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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1037 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1968/05/20Original MAY 209 1968 70 ORDINANCE NO. 1037 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND LICENSING MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS AND MOTOR BIKES THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. Motorcycles, motor scooters and motor bikes shall be licensed and regulated as follows: Section 300. 169.74. Motorcycles, Motor Scooters and Motor Bikes. Subd. 1. Definition. Motorcycles as used herein shall mean the vehicles defined in Section 169.01, Subdivision 4 of Minnesota Statutes annotated. Subd. 2. License Requirements. No person shall operate a motorcycle on any street or highway in this municipality after September 30, 1968, unless he has a valid driver's license with a two -wheeled vehicle endorsement as provided by law. Subd. 3. Vehicle Equipment. (a) No person shall operate any motorcycle equipped with handlebars, any part of which handlebars is more than 15 inches in height above the uppermost portion of the operator's seat when such seat is fully depressed by the weight of the operator. (b) Any motorcycle with a seat designed or suited for use by a passenger shall be equipped with foot rests for the passenger. (c) All other applicable provisions of this chapter pertaining to motorcycle and other motor vehicle equipment shall apply to motorcycles, except those which by their nature can have no a pplicat on. Subd. 4. Equipment for Operators and Passengers. (a) When operating a motorcycle on the streets and highways of this municipality, the operator and passenger, if any, shall wear protective headgear that complies with standards established by the Commissioner. (b) The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to persons during their participation in a parade for which parade a permit or other official authorization has been granted by this municipality or other governmental authority. Subd. 5. Driving Rules. (a) An operator of a motorcycle shall ride only upon a permanent and regular seat which is attached to the vehicle for such purpose. No other person shall ride on a motorcycle, except that one passenger may ride upon a permanent and regular operator's seat if it is designed for two persons, or upon a second seat attached to the vehicle to the rear of the operator's seat, or in a side car attached to the vehicle. No person shall be carried in a position that will interfere with the operation of the motorcycle or the view of the operator. (b) No person shall ride upon any motorcycle as a passenger unless, when sitting astride his seat, he can reach the foot rests with both feet. (c) No person shall operate or ride upon a motorcycle except while sitting astride the seat, facing forward, with one leg on either side of the motorcycle. (d) No person shall operate a motorcycle while carrying packages, bundles, or articles which prevent him from keeping both hands on the handlebars. (e) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of moving or stationary vehicles headed in the same direction, nor shall any person drive a motorcycle abreast of or overtake or pass another vehicle within the same traffic lane, except that motorcycles may, with the consent of both drivers, be operated not more than two abreast in a single traffic lane. (f) All motor vehicles including motorcycles are entitled to the full use of a traffic lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven or operated in such a manner so as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a traffic lane. (g) Every person operating a motorcycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a motor vehicle as provided by law, except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Section 2. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of • 4 , . not more than one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution or by imprisonment for not to exceed 90 days. Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council June 3, 1968. #v.'/ Attest: City Clerk Reviewed for administration: Approved as to form and legality: City Manager City Attorney 3 SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION St. Louis Park Sun 12 Suburban Square State of Minnesota County of Hennepin SS. Hopkins, Minnesota W JOHN BERTRAM, being duly sworn. on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office. (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St. Louis Park in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of `- ue in the City of Hopkins in said county, established and open during its regular business for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main - aid by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and con- trol during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto. (6) Said news- paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said news- paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit m the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the pubhsher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed ORDINANCE NO. 1037 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week. for 1 successive weeks, that it was first so published on ThurB • the 6 day of and was thereafter printed and published on every Thurs. June 19 68 to and including the 6 day of June 19 wand that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z. both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this t . (Notarial Seal) s > day of ez-,A-e e' -c �� ,3arbara SamlSelson, Notary Pub c, Ramsey County, Minn. 'Ay Commission Expires November 8, 1971 ti (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO. 1037 AN ORDINANCEAND LICENSING REGULATING MOTORCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS AND MOTOR BIKES THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN. Section 1 Motorcycles, motor scooters and motor bikes shall be licensed and regulated as follows Section 300.169.74. Motorcycles, Motor Scooters and Motor Bikes. Subd. 1. Definition. Motorcycles as used herein shall mean the vehicles defined in Section 169 01, Subdivision 4 of Minnesota Stat- utes annotated Subd. 2. License Requirements. No person shall operate a motor- cycle on any street or highway in this municipality after Sep- tember 30, 1968, unless he hila a valid driver's license with a • two -wheeled vehicle endorsement as provided by law. Subd. 3. Vehicle Equipment. ( a) No person shall operate any motorcycle equipped with handlebars is ymo art a of 1ch 15 inches in height above the up- permost portion of the opera- tor's seat when such seat is fully depressed by the weight, of the operator. (b) Any motorcycle with a seat designed or suited for use' by a passenger shall be equip- ' ped with foot rests for the passenger. (c) All other applicable pro-, visions of this chapter pertain- , ing to motorcycle and other motor vehicle equipment shall apply to motorcycles, except those ,which by their nature can have no application Subd. 4. Equipment for Opera- tors and Passengers. (a) motor- cycle te streeraeets lenh and high - operator and passens of this ger,) if any shall wear protective headgear complies wstandards establisheby ta Commis- sioner. '' (b) The provisions of this sub. to pesons durvision ing thell ir participa- tion in a parade for which pa- rade a permit or other official authorization has been granted by this municipality or other Subgovernmental Subd. 5 Driving Rules.authority (a) An operator of a motor- cycle shall ride only upon a permanent and regular seat which is attached to the ve- hicle for such purpose No other person shall ride on a motorcycle, except that one paisenger may ride upon a t and opera- tor's seat if itised esignedfor two persons, or upon a second seat attached to the vehicle to' the rear of the operator's seat, or in a side car attached to theecarried inNa position shall will interfere with the opera- tion of the motorcycle or the view of the operator (b) No person shall ride upon any motorcycle as a passen. ger unless, when sitting astride his seat, he can reach the foot rests with both feet (c) No person shall operate or ride upon a motorcycle except while sitting astride the seat, facing forward, with one leggy on either side of the motor -i cycle (d) No ate a motorcycle personwhile shall ocarrying packages, bundles, or articles which prevent him from keep ing bars. both hands on the handle - (e) No person shall operate a motorcycle between lanes of moving or stationary vehicles headed in the same direction. nor shall any person drive a motorcycle abreast of or over- take or pass another vehicle within the same traffic lane, except that motorcycles may, with the consent of both driv- ers, be operated not more than two abreast in a single traffic lane (1) All motor vehicles includ- ing motorcycles are entitled to the full use of a traffic lane and no motor vehicle shall be driven or operated in such a manner so as to deprive any motorcycle of the full use of a traffic lane (g) Every person operating a motorcycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties apphcable to a motor vehicle as provided by law, except as to those pro- visions which by their nature ORDINANCE NO. /03 7 Entitledi AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AND LICENSING MOTOCYCLES, MOTOR SCOOTERS AND MOTOR BIKES Introduced by First Reading -Date -20- waived - Second Reading -Date 6-3-68 Waived vote: Aye Nay 6-6-68 :`ublished Date Date Effective Date 6-21-68 r- 4e Reference t c File No. Affidavit of Publication ST. LOUIS PARK SUN St. Louis Park, Minnesota In The Matter Of