HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 594ORDINANCE NO. 594
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING HEALTH, SAFETY,
ORDER, CONVENIENCE, AND GENERAL WELFARE BY PROHIBITING THE
ABANDONMENT OF VEHICLES, RESTRICTING THE DISPOSITION OR
KEEPING OF WRECKED, NON-OPERATING OR DISCARDED VEHICLES ON
STREETS OR PRIVATE PROPERTY PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLA-
TION, PROVIDING FOR SAME IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 14, OF
THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 462.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. For the purpose of promoting health, safety, order,
convenience, and general welfare in the City of Columbia Heights,
the outside parking or outside storage, on or near residential district
properties, of vehicles, materials, supplies or equipment not custom-
arily used or needed for use in connection with the occupancy of
rmsidential property~for residential purposes is hereby found to
create nuisances and detrimental influence upon the puclic health,
safety, property, good order and general welfare in such districts,
including obstructing of view,on streets and on private properties,
bringing unhealthful and noisome odors and materials into residential
neighborhoods, creating cluttered and otherwise unsightly areas, pre-
venting the full use of residential streets for residential parking,
introducing commercial advertising signs into areas where commercial
advertising signs are otherwise prohibited, and otherwise adversely
affecting residential property values and neighborhood patterns.
Section 2. It is unlawful for any person,,firm or corporation
owning, driving or in charge of any b~s, motor truck, truck, tractor
or commercial vehicle to cause or permit the same to be parked or
stand longer than twenty-four hours continuously on, in front of, or
beside any property in any residence district, except for the purpose
of loading or unloading. For the purposes of this section a bus is a
vehicle designed for carrying passengers and having a seating capacity
of more than nine persons and a motor truck, truck tractor or commer-
cial vehicle is a vehicle having either a capacity of more than one
ton or a weight of more than 5,000 pounds, or both.
Section 3. No person shall leave any partially dismantled, non-
operating, wrecked or junked vehicle on any street or highway within
the City.
Section 4. No person in charge or control of any property within
the City, whether as owner, tenant, occupant, lessee, or otherwise,
shall allow any partially dismantled, non-operating, wrecked, junked,
or discarded vehicle to remain on such property longer than 96 hours;
and no person shall leave any such vehicle on any property within the
City for a longer time than 96 hours; except that this ordinance shall
not apply with regard to a vehicle in an enclosed building; a vehicle
on the premises of a business enterprise operated in a lawful place and
manner, when necessary to the operation of such business enterprise;
or a vehicle in an appropriate storage place or depository maintained
in a lawful place and manner by the City.
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Section 5.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from
and after thirty (30) days after its passage.
First reading - March 22, 1965
Second reading - April 12, 1965
Tabled Roll Call - April 26, 1965
Offered by Land
Seconded by King
Roll Call - Ail Nayes
Secretary ~f the Council %