CITY OF COON RAPIDS, MINNESOTA
CHAPTER 9-100
PARKING

9-101 Definitions.

(1) “Vehicle” means any motorized or nonmotorized vehicle including, but not limited to, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, buses, recreational vehicles, snowmobiles, and trailers.
(2) “Block” means the entire length of a roadway between its intersections with other public streets or between its intersection with a public street and the termination of the roadway.
(3) “Roadway” means that portion of a street between its curbs, or between the outer edges of its shoulders whether such portion is constructed of concrete, asphalt, or gravel, or any combination thereof.

9-102 Prima Facie Evidence. A person who holds the legal title to a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner. The operation or use of a motor vehicle in violation of Title 9 shall be prima facie evidence that said motor vehicle was at the time of such violation controlled, operated, and used by the owner thereof.

9-103 On-street Parking. All on-street parking of vehicles is prohibited in the City of Coon Rapids, except in compliance with this Chapter.

9-104 Parking in Roadway. No person shall stand or park a vehicle in a roadway other than parallel with the edge of the roadway headed in the direction of lawful traffic movement and with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle within 12 inches of the curb or edge of the roadway, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter.

9-105 Angle Parking Permitted.

(1) The City Engineer shall determine upon what streets angle parking shall be permitted and shall mark or sign such streets, but such angle parking shall not be indicated upon any Federal-aid or State highway within this City unless the State Highway Department has determined that the roadway is of sufficient width to permit angle parking without interfering with the free movement of traffic.
(2) Angle parking shall not be indicated nor permitted at any place where passing traffic would thereby be caused or required to drive upon the left side of the street.

9-106 Permits for Curb Loading and Unloading.

(1) The City Engineer is authorized to issue special permits to permit the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be issued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the owner of the vehicle.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special terms or conditions of any such permit.

9-107 Lights on a Parked Vehicle.

(1) Whenever a vehicle is lawfully parked at nighttime upon any street within a business or residence district no lights need be displayed upon such parked vehicle.
(2) Whenever a vehicle is parked upon a street or highway outside of a business or residence district during the hours between one-half (1/2) hour after sunset and one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise, such vehicle shall be equipped with one (1) or more lamps which shall exhibit a white light on the roadway side visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear.
(3) Any lighted headlamps upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.

9-108 Prohibited Parking.

(1) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a Police Officer or traffic-control device, in any of the following places:

(a) On a sidewalk.
(b) In front of or directly across from a public or private driveway and, except for cul-de-sacs and eyebrows, within five (5) feet of either a public or private driveway, other than the owner's driveway, as measured along the edge of the roadway from the points of intersection of the outer edges of the driveway extended through any curb and the edge of the roadway. [Revised 1/02/91, Ordinance 1364]
(c) Within an intersection.
(d) Within 10 feet of a fire hydrant, or within a properly marked fire lane. [Revised 12/20/05, Ordinance 1915]
(e) On a crosswalk.
(f) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
(g) Within 30 feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located at the side of a roadway.
(h) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the City Engineer has indicated a different length by signs or markings.
(i) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
(j) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station within 75 feet of said entrance.
(k) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct traffic.
(l) On a roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street.
(m) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel or underpass.
(n) At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
(o) On any boulevards.
(p) No motor vehicle shall stop or park on the shoulders of a public highway or street in the immediate vicinity of a theatre during the hours it is in operation.

(2) No person shall move a vehicle not lawfully under his control into any such prohibited area or away from a curb such distance as is unlawful.
(3) A person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor. [Revised 1/02/91, Ordinance 1364]

9-109 Minimum Roadway Width. No person shall park any vehicle upon a street other than an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for the free movement of vehicular traffic, and no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle within an alley in such position as to block the driveway to any abutting property.

9-110 Display for Sale. No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principle purpose of displaying such vehicle for sale.

9-111 Repairing Automobiles on the Street. No person shall dump, throw, or drain any oil, grease, or other lubricants, or allow the same to make or allow to be made any washing, greasing, or repairing of a vehicle, on a street, except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

9-112 No Parking Signs--Public Facilities.

(1) The City Engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon either or both sides of any street adjacent to any school or hospital property or any public facility (i.e., fire station, recreation center, etc.) when such parking would, in his opinion, interfere with traffic or create a hazardous condition.
(2) When official signs are erected indicating no parking upon either side of a street adjacent to any property or facility as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place.

9-113 No Parking Signs--Street Width.

(1) The City Engineer is hereby authorized to erect signs indicating no parking upon any street when the width of the roadway does not exceed 20 feet, or upon one (1) side of a street as indicated by such signs when the width of the roadway does not exceed 30 feet or for snow removal.
(2) When official signs prohibiting parking are erected as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign.

9-114 Standing or Parking on Separate Roadways. In the event a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways and traffic is restricted to one (1) direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of such one-way roadway unless signs are erected to permit such standing or parking. The City Engineer is authorized to determine when standing or parking may be permitted upon the left-hand side of any such one-way roadway and to erect signs giving notice thereof.

9-115 Other Prohibited Parking Areas.

(1) The City Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate by proper signs places not exceeding 100 feet in length in which the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic.
(2) When official signs are erected at hazardous or congested places as authorized herein no person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle in any such designated place.

9-116 Removing Vehicles From Streets.

(1) Members of the Police Department are hereby authorized to remove, or cause to be removed, a vehicle from a street or highway to the nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated or maintained by the Police Department, or otherwise maintained by this City under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated.

(a) When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge, viaduct, or causeway, or in any tube, tunnel, or underpass where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
(b) When a vehicle upon a highway is so disabled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic and the person or persons in charge of the vehicle are by reason of physical injury incapacitated to such an extent as to be unable to provide for its custody or removal.
(c) When any vehicle is left unattended upon a street and is so parked illegally as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the normal movement of traffic, or snowplowing.

(2) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street as authorized in this Section and the officer knows or is able to ascertain from the registration records of the vehicle the name and address of the owner thereof, such officer shall immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to such owner of the fact of such removal and the reasons therefore and of the place to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of such notice shall be given to the proprietor of such garage.

(3) Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street under this Section and does not know and is not able to ascertain the name of the owner, or for any other reason is unable to give the notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided, and in the event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of three (3) days, then and in that event the officer shall immediately send or cause to be sent written report of such removal by mail to the State Department whose duty it is to register motor vehicles, and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. Such notice shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the date, time and place from which removed, the reasons for such removal, and the name of the garage or place where the vehicle is stored.

9-117 Parking in Semipublic Areas.

(1) In semipublic areas, as defined by Section 9-301(5) of the City Code, no vehicle may be parked or allowed to stand:

(a) In any area which has been designated as or is used for a lane for moving traffic; or
(b) In any area that is designated by lines, sign, or curbing as a non-parking space; or
(c) So as to occupy or encumber two or more parking spaces.

(2) The City Council may by ordinance prohibit or otherwise regulate the parking of vehicles within or along any designated portion of major traffic circulation roadways within semipublic property.
(3) The City, its officers, employees, or agents may enter upon any semi public property for the purpose of erecting signs designating areas where the parking of vehicles is prohibited or otherwise regulated in accordance with any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Section.
(4) The City will be responsible for the manufacture, installation, and maintenance of signs and other markings used to designate such no parking areas. The signs and markings will be consistent with current, generally accepted standards.
(5) Violations of this Section will be enforced in accordance with Sections 9-123 and 9-126. [Revised, 1/15/02, Ordinance 1750]

9-118 Removal of Keys from Car. Every person parking a passenger automobile on a public street, alley, public parking lot, or place affected with a public interest in the City shall lock the ignition, remove the key, and take the key with him.

9-119 Time Zone Parking.

(1) The City Engineer is hereby authorized to determine and designate by proper signs places not exceeding 100 feet in length in which parking is to be limited for a designated time in order to facilitate more efficient traffic movement.
(2) When official signs are erected so as to create a time zone as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle in any such designated place for any period longer than the posted time.

9-120 Snowbirds.

(1) No person, firm, or corporation shall, at any time, park or permit to be parked any vehicle within any block or any public street when within the preceding 24 hours, falling or blowing snow or a combination of falling and blowing snow has accumulated to a depth of three (3) inches or more at street level anywhere within that block. Provided, however, that parking shall be permitted within any block of any public street where not otherwise prohibited whenever the entire length of roadway of such block has been cleared of snow from curb to curb, or in the case of streets without curbs, between the outer edges of the shoulders of such streets. Any vehicle parked in violation of this Section may be removed as provided by City Code Section 9-116.
(2) No person, firm, or corporation shall at any other time park or permit to be parked any vehicle upon a public street when such parking interferes with the snow removal operations of the City and any vehicle so parked may be removed by the City at the owner's expense in accordance with the provisions of City Code Section 9-116, provided that the owner of said vehicle is notified of the City's intention to remove snow by the placement of a warning tag on such vehicle at least 24 hours prior to removal.
(3) Any person, firm, or corporation violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $25.

9-121 Truck and Equipment Parking.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to park, or permit to be parked, on any public street, between one (1) hour after sunset and one (1) hour before sunrise, a truck in excess of 9,000 pounds licensed gross vehicle weight, a truck-tractor, a semi-trailer, special mobile equipment, recreational equipment, mobile home, house trailer, boat, or boat trailer. This Section shall not apply to any motor vehicle which is actively loaded or unloaded or which is being utilized to render a service.
(2) Definitions. For purposes of this Section, the terms “truck,” “Truck-tractor,” “semi-trailer,” “special mobile equipment,” “recreational equipment,” “mobile home,” and “house trailer” shall mean:

(a) Truck. “Truck” means any motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property and not for the carrying of passengers.
(b) Truck-Tractor. “Truck-tractor” means any motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and the load so drawn. (c) Semi-trailer. “Semi-trailer” means a vehicle of the truck type so designed and so used in conjunction with the truck-tractor that a considerable part of its own weight or that of its load rests upon and is carried by the truck-tractor and shall include a trailer drawn by a truck-tractor, semi-trailer combination.
(d) Special Mobile Equipment. “Special mobile equipment” means every vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally operated or moved over a highway, including, but not limited to: ditch-digging apparatus, moving dollies, and other machinery such as asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than truck-tractors, road rollers, scarifies, earth-moving carry-alls, scrapes, power shovels, draglines, self-propelled cranes, and earth-moving equipment.
(e) Recreational Equipment. “Recreational equipment” shall include, but not be limited to: travel trailers, converted buses, coaches, pick-up campers, campers, motorized dwellings, race cars, and dune buggies. It shall not include vehicles which are used predominantly for domestic or employment-related transportation.
(f) Mobile Home. “Mobile home” means any trailer or semi-trailer which is designed, constructed, and equipped for use as a human dwelling place, living abode, or living quarter, except house trailers.
(g) House Trailer. “House trailer” means any trailer or semi-trailer which is not more than eight (8) feet in width and not more than 35 feet in length and which is designed, constructed, and equipped for use as a human dwelling place, living abode, or living quarters.

9-122 Winter Parking Ban. No person shall park or permit to be parked any vehicle on a public street in the City of Coon Rapids between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. between the first (1st) day of November and the first (1st) day of April next following, both dates inclusive. Any vehicle parked in violation of this Section may be removed as provided by Revised City Code--1982, Section 9-116.

9-123 Authority to Issue Citations. The following persons may issue citations for violations of this Chapter provided that they may not require a person to sign a promise to appear with respect to any such citation. [Revised 10/21/97, Ordinance 1617]

(1) Community Service Officers. Community service officers may issue citations for violations of this chapter. [Revised 10/21/97, Ordinance 1617]
(2) Fire Department Personnel. The fire marshal, fire inspectors and fire prevention specialists may issue citations for violations of Section 9-108(d) and Section 9-117.[Revised 10/21/97, Ordinance 1617]

9-124 Parking Restrictions--Snow Removal.

(1) The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized to erect official signs within or abutting commercial and industrial areas of the city prohibiting parking on the odd numbered side of a street on odd numbered days and on the even numbered side of a street on even numbered days. Such restriction shall be imposed for snow removal purposes only and shall only be in effect between the first day of November and the first day of April next following, both dates inclusive.
(2) When official signs restricting parking are erected as authorized herein, no person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign. [Revised 1/26/93, Emergency Ordinance 1435]

9-125 Temporary No Parking Restrictions.

(1) The Director of Public Works, with the concurrence of the Chief of Police, is hereby authorized to restrict parking on one or both sides of public roadways for no more than ten consecutive calendar days for the purposes of traffic and parking control for special events or roadway maintenance or emergency situations.
(2) The Director of Public Works shall cause signs stating the dates and times of the restrictions to be erected along the entire length of roadway or roadways subject to the restrictions at least twelve (12) hours before the restrictions take effect.
(3) When official signs are erected pursuant to this section, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in violation of such signs. [Revised 4/27/93, Ordinance 1446][Revised 6/22/93, Emergency Ordinance 1456]

9-126 Violations Payable to City. For violations of this Chapter or Anoka Ramsey Community College parking regulations enforced by the City pursuant to agreement, no citation or complaint shall issue unless the person authorized to issue citations first issues, on a form authorized by the City Attorney, a request to make payment for the violation, within a reasonable amount of time, not to exceed fifteen days, directly to the City. The fine schedule for violations shall be as adopted from time to time by resolution. This section does not apply to parking violations under State law, handicap parking violations, nor to parking violations under this section where one or more companion state law violations exist. [Revised 11/15/94, Emergency Ordinance 1512]