Ord 66 Regulating Offenses Against Public PlacesVillage of Mendota Heights
Dakota County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 66
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST
PUBLIC PLACES, BY PROHIBITING INTERFERENCE
WITH. PUBLIC GROUNDS, INCLUDING STREET AND
UTILITY EASEMENTS, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY.
The Village council of the Village of Mendota Heights, Minnesota,
ordains as follows:
Section 1. Encumbrance or Obstruction of Streets
and Other Public Grounds.
a) Except as provided in sub-section (b)
hereof, no person shall obstruct, encroach
upon, encumber or otherwise interfere
with any public grounds, or streets, or ease-
ments held by the Village for street or utility
purposes, by putting thereon any curbing,
paving, fences, buildings, markers, posts, rocks,
stones, or other structures, or depositing
thereon snow, debris, or any other matter. The
prohibition herein stated shall apply as to any
easement to the entire width or extent thereof,
and not just to the portion which may from
time to time be in public use for travel or
other purposes. The Village may cause any
encumbrances or obstructions which now exist
or hereafter may exist in violation of the
provisions hereof to be removed and the cost
thereof to be specially assessed against
the property owned by the person who caused
such encumbrance or obstruction to be created.
When so assessed, the cost shall be certified
to the county auditor for collection, and shall
be included in the next tax rolls to be prepared
by the county auditor. The Village may also,
notwithstanding such assessment of the cost
of removing an encumbrance or obstruction,
cause the person who caused or created it
to be punished for a misdemeanor hereunder.
(B) The following exceptions are hereby established
to subsection a) :
1) Accumulations of snow and ice may be
deposited upon those portions of such grounds,
streets or easements not used for travel or
for access by the public or the Village.
2) Vehicles may be parked in the manner and
to the extent permitted by the applicable ordinances
of the Village.
3) Driveways may be cut and surfaced, provided
they do not exceed a width of 25 feet and their
location does not violate any ordinance of the
Village.
Section 2. Penalties. Any person, or persons, firm
association, partnership or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine of not to exceed $100.00 or by im-
prisonment for not to exceed ninety (90) days for each
offense.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be
in full force.and effect from and after its publication
according to law.
Enacted and ordained into an ordinance this 5— day of December,
1967.
ATTEST:
William Ca
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Clerk
VILLAGE COUNCIL
VILLAGE OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By ; ) OVL ja "
Donald L. Huber
Mayor
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