CHAPTER 11. VEHICLES, TRAFFIC, STREETS AND SIDEWALKS SECTION 1100 - LOAD LIMITS 1100.01 Load Limits. No person shall own, operate, use or drive a motor vehicle, or any machine or instrument that is pulled, pushed or driven by a motor vehicle, upon the roads, streets or alleys within the City having axle weights in excess of six tons per axle, except when the Spring Load Restrictions set by the Anoka County Highway Department are in effect, during which time axle weights in excess of three tons per axle are prohibited. 1100.02 Permit to Exceed Load Limits. Subd. 1 Application. The City Administrator or his/her designee may, upon application, issue a permit for use of the roads, streets or alleys within the City by a vehicle or vehicles having axle weights in excess of those designated in 1100.01, after approval by the City Administrator or his/her designee of the axle weights of the vehicle or vehicles and the route to be traveled, and upon condition that the applicant assumes all responsibility for damage caused to any road, street or alley by such excess load and agrees to reimburse the City for all reasonable and necessary expenditures to repair and replace the road, street or alley to its former condition. Subd. 2 Fee. The fee for the issuance of the permit shall be Seventy-Five Dollars ($75.00) per vehicle load. SECTION 1105 - PARKING REGULATIONS TO FACILITATE SNOW REMOVAL 1105.01 Definition of Terms. a. The term "vehicle" as used in this section shall mean any self-propelled motor vehicle. b. The term "owner" shall include any person, firm, association or corporation owning, renting, or using a vehicle. c. The term "street" shall mean any street, highway, avenue or other public way within the City, including the entire width of the right-of-way. Chapter 11 1 d. The term "snow removal period" shall be a period of seventy-two (72) hours after a two (2) inch or more snowfall in the metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, according to the United States Weather Bureau, or until the snowplowing, after a two (2) inch or more snowfall as determined above, of the streets in the City has been completed, whichever period of time is less. 1105.02 Winter Parking Restrictions. a. From November lst to April 1st no owner shall park or permit to be parked a vehicle on any street between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. without an emergency parking permit issued by the Centennial Lakes Police Department. b. In addition, no owner shall park or permit any vehicle to stand upon any street in the city during a snow removal period; provided, however, that subject to paragraph A of this Subsection, parking of vehicles may be resumed on individual streets as soon as all snowplowing on that street has been completed. 1105.03 Towing of Vehicles. Subd. 1 Consent to Remove. For the purposes of this Section, any owner who operates, or allows another to operate, a vehicle on the streets in the City shall be deemed to have consented to the removal of said vehicle according to the terms of this Section, and such consent shall extend to the storage of the vehicle without liability to the City or its agents for damage to the vehicle or its contents while being removed or stored. Subd. 2 Towing Without Notice. Any vehicle parked in violation of this Section may be towed, without notice to the owner, by any person designated or employed by the City, and stored in the municipal storage lot designated by the Council. The vehicle so towed under the provisions of this Section may be redeemed by the duly identified owner upon payment of all costs of towing and storing the vehicle to the City Clerk at the City Hall between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 4:30 o’clock P.M. Monday through Friday. Subd. 3 Tow Sheet. Every person designated by the Council to tow vehicles illegally parked under this Section shall complete a tow sheet which shall show the time and date of towing, the make, license number and general condition of the vehicle parked in violation of this Section. All tow sheets shall be consecutively numbered and the original and one copy of same shall be delivered to the Chapter 11 2 Police Department which shall in turn remit the copy to the City Clerk. Subd. 4 Release. At the time that the owner of the vehicle pays all costs of towing and storing, the City Clerk shall obtain a release from the owner in writing, which shall state the date of such release, the charges and the purposes for which such charges were made. The release shall be made on one original and two copies all of which shall be signed by the party to whom the vehicle is to be released. One copy of the release shall be given to the owner of the vehicle, one copy shall be retained by the City Clerk and one copy shall be delivered to the City financial officer. After payment of all expenses and execution of the Foregoing releases the vehicle shall be released from the municipal storage lot. Subd. 5 Notification. The Police Department will endeavor to notify by telephone or letter, record owners of vehicles towed under the provisions of this Section not claimed within fifteen (15) days after towing of said vehicle. Subd. 6 Tagged Vehicles. Where a police officer has tagged the vehicle to be removed for illegal parking under the provisions of this Section, and where the owner or operator of the vehicle appears before the tagged vehicle has been hooked to the tow truck and the wheels hoisted from the ground, the tow truck operator shall release the said vehicle without the payment of any fee or towing charge. Where the tow truck operator has such vehicle on the hoist and the wheels raised from the ground before the owner or operator appears, the tow truck operator shall release the same upon the payment of a service fee not to exceed $5.00, or such other amount as may be agreed upon by contract with the City, and give a receipt for such payment. 1105.04 Sale of Vehicles. All charges or costs levied under this Section for towing and storage shall be a lien upon the vehicle in question. If all charges are not paid within forty- five (45) days following towing of said vehicle, the City may sell the property in the same manner as provided by Minn. Stat. SS 514.18 - 514.22, for the sale of personal property and possessions. All proceeds in excess of that necessary to cover the costs and claims for services performed shall be distributed in the manner as provided in the Statutes referred to above. SECTION 1110 - REGULATING THE PARKING AND STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES Chapter 11 3 1110.01 Definitions. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the meanings stated: Subd. 1 Vehicle. Any device, or combination of devices in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be drawn or transported upon any street or highway. Subd. 2 Owner. Any person owning, renting, leasing or otherwise using a vehicle. Subd. 3 Street. Any street, highway, avenue, alley or other public way, including the entire width between the boundaries, whether improved, or unimproved, when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular operation. Subd. 4 Truck-tractor. Every vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and the load so drawn. Subd. 5 Trailer. A device without motor power and designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by another vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. Subd. 6 Semi-trailer. A device without motor power, for carrying persons or property, being drawn by another vehicle and constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. Subd. 7 Truck. Every vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property. Subd. 8 Recreational Vehicle. All campers, pick-up truck mounted campers, tent trailers, motor homes, boat trailers, snowmobile trailers and other similar vehicles or attachments to vehicles, either licensed or unlicensed, which are designed for or primarily used for recreational purposes or for the transportation of such vehicles or attachments to vehicles to an area for recreational purposes. Subd. 9 Stationary vehicle. Any vehicle or other device covered by the provisions of this Section, which during a period of prohibited parking, shall have been moved a distance of less than one thousand (1,000) yards. Chapter 11 4 Subd. 10 Boulevard. That portion of land lying between the street and the property line, and shall include all sidewalks, walkways, footpaths and pedestrian right of ways thereon. Subd. 11 Park. Any area marked off, specifically designated or otherwise set apart or set aside by any authority, either public or private, for the purposes of recreation, establishing a natural sanctuary for wildlife or humans or both, providing respite from noise or pollution or both, and the preservation of land, buildings or resources in their natural or unadulterated state or any similar purposes. Subd. 12 Junk Car. Any vehicle, either self-propelled or so designed as to be drawn by or pushed by another vehicle, which cannot be legally operated on the public streets as a result of being damaged, unregistered for the current year as required by state statute, inoperable due to mechanical malfunction, missing such parts as may be required by state statute for the lawful operation thereof or possessing such component parts and equipment as may be contrary to the requirements for such vehicles as set forth by state or local authorities.