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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 736ORDINANCE NO. 736 BE~IO A~ ORDINANCE LICENSING TRAILE.~R A~O TRUCK RENTALS THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DOES ORDAIn: Section 1. That no person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the business of leasing or renting trailers or trucks without first obtaining a license to engage in such business as provided in this ordinance. Section 2. A trailer is herein defined as: One attached to or to~ed by an automobile. A truck is herein defined as: A single unit vehicle with no more than two ~xles. Section 3. Application for a license to operate a trailer rental and a truck rental or any combLuation of trailer and truck rentals shall be made upon the form provided by the City Clerk. Section 4. With the application, the applicant shall submit a plot plan showing the location of the rental area and further identify where the trailers and/or trucks shall be placed upon the property. Section 5. The plot plan shall designate the number, size, and types of trucks and trailers to be par~ed on the propert~r, and shall be ~oproved by the City Council prior to the issuance of any license. Section 6. That screening shall be required whenever a trailer and/or truck rental operation is adjacent to any~elling unit. The City Council may require screening in business districts. Section 7. That the storage of all accessories to a truck rental and/or trailer rental shall be indicated in the plot plan submitted to the City Council. ~$ection 8. That all sorface areas that will store trailers and/or trucks shall be a hard surface; either bituminous or a cement surface; exceDt that any existing opera,om shall be deemed to meet the requirement hereunder. Section 9. All license requests must first be presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission with the plot plan and such other information as the Planning and Zoning Commission may require for its recommendation tothe City Council. Within thirty (30) days, the favorable or unfavorable recommendation of the Plauning and Zoning Commission shall be presented to the City Council for action by the City Council. Section 10. If the Planning and Zoning Commission determines that a public hearing shall be required, the Planning and Zoning Commission may require such public hearing. Section ll. That the~ea designated for parking of trucks and trailers should be in addition to that space needed for the regular operations of the business conducted upon the property. Section 12. The fee for such license as issued for a trailer and/or truckr ental shall beat by resolution by the City Council inthe City of Columbia Heights annually. Section 13. That when the City Council determines that the health ~ud welfare of the City of Columbia Heights will not be adversely affected, the City Council mWff waive any section of this ordinance. Section l~. Should any section, subdivision~ clause, or other provision of this ordinanc~ be declared bya Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole nor any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid. Section l~. Any p ers~n, firm, or corporation violating this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to e~eed $300.00 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninet~ (90) days, or both. Section 16. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after thirty (~0) days after its passage. First reading: July 2?, 1970 Second reading: August 2h, 1970 Offered by: Heintz Secondedby: Logacz Roll Call: All Ayes Ses~etary t~o 'the Oounbil Bruce G. Nawrocki, Mayor