§ 439.10. Establishment of pedestrian mall.

(a) The city council hereby finds and states that Nicollet Avenue from Washington Avenue to Alice Rainville Place in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota is not a part of any state highway, is located primarily in a central business district of said city, is improved to its maximum width for roadway and sidewalk purposes, and is congested during all or some substantial part of normal business hours; that reasonably convenient alternate routes exist for private vehicles to other parts of said city and state, that continued unlimited use of such part of such street by private vehicles may constitute a hazard to the safety of pedestrians, that properties abutting such part of such street can reasonably and adequately receive and deliver merchandise and materials from other streets and alleys or by reason of provision herein made for limited use of such street by carriers of such merchandise and materials, and that it would be to the best interests of said city and the public and of benefit to adjacent properties to use such part of such street primarily for pedestrian purposes, and pedestrian use is the highest and best use of such street from Washington Avenue to Alice Rainville Place.

(b)

The city council hereby finds and states that Nicollet Avenue from Alice Rainville Place to Grant Street east and west in the City of Minneapolis is not a part of any state highway, is located primarily in a central business district of said city, is improved to its maximum width for roadway and sidewalk purposes, and is congested during all or some substantial part of normal business hours; that reasonably convenient alternate routes exist for private vehicles to other parts of the city and state, that continued unlimited use of such part of such street by private vehicles may constitute a hazard to the safety of pedestrians, that properties abutting such part of such street can reasonably and adequately receive and deliver merchandise and materials from other streets and alleys or by reason of provision herein made for limited use of such part of such street by carriers of such merchandise and materials, and it would be to the best interests of the city and the public and of benefit to adjacent and nearby properties to use such part of such street primarily for pedestrian purposes; and pedestrian use is the highest and best use of said street from Tenth Street south to Grant Street east and west; and Alice Rainville Place between Nicollet and Marquette Avenues would be used to the best interests of the city and public and of benefit to adjacent and nearby properties if used primarily for pedestrian purposes and easterly and westerly bound automobile traffic which is found to be the highest and best use of said street from Nicollet to Marquette Avenues to be used primarily for recreation and pedestrian purposes, and pedestrian use is the highest and best use of such streets from Tenth Street south to Grant Street east and west; and that it would be of the best interest of said city, the public, and of benefit to adjacent and nearby properties to use Alice Rainville Place between Nicollet and Marquette Avenues primarily for pedestrians' use and for easterly bound automobile traffic as a means of access to said pedestrian mall area which is found to be the highest and best use of such portion of such street.

(c)

By original declaration effective as of April 17, 1966, and pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 430, Minnesota Statutes, 1961, as amended by Chapter 504 of the Session Laws of Minnesota for 1963, Nicollet Avenue from Washington Avenue to Alice Rainville Place in the City of Minneapolis, Minnesota is hereby designated as a pedestrian mall. By original declaration effective as of March 30, 1978, and pursuant to the same law, Nicollet Avenue from Tenth Street south to Grant Street east and west and Alice Rainville Place between Nicollet and Marquette Avenues, all of which are in the City of Minneapolis, are also hereby designated as pedestrian malls (all segments named in this section collectively hereinafter called "such part of Nicollet Avenue").

(d)

Except as herein otherwise provided, the surface of such part of Nicollet Avenue is at all times hereby limited to pedestrians and the classes of vehicles herein described, and the use of the surface of such part of Nicollet Avenue by any other vehicle is hereby prohibited. (Ord. No. 2017-079 , § 1, 12-8-17)