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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