HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 991ORDINANCE NO. 991
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 853, CITY CODE
OF 1977, AND PERTAINING TO IMPOUNDMENT OF BICYCLES
The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Section 1:
Section 7.401(1) of the Ordinance No. 853, City Code of 1977
passed June 21, 1977, which reads as follows, to-wit:
"No person may use, ride, operate, own, or be in actual physical
control of a bicycle upon any highway, street, alley, sidewalk,
or other public property within the City unless such bicycle shall
have been registered in accordance with Minnesota Statute 168C.03.
Provided, however, that any person who has previously registered
a bicycle with the City of Columbia Heights shall not be required
to register that bicycle pursuant to Minnesota Statute 168C.03 prior
to March 1, 1980."
is herewith amended to read as follows:
No person may use, ride, operate, own, or be in actual physical
control of a bicycle upon any highway, street, alley, sidewalk,
or other public property within the City unless such bicycle shall
have been registered in accordance with Minnesota Statute 168C.03,
and with the registration conspicuously displayed on the bicycle.
Provided, however, that any person who has previously registered
a bicycle with the City of Columbia Heights shall ~ot be required
to register that bicycle pursuant to Minnesota Statute 168C.03 prior
to March 1~ 1980.
Section 2:
Section 7.401(3) of the Ordinance No. 853, City Code of 1977, passed
June 21, 1977, which is currently reserved, shall hereafter read as
follows, to-wit:
The Columbia Heights Police Department may impound any bicycle which
is used, ridden, operated, owned or possessed, or otherwise exists upon
any public property within the City if such bicycle has not been
registered pursuant to Minnesota Statute §168C, or if registration is
not conspicuously displayed on the bicycle. The bicycle may be
surrendered upon proof of ownership and proof that said bicycle
is properly registered.
Section 3:
Section 7.401(4) of the Ordinance No. 853, City Code of 1977, passed
June 21, ~977, which is currently reserved, shall hereafter read as
follows, to-wit:
Any bicycle impounded by the City and which remains unclaimed by
the owner for a period of ninety (90) days may be sold at
public sale or auction following published notice.
Section 4:
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
thirty (30) days after its passage.
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Passage:
April 12, 1982
April 26, 1982
April 26, 1982
Offered by: Hentges
Seconded by: Petkoff
Roll call: Petkoff,
Hentges, Naw~~g nay
Bru~e O. Nawr~cki
A~he Student, ~e~etary
to the Council