(A) Purpose. The City Council finds that in order to promote the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of the city and to promote traffic flow, that restrictions be placed upon the parking of certain vehicles upon city streets, or city-owned parking lots, and other designated areas.
(B) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE. Shall include, without limitation, the following:
CAMPING TRAILER. A folding structure, mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreation and vacation uses.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. A truck, truck-tractor, semi-trailer, van or bus having a licensed gross weight over 12,000 pounds.
MOTOR HOME. A portable, temporary building to be used for travel, recreation and vacation, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.
PICKUP COACH. A structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreation and vacation.
TRAVEL TRAILER. A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational and vacation uses, permanently identified as such by the manufacturer of the trailer.
TRAILER. A portable structure built on a chassis, either open or closed, and designed to be used for moving or hauling materials or objects such as snowmobiles, boats, jet skis, dirt bikes, and ATVs.
(C) General parking prohibitions.
(1) Recreational vehicles. Other than persons on emergency calls, parking of recreational vehicles is prohibited on any public street, highway, or alley within the city between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(2) Trucks and commercial vehicles. Other than persons on emergency calls, parking for longer than 15 minutes of vehicles exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 12,000 pounds or more , or any truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck-tractor, road tractor, or vehicle used to commercially haul garbage or rubbish, or any vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with more than two axles is prohibited on any public street, highway or right-of-way which is not specifically designated as a county road or state highway, unless the vehicle is in the process of being loaded or unloaded at such location, parking lot or alley, or in any parking area as required by § 155.050(G)(13). For the purposes of this division, terms defined in M.S. § 169.01 shall apply.
(D) Presumption of violator identity. It shall be presumed, for purposes of this section, that any recreational vehicle or truck in excess of ¾-ton gross vehicle weight that has been parked in violation of this section shall have been parked by the owner of the vehicle, or that the driver of the vehicle was acting as the agent of the owner.
(E) Liability. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall become liable to the city for any expense, loss, or damage occasioned by the city by the reason of such violation, including court costs and reasonable attorneys fees.
(Ord. 87, passed 7-12-94; Am. Ord. 0204, passed 8-13-02; Am. Ord. 0903, passed 10-27-09; Am. Ord. 1004, passed 7-13-10; Am. Ord. 1704, passed 10-24-17) Penalty, see § 71.99