Agenda - Council - 10/24/1995 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I ,I I I I the snowmobile shall be required to obtain a City permit and display a Ciity identification sticker on the snowmobile. Any operation ~f a snowmobile required to have a . permit and identification sticker, without such permit and sticker, shall be prohibited. Chronic Violators Notwithstanding the outcome or existence of criminal prosecutions for violations of this Code, if a snowmobile is observed being operated in violation of this Code on three separate occasions during any !time period, the owner of the snowmobile shall be required to obtain a City Permit and display a City identification sticker on the snowmobile. The provisions of Section 6.04.01 shall apply to t~e operation of snowmobiles required to obtain City permits and rstickers Notice To Owners The owner of any snowmobile required to obtain a City permit and sticker sha~l be notified by regular U.S. mail of the requirement to obtain thee permit and sticker. No fee shall be required for the permit and Sticker. The City Administrator shall have prepared forms for application, -permit and proscribe specifications for the appearance and display of the sticker. Revocation Of Permit If a snowmbbile displaying a City identification sticker is - observed being operated in violation of the City Code, the City Administrator shall cause notification (by U.S. Mail) to be made to the regisTtered owner that the permit for the snowmobile has been revoked, and shall further notify the owner that the owner has ten calendar days from the postmark date on the notice t'o request, in writing, a hearing before the Ramsey City Council. If no hearing is requested, the revocation shall be effective eleven calendar days from ~he postmark date of the notice. If a hearing is requested, ~he revocation shall be suspended until the City Council can conduc~ a hearing. At the hearing, the owner may be represented by counsel and shall be given the opportunity to show cause why t~e Administrator's revocation should not be affirmed. If the City Council finds, after hearing, that the violation did in fact occur, then the Council shall, by motion, affirm the revocation, ~effective with the passage of the motion. Once a City Permit has! been revoked, any operation of the snowmobile, regardless 6f ow~%rship, within the corporate limits of the City, shall be unilawful, and upon observation thereof, a peace office shall immediately seize and impound the snowmobile as evidence pending a criminal prosecution of the operator and/or owner.