Ordinance No. 144 Traffic and Vehicles

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or other obstruction shall be located within two (2) feet of any street or boulevard after a snowfall of one (1) inch until such time as the plowing and snow removal has been completed. Enforcement of Parking Regulations. When the City Council, or an officer or agency as designated by the City Council to enforce this Ordinance, finds a vehicle standing or parked on any street in violation of this Ordinance, such officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same. When the City Council, or an officer or agency as designated by the City Council to enforce this Ordinance, finds a vehicle unattended and standing or parked in violation of this Ordinance, such officer is hereby authorized to provide for the removal of such vehicle and remove the same to the nearest convenient garage, outdoor area or other place of safety, and such vehicle shall not be removed therefrom until reasonable costs of moving and storing the same have been fully paid. In the event that any vehicle held or stored under the direction of a police officer upon which there are charges for storage or towing, or both, is not reclaimed, recovered or taken by the vehicle owner thereof, there shall be deemed to be imposed upon such vehicle a Possessory Lien in the amount so charged and unpaid, and should the owner thereof fail to pay the same, then the Possessory Lien may be foreclosed in the manner provided by law. 6. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. Section 4. Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the Council to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. The Council may, by resolution, delegate to other officers or agencies power to enforce particular provisions of this Ordinance, including the power to inspect private premises, and the officers or agencies charged with enforcement of this Ordinance shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent violations of this ordinance. Section 5. Penalties. In addition to any fines, costs, or assessments provided for by this Ordinance or other City Ordinances, the City may prosecute a violation of any provision of this Ordinance as a misdemeanor, and a person, if convicted, may be punished by the maximum fine and term of imprisonment provided by Minnesota Statutes § 609.02, subd. 3, as that statute may be amended from time to time. Section 6. Incorporation of Ordinance No. 132.Ordinance No. 132 is hereby incorporated into Section 2.3 of this Ordinance. Section 7. Repeal. This Ordinance supersedes, replaces and repeals all prior Ordinances relating to the same subjects contained within this Ordinance. Any portion of such prior Ordinances not incorporated within this Ordinance is expressly repealed. Section 8. Severability. Should any section, subdivision, clause or other provision of this Ordinance be held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole, or of any part thereof, other than the part held to be invalid. Section 9. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Traffic & Vehicles Ordinance No. 144