PUBLIC NOTICE: CITY OF PELICAN RAPIDS

ORDINANCE 

NO. 2020-01

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 

CHAPTER SEVEN, PART 1, 701.01 DEFINITIONS AND 701.07 PARKING REGULATIONS

OF THE PELICAN RAPIDS CITY CODE

 THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PELICAN RAPIDS DOES ORDAIN:

SECTION ONE. That Chapter Seven of the Pelican Rapids City Code be amended as follows: 

CHAPTER SEVEN. TRAFFIC, 

MOTOR VEHICLES, STREETS AND MAILBOXES 

PART 1. TRAFFIC, MOTOR VEHICLES AND STREETS

701.01 DEFINITIONS

Any term used in this ordinance and defined in the Minnesota Statutes has the meaning given it by said Minnesota Statutes, and in addition, if not otherwise defined in said Minnesota Statutes, any references in this City Code made to a street, alley or avenue shall be interpreted to include any public parking lot located within the City of Pelican Rapids.

CAMPING TRAILER. A folding structure mounted on wheels and designed for travel, recreational and/or vacation uses.

MOTOR HOME. A portable, temporary building to be used for travel, recreational and vacation uses, constructed as an integral part of a self-propelled vehicle.

PICK-UP COACH. A structure designed to be mounted on a truck chassis for use as temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and/or vacation use.

RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. All that territory defined as either single family or residential or multiple district in the zoning ordinance and comprehensive plan for and by the City of Pelican Rapids

SEMI-TRAILER. A vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction with a 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 includes a trailer drawn by a truck tractor semi-trailer combination.

STREET/HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of any way or place when any part thereof is open to the use of the public as a matter of right or purpose of vehicular traffic.

TRAILER. A trailer is any vehicle designed for carrying property of passengers on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle but does not include a trailer drawn by a truck-tractor semi-trailer combination or an auxiliary axle on a motor vehicle which carries a portion of the weight of the motor vehicle to which it is attached.

TRAVEL TRAILERS. A vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling for travel, recreational, and/or vacation use.

TRUCK-TRACTOR. A motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load drawn; or a motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles used exclusively for transporting motor vehicles or boats and capable of carrying motor vehicles or boats on its own structure.

701.07 PARKING REGULATIONS

 Subdivision 6. Snow Emergency Parking Regulations. A SNOW EMERGENCY means every occurrence of snowfall where snow has accumulated to a depth of two inches or more. Each snow emergency shall commence upon the accumulation of snow to a depth of two inches or more and shall remain in effect until snow has been cleared from the streets to the full width. It shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave standing a vehicle on any street during a snow emergency. This parking restriction shall be in effect until snow has been cleared from the street to the full width. Exempt from this regulation are times of special events at area schools, funeral homes and churches. In addition to the foregoing snow removal parking requirements, the Chief of Police or Street Superintendent may direct that notices be placed on vehicles parked on any particular street or avenue, or that entire streets or avenues may be posted with a notice requiring all parked vehicles to be removed from all or portions of such streets or avenues as needed from time to time for street cleaning, street maintenance, snow removal or other purposes, as needed on a temporary basis.

Subdivision 7. Reserved

Subdivision 8. Alley Parking. No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon any alley within this municipality; provided that this shall not prohibit the parking of vehicles for less than a period of one hour along any alley for the purpose of having access to any property abutting thereon for the purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or other material when access cannot conveniently be secured upon the property itself. Every vehicle while loading or unloading in any alley shall be parked in such manner as will cause the least obstruction possible to traffic in such alley.

Subdivision 9. Truck/Semi-Trailer/Trailer Parking. Limitations on Truck/Trailer Parking

 1. It shall be unlawful to park a detached semi-trailer upon any street, alley, city-owned parking lot, or other public property except as such are specifically designated by the City of Pelican Rapids, by resolution and sign posting. 

 2. It shall be unlawful to park a truck (other than a truck of 10,000 gross vehicle weight or less), truck trailer, tractor-trailer, or truck-tractor within an area zoned as residential (family or multi- family residential districts) except for the purpose of loading or unloading the same, and then only during such times as reasonably necessary for such activity.

 3. City Parking Lots. In city-owned parking lots, the Council may limit the size and types of motor vehicles to be parked thereon, hours of parking, and prescribed method of parking by resolution from time to time or by amendment of this section.

 4. Recreational Parking Time. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave or park a travel trailer, pick-up coach, motor home, camping trailer, recreational vehicle on or within the limits of any street, right of way, or city-owned parking lot within the City of Pelican Rapids for a continuous period in excess of eight (8) hours and not overnight, except where designated as a camp site.

Subdivision 10. Additional Rules for Trailers. The following additional regulations shall govern the parking of trailers on public streets, including utility trailers, camper trailers, and boat trailers:

 1. No unhitched trailer shall be parked upon the public streets.

 2. The provisions listed above shall not apply to:

 a. A mobile food unit which has a current license from the appropriate state regulatory authority when the mobile food unit is parked on a public street while actively operating.

 b. A trailer that is being lawfully used for short-term storage in accordance with permission granted by the City.

 c. A trailer that is engaged in the loading or unloading of materials or is transacting business at an adjacent property, only for such period of time as is necessary to load or unload or to transact such business.

 d. A trailer that is in compliance with official traffic-control devices or the direction of a police officer.

Subdivision 13. Parking Restrictions. Based on 701.07, Subdivision 2 above, the City Council hereby establishes that there is no parking at any time on the south side of Southeast Fourth Avenue lying between Trunk Highway 59 and Southeast First Street, on the north side of Northwest Third Avenue lying between Trunk Highway 59 and Northwest First Street, on the south side of Southeast First Avenue lying between Southeast First Street and Southeast Eighth Street, on either side of Northwest Third Street lying between Trunk Highway 108 West and Northwest Second Avenue, on the northwest side of Southeast Tenth Avenue lying between Ridgecrest Drive and Maplewood Drive, on the east side of Southeast First Street lying between Southeast First Avenue and Southeast Fifth Avenue, on the east side of Southwest Third Street on the north side of River Road, on the east side of Northeast Third Street from Northeast Third Avenue to Northeast Fifth Avenue and on the south side of Trunk Highway 108 East lying between Southeast First Street and Southeast Two and a Half Street. No parking from 2 A.M. to 6 A.M. on either side of Broadway lying between South Fifth Avenue to Northwest Eighth Avenue.

SECTION TWO. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force on publication. 

Adopted this 10th day of February, 2026.

ATTEST: Danielle Harthun, 

City Clerk

BY: Brent E. Frazier, 

Mayor