§ 70.02 PARKING AND STOPPING.
   (A)   Except for the city or county on its own rights-of-way, no person shall utilize any portion of any local public right-of-way, including the traveled street, boulevard, or public parking lot for the storage or parking of any object or material which is not a licensed, operable motor vehicle, passenger vehicle, or motorcycle as defined by M.S. § 169.011, subd. 42, 44, and 52, as they may be amended from time to time, except as may be explicitly permitted on a temporary period of time by the City Council or its designated representative.
   (B)   Properly licensed, operable motor vehicles, passenger vehicles, and motorcycles may be parked in the public street where permitted but not on the boulevard portion of the public right-of-way subject to the further requirements of local parking regulations and applicable state statutes. A trailer of any type, properly licensed or not, is not considered a motor vehicle or part thereof when disconnected from its tow vehicle:
      (1)   On a sidewalk or boulevard between sidewalk and roadway;
      (2)   On a crosswalk;
      (3)   Within an intersection;
      (4)   Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at any intersection;
      (5)   Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
      (6)   Within 30 feet of any arterial stop sign or sign indicating the direction for travel;
      (7)   On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street or highway;
      (8)   At any place where official signs prohibit stopping, standing, or parking;
      (9)   In any manner on any street or highway so as to interfere with or interrupt the passage of other vehicles;
      (10)   Along the curb adjacent to any school property from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on days when school is in session;
      (11)   On any street or roadway between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. from November 15 through April 1 or when a snow event is declared, except physicians on emergency calls;
      (12)   On any city street for more than 72 consecutive hours;
      (13)   On any city street for more than the posted time limit as established by the City Council; and/or
      (14)   Within ten feet of a mailbox.
(Prior Code, § 9-1-2) (Ord. 65, passed 3-12-1979; Ord. 193, passed 5-14-1990; Ord. 449, passed 8-28-2006; Ord. 748, passed 9-28-2020; Ord. 792, passed 11-14-2022; Ord. 814, passed 11-13-2023; Ord. 817, passed 11-27-2023) Penalty, see § 70.99