition. Any vehicle in an inoperable condition shall not be stored in public view within the City of Silver Lake beyond a reasonable period of time to allow for repairs of said vehicle. In no event shall such a vehicle be stored unless it has currently valid license plates and registration under the laws of the State of Minnesota.
Section 6. Parking Regulations - Specified Areas For Vehicles.
Subd. 1. No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon any street within the City, in any of the following places:
a. On a sidewalk,
b. In front of a public or private driveway,
c. Within an intersection,
d. Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant,
e. On a crosswalk,
f. Within 10 feet of a crosswalk or an intersection,
g. Within 10 feet of any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control signal located at the side of a road,
h. Within 10 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station,
i. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic,
j. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street,
k. At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
Subd. 2. It shall be unlawful for anyone to park a vehicle, on Thomas Avenue from Main Street to Cleveland Street.
Subd. 3. No person shall, for camping purposes, leave or park a house trailer or recreational vehicle on any street or the right-of-way thereof in the City.
Subd. 4. No person shall park a commercial vehicle of more than one-ton capacity upon any of the following streets, to wit:
• Main Street,
• Tower Avenue running south of Main Street for one block,
• Thomas Avenue running south of Main Street for one block,
• Lake Avenue running south of Main Street for one block.
This ordinance shall not prohibit the parking of vehicles for a period of not more than 30 minutes along any such street for the purpose of having access to any property abutting thereon when such access cannot conveniently be secured from any alley or other side street.
Subd. 5. No person shall park a vehicle, other than a legally licensed school bus, on:
• West side of Lake Avenue from Merrill Street to Cleveland Street,
Subd. 6. Signs shall be posted on all of the streets referred to herein setting out the restrictions.
Subd. 7. No vehicle shall be parked on any street for the purpose of displaying it for sale.
Section 8. Truck Routes And Limited Truck Routes.
Subd. 1. The meaning of any term herein which is defined in Minnesota Statutes 169.01, as amended from time to time, shall have the meaning as so defined in said State statute. The meaning of any other term used herein not defined by said State statute shall be interpreted through common usage and meaning.
Subd. 2. It is hereby established the following classifications of public roads within the City of Silver lake:
a. "Restricted Streets or Alleys". Restricted streets or alleys shall include all of the public streets and alleys within the City of Silver Lake, which are not otherwise designated as "truck routes" and/or "limited truck routes".
b. "Truck Routes". Truck routes are hereby established as the following public streets in the City of Silver Lake:
i. All State highways.
ii. Main Street between the east and west city limits.
iii. Lake Avenue between State Highway. 7 and Gehlen Drive.
iv. Gehlen Drive and County Road 2, between Lake Avenue and the City limits.
v. Lane Avenue between Main Street and State Highway 7.
c. "Limited Truck Routes". The following City streets are established as limited truck routes:
i. Thomas Avenue from Main Street to Center Street.
ii. Center Street from Thomas Avenue to Lake Street.
iii. Cleveland Street from Grove Avenue to Tower Avenue.
iv. Tower Avenue from Cleveland Street to Main Street.
Subd. 3. No person, firm or corporation shall operate, drive, tow, or park any vehicle or any combination of vehicles with a gross weight in excess of 10,000 pounds on any restricted Public Street or Alley.
Subd. 4. Vehicles in excess of 10,000 pounds which are otherwise lawful under Minnesota Statutes to travel on State highways not in excess of 9 tons shall be permitted upon streets designated as "Truck Routes: provided they do not violate any other traffic or parking law, statute, or ordinance.
Subd. 5. Vehicles prohibited upon Restricted Public Streets or Alleys and Limited Truck Routes, may use such routes to load, unload, travel to and from a place of business, or to be serviced or repaired, provided there is no reasonable truck route which would lead to the same destination. Prohibited vehicles making no bona fide stop within the City of Silver Lake for fuel, service, conduct of business, loading or unloading, however, are restricted to Truck Routes or Limited Truck Routes as in each case applies, notwithstanding the directness of the route to such vehicle's destination.
Subd. 6. The Chief of Police or any police officer on duty may from time to time authorize the use of a Restricted Public Street or Alley or Limited Truck Route by a prohibited vehicle in emergency situations.
Subd. 7. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished upon the first offense as a petty misdemeanor and upon the second offense within one (1) year as a misdemeanor.
Section 10. One-Way Streets. (Added by Ord. 39 April 17, 1997)
Subd. 1. The following streets are hereby designated one-way streets:
(A) Park Avenue SW from Main Street W to Cleveland Street SW. Direction of travel from the north to the south.
(B) Cleveland Street SW from Park Avenue SW to Tower Street. Direction of travel from the west to the east.
(C) Lake Avenue from Cleveland Street to Gehlen Drive. Direction of travel from the north to the south.
(D) Gehlen Drive from Lake Avenue to Grove Avenue. Direction of travel from the west to the east.
Subd. 2. No person shall operate a vehicle on a one-way street contrary to the direction of travel indicated for that particular street in Subdivision 1 of this section.
Subd. 3. Any violation of this section shall be a petty misdemeanor unless it is committed in a manner and under a circumstance so as to endanger any person or property, and then in that event, it shall be a misdemeanor. The punishment shall be prescribed by the Statutes of the State of Minnesota for a petty misdemeanor or misdemeanor as the case may be.
Section 11. Time-Limited Parking
Parking on streets shall be limited as follows.
a. The Chief of Police shall, as authorized by resolution of the City Council, designate certain streets, blocks or portions of streets or blocks as zoned parking. Such zones shall include, but not be limited to: prohibited parking, five-minute, ten-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, one-hour, two-hour, four-hour, six-hour, eight-hour or morning or afternoon rush hour limited parking zones. Such zones shall be clearly marked by appropriate signs displaying any parking limitations.
b. These zones shall be established whenever necessary for the convenience of the public or to minimize traffic hazards and preserve the free flow of traffic.
c. It is unlawful for any person to stop, park or leave standing any vehicle in a prohibited parking zone, for a period of time in excess of the signposted limitation, or during signposted hours of prohibited parking. Any violation of this section shall be a petty misdemeanor.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take force and be in effect from and after its passage and publication.
Adopted this 17th day of June 2019.
CITY OF SILVER LAKE SEAL:
By:___________________________Dorothy Butler, Its Mayor

ATTEST:
By:___________________________Jon Jerabek, Its City Clerk

(Published in The McLeod County Chronicle June 26, 2019)