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Home My WebLink About1625-84 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1984/05/07MAY 7, 1984 ORDINANCE NO. 1625-84 AN ORDINANCE RELATED TO VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES: AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK MUNI- CIPAL CODE, SECTIONS 10-202, 10-203 and 10-204; ADDING A NEW SECTION 10-203; RENUMBERING FORMER SECTIONS 10-203 AND 10-204 THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. The St. Louis Park Municipal Code, Sections 10-202, 10-203 and 10-204, is amended to read as attached: Sec. 2. The St. Louis Park Municipal Code is amended by adding a new Section 10-203 to read as attached: Sec. 3. The St. Louis Park Municipal Code is amended by renumbering Sections 10-203 and 10-204 as 10-204 and 10-205 as attached: Section 10-202. Permit to Exceed Weight Limitations. Any vehicle or combination of vehicles may be operated upon the highways of the City, - excepting state trunk highways,in excess of the weight limits prescribed as follows: SINGLE AXLE 8,000 pounds (during weight -restriction periods with the exceptions listed in Section 10-203 below). SINGLE AXLE 14,000 pounds (during nonrestricted periods with the exceptions listed in Section 10-203 below). The owner thereof shall first secure from`the Director of Public Works a certificate setting forth the route or routes and the conditions under which such vehicle or combination of vehicles may be operated, and such vehicle or combination of vehicles shall thereafter be so operated in accordance with the terms of such certificate. The Director of Public Works is hereby empowered, and it is hereby made his duty to issue or deny, or to issue in modified form, such certificates upon application and to prescribe therein the route or routes and the conditions for operations under each such certificate, and in determining such route or routes and such conditions, the Director of Public Works shall permit maximum use of the particular highways and bridges consistent with the maximum capacity of such highways and bridges as determined in accordance with highway engineering practice. The Director of Public Works shall have the power to revoke or to modify the terms of any existing certificate at any time in the event of opera- tions in violation of any such certificate or in the event of changed conditions requiring such action. The original or a correct copy of the certificate under which operations are being conducted shall be carried at all times in the driver's cab or any vehicle or combination of vehicles while the same is being operated thereunder. (Sec. 10-202 amended by Ord. , 5/7/84) Section 10-203. Vehicle Operation Restrictions. During the period of March 1 to May 15 of any year, no vehicles shall operate upon the streets or highways within the City if the gross weight of any single axle exceeds 8,000 Qounds unless there is posted on the City street or highway an appropriate sign indicating a higher permissable moss weight. During the unrestricted period of any year, no vehicle shall operate upon the streets or highways within the City if the gross weight of any single axle exceeds 14,000 pounds unless there is posted on the City street or highway an appropriate sign indicating a higher permissable gross weight. The Director of Public Works may prohibit the operation of vehicles upon any public street or highway within the City, or impose further restrictions as to the weight of vehicles to be operated upon said street or highway, whenever that street or highway may be seriously damaged or destroyed by vehicular use including but not limited to deterioration, usage, rain, snow or other climatic condition. (Sec. 10-203 added by Ord. , 5/7/84) May, 1984 243 Section 10-204. Traffic Control Devices to be Erected. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to secure, post and keep traffic control signs, signals and devices in form prescribed by the Commissioner of Transportation of the State of Minnesota when and as required by resolution of the City,Council. No driver of a vehicle, or person riding on animal or bicycle shall disobey the instructions of any traffic control signs, signals and devices. (Sec. 10-203 renumbered 204 and amended by Ord. 5/7/84) Section 10-205. Existing Devices. Existing traffic control signs, signals and devices which have been posted by direction of the City Council, the Chief of Police, or the Director of Public Works shall be recognized as properly placed under this ordinance until changed by proper direction of the Director of Public Works. (Sec. 10-204 renumbered 205 and amended by Ord. , 5/7/84) May, 1984 243.1 Sec. 4. Persons violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 5. This ordinance shall take effect 15 days after its public talc ion. Adopted by the City Council May 7, 1984. May Atte t: "', / Z,,,) lad City Clerk Reviewed for administration: ity Manager 1 Approved as to form and legality: City A orney r • 494r SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION N. ST. (LOUIS PARD SUN 924 Excelsior Avenue West Hopkins, Minnnesota State of Minnesota County of Hennepin D K MORTENSON, being duly sworn, on oath says he Is and during all times here stated has been the • vice president and general manager of the newspaper know 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 every 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 advertisement (4) Said newspaper is circulated In and near the municipalities 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, Golden Valley School District No 275 and Robbinsdale School District No 281 In the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of Issue in the City of Hopkins In said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in Its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours and at which said newspaper Is printed (8) Said newspaper files a copy of each Issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper Is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment (8) Said newspaper has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (9) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1988 and each January 1 thereafter and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the managing officer 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 N0.1625-84 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 Onesuccessive weeks, that it was first so published on MOn the 14 day of May , 19 84 and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including • the day of , 19 and 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 abcdefghljkimnopgrstuvwxyz P , /C� Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14 day of May 19 84 •t�� MERIDEL M. HEDBLOM tiOHEN PUBLIC •MINNESOTA 0 HENNEPIN COUNTY ssion expires July 2, 1986 (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO 1825-84 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PERMITTED VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITATIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES SUMMARY This' new ordinance would clarify the allowable gross ve- hicle weight and permit the Director of Public Works to be responsible for instituting'.weigh)- restriction during the spridg lhawtn season This would elintniale.the�annual adoption procedure by'lhe,City Council EFFECTiVE4DATE This or- dinance shall take effect fifteen days after publication Adopted by the City Council May 7, 1984 (s) LYLE W HANKS Mayor A copy of the full text of this or- dinance is available for inspection with the City Clerk (May 14 1984) SLP