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ORDINANCE NO. 68 -1
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE OPERATING, PARKING, STORING,
REPAIRING. SERVICING AND MAINTAINING OF TUNK VEHICLES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 19 (PUBLIC NUISANCES AND PETTY OFFENSES) of the
City Ordinances is hereby amended by the addition thereto of the following:
Section 19 -1301. INTENT AND CONSTRUCTION. The collection of
unused and unusable motor vehicle bodies, Darts, engines and related accessories
having become a common occurrence in the community, and such collection having
become a source of danger to the physical and mental well being of children and
adults within the community, and such collection having become a source of
concern and complaint by citizens of the community, this Tunk Vehicle Ordinance
is enacted for the purpose of prohibiting the collection and maintaining of such
motor vehicle bodies, parts, engines and related accessories.
Section 19 -1302. DEFINITIONS. The following words and terms wherever
. they occur in this ordinance are defined as follows:
(a) PERSON: Person means any natural person, firm, association,
partnership or corporation. and agent of anv of the aforesaid, except duly licensed
New and Used Car Dealers, while engaged in the operation of their business.
(b) TUNK VEHICLE: Within the context of Section 19-1301, junk vehicle
means any motor vehicle which is not properly licensed for operation within the
State of Minnesota by the State of Minnesota, or not properly licensed by anv
other state for operation within that state, and which is not in operable condition,
or which is partially dismantled or which is used for sale of parts, or as a source
of repair or replacement parts for other vehicles , or which is kept for scrapping,
dismantling, or salvage of any kind.
Section 19 -1303. PARKING AND STORAGE. No person shall park, keep,
place or store, or permit the parking or storage of a junk vehicle on a public street
or alley or on any private lands or premises which he owns, occupies, or controls
unless the junk vehicle shall be within a building on such premises.
Ordinance No. 68 -1
Section 19 -1304. STORAGE OF PARTS, ENGINES, AND RELATED
ACCESSORIES. No person shall store or keep parts, engines and related
accessories on a public street or alley or on any private lands or premises
which he owns, occupies, or controls, unless such parts, engines, and
related accessories are kept or stored within a building.
Section 19 -1305. CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION. Nothing in
this ordinance shall be construed to permit any act prohibited by any other
ordinance, Statute, or rule of law.
Section 19 -1306. SEPARABILITY. Should anv section, subdivision,
clause, or other provision of this ordinance be declared by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
ordinances as a whole nor of any part thereof other than the part so declared
to be invalid.
Section 19 -1307. PENALTY. Any person violating the provisions of
this ordinance, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
one hundred dollars ($100.00) or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days.
Section 2: This ordinance shall be effective after adoption and thirty
• days following its legal publication.
Adopted this 8th day of January 1968.
Mayor
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Published in the Official Newspaper December 14, 1967
Effective Date January 13, 1968
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