[Adopted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
This article is enacted to promote and protect the health, safety,
and general welfare throughout the City of Kellogg, Minnesota, by
lessoning congestion of public streets and public rights-of-way, including
commercial and residential areas.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes the term "stand" or "standing" and "stop" or "stopping."
No person shall park any vehicle or permit it to remain, whether
attended or unattended, in any of the following places:
A.
On sidewalks.
B.
In front of a public or private driveway.
C.
Within and intersection.
D.
Within 20 feet of a fire hydrant.
E.
On a crosswalk.
F.
Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection.
G.
Within 30 feet upon the approach of any flashing beacon, stop sign,
or traffic control sign 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 a
different length is indicated by signs or markings.
I.
Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing.
J.
Within 30 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station.
K.
Along the side or opposite any street excavation or obstruction.
L.
On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge
or curb of the street.
M.
At any place where temporary or permanent official signs of the City
of Kellogg prohibit the stopping or the parking of vehicles.
N.
On Belvidere Avenue for a period of time greater than 12 hours.
O.
Upon any side street right-of-way for a period of more than 72 consecutive
hours.
No vehicle shall park or obstruct access to a parking space
designated and reserved for the physically disabled. Such area will
be marked with paint and/or a posted sign. Vehicles parked in a space
designated and reserved for the physically disabled will have to display
the required certificate, license plate, or temporary permit. (See
Minn. Stat. §§ 169.345 to 169.346.)
No vehicle shall be parked or let stand on any street or City
parking lot for the purpose of displaying or offering it for sale.
No automobile dealer shall park or let stand a vehicle in a City parking
lot for the purpose of storing it temporarily or permanently.
All parking within the City is subject to any limitations stated
on any authorized parking signs, and a violation of any such limitations
stated thereon is a violation of this article.
After a snowfall of at least two inches in the City, parking
is prohibited on any public street or alley between the hours of 2:00
a.m. and 6:00 a.m. or until that particular street or alley has been
plowed and the snow removed to the curbline.
A vehicle parked in violation of this article may be ordered
removed from any public street or alley by a police officer contracted
by the City of Kellogg. The owner or driver of the vehicle shall be
notified, if present or readily available, to remove his/her vehicle;
otherwise, the vehicle shall be towed to any garage, service station
or other place of safe keeping as soon as possible to facilitate snow
removal, street maintenance, the orderly flow of traffic, firefighting
or any other emergency personnel, or for any other lawful purpose.
The owner shall pay the costs of such towing and storage. Except in
any emergency, the removal of a vehicle by or under the direction
of the police officer or other City official shall not prevent the
prosecution of a violation of this section.
All emergency and official vehicles responding to an emergency
call, including doctors' automobiles, shall be excluded from the provisions
of this article.
