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Pub of Ordinances 37-38 in Mtka Record0 * LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO 38 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF VEHICLES AND OF HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD IN- CORPORATING PROVISIONS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT BY REFERENCE AND IMPOSING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. The Village, Council of the Vil- lage of Shorewood, Minnesota, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Highway Traffic Act Incorporated by Reference. The regulatory provision of Min - nesota Statutes 1945, Chapter 169, as amended by Laws 1947, Laws 1949, Laws 1951, Laws 1953, Laws 1955, Laws 1957, Laws 1959, and Laws 1961, are hereby adapted as a. traffic ordinance regulating the use of highways, streets, and al- leys in the village and are hereby incorporated and made ia part of this Ordinance as completely as if set out herein in full. SEC'T'ION 2. No Parking and Lmited Parking Zones.. The Village Council shay, from time to time, by motion or reso- lution designate portions of the highways and streets within the Village of Shorewood as no park- ing zones or limited parking zones and shall cause such zones to be marked by appropriate signs. The location of Isuch signs, limiting parking shall be prima facia evi- dence that the Village Council has by proper resolution or motion au- thorized the establishment of such no parking or limited parking zones. The Council shall make a determination of such no parking zones or limited parking zones, an the basis of convenience to the public and traffic hazards. No person shall park any vehicle in , a no parking zone or any limited parking zone for a longer period than is specified on the signs marking such zones and any vio- lation thereof shall be a misde- meanor. SECTION 3. Passing School Buses. The driver of a vehicle upon a street or highway in the village, upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus, which has stopped on the high- way for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child or children, shall ,stop the vehicle immediately upon the extension of a stop signal arm by the school bus driver and !shall remain stop- ped until the school ;bus, driver re- tracts the stop signal arm, but may then proceed with due eaution for the safety of isuch children. S'EC'TION 4. Driver's License - Vehicle Ownership - License Re- quired. No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle upon any street or highway in the Village without having in his possession, as re- quired by Laws of the State of Minnesota, a valid driver's license or chauffer's license. No perison is:hall drive or operate a motor vehicle belonging to another with - out the owner's consent. No per - son shall drive or operate a motor vehicle without having thereon proper motor vehicle license plates as required by the Laws of the State of Minnesota. SECTION 5. Stopping or Park- ing On Park or Public Lands,. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle or operate any ve- hicle, or ride any bicycle or horse, except in compliance with the di- rections of a police officer, on any park property or other public. �graunds within the limits of the Village of Shorewood, except when such areas are designated for any of such uses, and isigns prohibiting any of such uses on any park pro- perty or public grounds Ishall be complied with. SECTION 6. Careless Driving off Highways. Any person who drives any ve- hicle in such a manner on any public or private grounds or park- ing lot or on the frozen surface of any body of water within the limits or the harbor limits of or adjacent to the limits of the Vil- lage, so as to indicate a disre- gard for the safety of persons or property, shall be guilty of care- less driving and such careless driv- ing is a misdemeanor. SECTION 7. Penalty. Any violation of the provisions hereof or of the statutes adopted by reference in Section 1 is a vio- lation of this, ordinance when it occurs within the Village of Shorewood. Any person thus vio- lating any provision of this ordi- nance shall be guilty of a misde- meanor and shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $100.00, or by imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed 90 days; but, if a minimum fine or imprilsionment is prescribed by the State High- way Traffic Act for an offense, such penalty shall apply to a per - ison convicted of the same offense under this ordinance. SE'C'TION 8. Repeal. Ordinance No. 17 of the Village of Shorewood is hereby repealed. SECTION 9. Effect. This ordinance Ishall take effect from and after its passage and publication by law. Passed by the Village Council of the Village of Shorewood as its Ordinance No. 17 thils 10th day of December, 1962. LE'STER R. BADGER, Mayor ATTEST: E'LSA WILTSEY, Clerk (Published in the Minnetonka Record December 20, 1962) ---------- * LEGAL NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 37 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU The Village Council of the Vil- lage of Shorewood ordains: SECTION 1. Traffic Violations Bureau Authorized. The municipal court of the Villages of Shore- wood, Excelsior, Tonka Bay and Greenwood may by rule adopted in accordance with laws 1953, Chapter 527, establish a traffic violations 'bureau to assilst such court in disposing of violations of traffic laws or ordinances as pro- vided in such law and the court rule. The traffic violations bureau, hereinafter referred to as the bureau, ,shall be located in the Village Office in the Village Hall, Village of ExceWor or such other place as may be set aside for such purpose by resolution of the council. SECTION 2. Bureau Director and Personnel. The clerk of mu- nicipal court shall be director of the bureau. He may assign sub - ordinates in his office to perform the work of the bureau under his direction or he may, subject to approval by the council of each village, employ such additional help as may be needed to staff the bureau. The bureau shall be open for busine& from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Mondays and from 8:00 to 10:00 p:m. on Thursdays, and such other time or times as the court may by rule provide. SECTION 3. Records and Re- ports. The bureau shall keep a record of all cases of violation brought before it, including their final disposition, and also a rec- ord of the collection and disposi- tion of all fines. The bureau shall submit summarized monthly re- ports to the court and the village clerk of each village of all traf- fic complaints procelssed by the bureau, of all fines collected by it and of the final disposition or present status of every case under its jurisdiction. Such records shall be so maintained as to show all types of violationlsi and the tot- als of each, and shall be public rec- ords. Fines and casts and all other receipts of the bureau shall be dispolsed of in the same manner as similar receipts of the court not resulting from bureau opera- tions. SECTION 4. Obligations. Obli- gations may be incurred from the joint municipal court appropria- tion. SECTION 5. Effective date. This ordinance is in furtherance of a resolution of the Village of Shorewood authorizing and es- tablishing the joint municipal court of Shorewood, Excelsior, Tonka Bay and Greenwood and shall be in force and effect from and after the passage and publica- tion of a :similar ordinance of each of said villages. Adopted by the Village Coun- cil this 12th day of November, 1962. LESTE'R R. BADGER, Mayor ATTEST: ELSA I. WILTSEY, Village Clerk (Published in the Minnetonka Record on November 15, 1962)