§ 439.20. Allowed vehicles.  


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  • The following classes of vehicles may enter upon and use such part of Nicollet Avenue, subject, however, to the further provisions of this section and general laws and ordinances applicable to the use of streets of the city:

    (1)

    Emergency vehicles : Public police and fire vehicles and public and private ambulances;

    (2)

    Public works, maintenance and service vehicles : Public and private street repair and construction vehicles and equipment, public and private street cleaning and snow removal vehicles and equipment, public and private water and sewer repair and construction vehicles and equipment, and public and private vehicles and equipment engaged in construction, service and repair of electric, gas, telephone or any other public utility facility;

    (3)

    Public carriers : Vehicles engaged in mass transportation of persons within the city by bus.

    (4)

    Special permit vehicles : Vehicles engaged in delivery of merchandise and materials or receiving merchandise and materials from the owners or occupants of property abutting on such part of Nicollet Avenue pursuant to permit issued by the city.

    (5)

    Passenger automobiles : May travel upon such part of Nicollet Avenue between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day of every year. Such vehicles shall not travel at a speed greater than ten (10) miles per hour, and may not pass another vehicle or stop or park upon such part of Nicollet Avenue and must enter/exit only at Washington Avenue South or Grant Street; and

    (6)

    Bicycles : Any device propelled by human power upon which a person may ride, having two (2) tandem wheels either of which is over fourteen (14) inches in diameter, or any device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two (2) front or rear wheels or a unicycle. Such vehicles shall not travel at a speed greater than ten (10) miles per hour. (Ord. No. 2017-079 , § 1, 12-8-17)