2012-1059 Amending Section 2005 City CodeCITY OF HOPKINS
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
ORDINANCE NO. 2012-1059
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2005 OF THE HOPKINS CITY CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HOPKINS HEREBY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section Section 2005 - Misdemeanors: miscellaneous provisions
is amended as follows:
2005.59. Nuisances. Subdivision 1. General rule. The things described in the subdivisions of
this section are declared to be public nuisances affecting property, public and private, and public
peace and safety.
Subd. 2. Snow and ice not removed from public sidewalks twelve hours after the snow
or ice ceased to fall thereon.
Subd. 3. Trees, hedges, billboards, or other obstructions, except buildings erected in
accordance with this code, which prevent persons driving vehicles approaching an intersection of
public highways from having a clear view of traffic approaching such intersection from cross
streets for one hundred feet along such cross streets, measured from the property line, when one
hundred feet from such intersection, measured from the property line.
Subd. 4. Limbs of trees that project over a public sidewalk or street and are less than
nine feet above the surface of such public sidewalk and thirteen feet above the surface of such
street. Trees, shrubs or hedges which are planted less than one foot from the alley or sidewalk
edge.
Subd. 5. Wires except clothes line wires that are strung less than fifteen feet above the
surface of the ground. (Amended Ord. No. 87-584, Sec. 1)
Subd. 6. Buildings, walls and other structures which have been damaged by fire, decay,
or otherwise, and which are so situated as to endanger the safety of the public.
Subd. 7. Explosives, inflammable liquids and other dangerous substances stored in any
manner or in any amount other than that provided by this code.
Subd. 8. Loud or unusual noises and annoying vibration which offend the peace and
quiet of persons of ordinary sensibilities.
Subd. 9. Use of public streets or sidewalks which causes large crowds of people to
gather, obstructing traffic and the free use of the streets or sidewalks.
Subd. 10. Allowing of water, rainwater, ice, or snow to fall from any building or structure
upon any street or sidewalk or to flow across any sidewalk.
Subd. 11. Dangerous, unguarded machinery, in any public place, or so situated or
operated on private property as to attract the public.
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Subd. 12. The doing of any thing or act, or any occupation, or any failure to act which:
a) annoys, injures, or endangers the safety, health, comfort, or repose of any considerable
number of persons; or
b) offends the public decency; or
c) unlawfully interferes with, obstructs, or tends to obstruct or renders, dangerous for
passage, a lake, stream, canal, or basin, or a public park, square, street, alley, or
highway; or
d) in any way renders any considerable number or persons insecure in life or in use of
property.
It is a misdemeanor for any person, firm or corporation to cause or create any public nuisance, as
defined in this subsection, or to permit such nuisance to be created or to be placed upon or to
remain upon any premises owned or occupied by such person, firm or corporation.
Section 2. The effective date of this ordinance shall be the date of publication.
First Reading: December 18, 2012
Second Reading: January 8, 2013
Date of Publication: January 17, 2013
Date Ordinance Takes Effect: January 17, 2013
By:
EugefKe J. Waxwell, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kristine A. Luedke, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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