REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES AND OPERATORS

§ 70.35 MOTOR VEHICLES; APPLICATION.

   Every motor vehicle used or operated on any highway within the city shall be registered in compliance with the provisions of M.S. Ch. 168, as it may be amended from time to time.

(Prior Code, § 9-2-1)

§ 70.36 DRIVER’S LICENSES; APPLICATION.

   Every person who is required by M.S. Ch. 171, as it may be amended from time to time, to be licensed in order to operate a vehicle or a motor vehicle upon a highway within the state shall at all times while operating a vehicle or motor vehicle on any highway within the city have in his or her immediate possession, a license issued in compliance with the provisions of M.S. Ch. 171, as it may be amended from time to time.

(Prior Code, § 9-2-2)

§ 70.37 DEFINITIONS.

   The words and phrases HIGHWAY, MOTOR VEHICLE, OWNER, PERSON, and VEHICLE shall have the meanings ascribed to them by M.S. Ch. 168 and Ch. 171, as they may be amended from time to time.

(Prior Code, § 9-2-3)

§ 70.99 PENALTY.

   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.

   (B)   Any violation of the statutes adopted by reference in § 70.01 is a violation of the ordinance when it occurs within the city. Any person thus violating any provision of § 70.01 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished not more than the maximum penalty for a misdemeanor as prescribed by state law. If a minimum fine or imprisonment is prescribed by the state’s Highway Traffic Act, being M.S. Ch. 169, as it may be maned from time to time, for the offense or if the offense be classified as a petty misdemeanor, the penalty and/or classification shall apply to a person convicted of the same offense under § 70.01.

(Prior Code, § 9-1-1)

   (C)   Any person violating any provision of § 70.05 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished not more than the maximum penalty for a misdemeanor as prescribed by state law.

(Prior Code, § 9-1-5)

   (D)   Any person violating any provision of § 70.07 is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished not more than the maximum penalty as prescribed by state law.

(Prior Code, § 9-1-7)

   (E)   The owner and operator of any motor vehicle operated in violation of § 70.35, and any person violating § 70.36 hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished not more than the maximum penalty for a misdemeanor as prescribed by state law. If a minimum fine or imprisonment is prescribed by state law for an offense or if the offense be classified as petty misdemeanor, the penalty and/or classification shall apply to the person convicted of the offense under §§ 70.35 or 70.36.

(Prior Code, § 9-2-4)

(Ord. 164, passed 10-11-1988; Ord. 358, passed 1-8-2001)