75-411 CITY OF HOPKINS
I-�NNEPIN COUN1'Y, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCF. N0. 75-411
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING UNREASONABLE
ACCELERATION AND ERRATIC DRIVING
OF VEHICLES AND IMPOSING PENALTY
FOR TI-IE VIOLATION Tf�REOF
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Hopkins as follaws:
Section l. DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this Ordinance,
the following words an�p�ra.ses shall have the meanin.gs hereinafter set
forth.
(a) VEHICLE means any and every mechanism, ma.chine or device
in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or
drawn upon a road or highway except devices moved by hwnan power or used
exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(b) MOT'OR VEHICLE means every vehicle which is self-propelled
and not deriving power from overhead or undersu'rface wires or other conduits.
(c) UiVREASONABLE ACCELERATION means acceleration of a motor
vehicle which tmnecessarily breaks or interupts traction between a tire or
tires and the driving surface thereby causing a prolonged screeching soLmd,
or the hurling of sand or gravel by the tire or tires of such vehicle, or
both.
(d) ERRATIC DRTVING means the opera�ion of a motor vehicle in an
irregular, unconventional, c{ueer or eccentric manner, or in the screeching
of tires, grinding of gears, backfiring, or the production of loud expZo-
sions or noises or other noise pollution in any manner whatsoever by or
with a non=,emergency vehicle.
Section 2. U[�iREASONABLE ACCELERATION AND ERRATIC DRIVING PRO-
HIBTTED. Any tmreasona le acceleration or any erratic riving y t e river
o a�.ny motor vehicle upon any public or private street, road, parking lot,
alley, driveway or other thoroughfare within the corporate limits of the
City of Hopkins is hereby decZared to be a Public Nuisance and is prohibited.
No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle upon any public
or private street, road, parking lot, alley, driveway or other thoroughfare
within the corporate limits of the City of Hopkins in an erratic manner,
Section 3. PENALT'Y. Any person violating any provisions of this
Ordinance shall be gui t o� a Petit Misdemeanor.
First read at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of
Hopkins held March 18, 1975 and finally read, approved and adopted and ordered
published at a regular meeting of said Council an April .�, 1975.
H. E. RICHARDSON, City Clerk Y POKORNY
JOSEPH C. VESELY, City Attorney or
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