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Minneapolis Code of Ordinances tit. 15, ch. 385
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Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.10 "Public place" defined.

385.10. - "Public place" defined. Whenever used in this chapter, "public place" shall include streets, alleys and sidewalks dedicated to public use, and shall also include such parts of buildings and other premises whether publicly or privately owned which are used by the general public or to which the general public is invited commercially, for a fee, or otherwise, or in or on which the general public is permitted without specific invitation. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 870.180)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.20 Hazardous fences.

385.20. - Hazardous fences. No person shall place, construct or maintain, or cause to be placed or constructed any electric fence within the city nor shall any person install or permit to be installed, any wire or chain-link-type fence with the cut or selvage end of the fencing exposed at the top, when such exposed top is less than six (6) feet above the ground level. Further, no person shall construct, use or maintain any barbed-wire fence on residentially zoned property. On all property zoned other than residential, barbed-wire may be permitted on the top of a fence, only as allowed by the zoning code.(Code 1960, As Amend., § 583.360; Ord. of 6-14-74, § 1; 76-Or-83, 6-11-76 (effective date 1-1-77), § 1; Ord. No. 2023-041, § 1, 5-25-23)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.30 Fires on pavements or in sewers or drains.

385.30. - Fires on pavements or in sewers or drains. No person shall build a fire upon any pavement or within any sewer or drain for any purpose whatever. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 611.140)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.40 Restrictions regarding certain aspects of use of unmanned aircraft.

385.40. - Restrictions regarding certain aspects of use of unmanned aircraft. (a) Definitions. The following words shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this section: Aircraft: A device that is used or intended to be used for flight in the air, regardless of size. Person: Unless the context indicates otherwise, "person" shall have the meaning given in section 3.60 of this Code. Small unmanned aircraft: An unmanned aircraft weighing less than fifty-five (55) pounds on takeoff, including everything that is on board or otherwise attached to the aircraft. Special event zone: A zone which shall include the parts of central Minneapolis contained within the following line: Starting at the intersection of East River Parkway SE and Franklin Avenue SE; thence east along Franklin Avenue SE to the city limits; continuing north along the city limits to Kasota Avenue SE; turning west on Kasota Avenue SE; continuing on Kasota Avenue where it turns west and becomes Elm Street SE; continuing on Elm Street where it turns and becomes 17th Avenue SE and Rollins Ave SE to 15th Avenue SE; turning south on 15th Avenue SE to 8th Street SE; turning west on 8th Street SE; continuing on 8th Street SE to its intersection with Central Avenue NE; turning northerly on Central Avenue NE to Spring Street NE; turning west on Spring Street NE to 5th Street NE; turning north and west on 5th Street NE to 8th Avenue NE; turning west and south on 8th Avenue NE; continuing on 8th Avenue NE across the Mississippi River where it becomes Plymouth Avenue N; continuing on Plymouth Avenue N to Emerson Avenue N/7th Street N intersection; then turn south on 7th Street N and continue southerly where it becomes Van White Boulevard; continue on Van White Boulevard until it passes under Interstate 394; then southwesterly on Interstate 394 to a northerly extension of Waverly Place S; continue on Waverly Place S where it becomes Mount Curve Avenue to Humboldt Avenues S; turning south on Humboldt Avenue S to Franklin Avenue W; turning east on Franklin Avenue W and continue on Franklin Avenue across the Mississippi River back to the point of beginning at the East River Parkway intersection. The line shall run down the middle of any street or roadway described. Unmanned aircraft: An aircraft operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft. (b) Requirements. (1) All unmanned aircraft operating in the city shall comply with all applicable federal statutes and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. To the extent any provisions of this section, are not merely supplemental to, but actually conflict with federal statute or FAA regulations or other federal authority, the federal statute or FAA regulation or other federal authority shall govern to the extent of any conflict. (2) All unmanned aircraft operating in the city shall comply with all applicable Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules that are not superseded by federal statutes and regulations. To the extent any provisions of this section, are not merely supplemental to, but actually conflict with valid Minnesota Statutes or Minnesota Rules or other state authority, Minnesota Statutes or Minnesota Rules or other state authority shall govern to the extent of any conflict. (3) No person shall use, assist, or facilitate the use of an unmanned aircraft for takeoffs or landings from/to any lands, waterways, or water bodies or other areas, including real property or personal property, in the special event zone on the following dates without first obtaining a permit from the Minneapolis Director of Regulatory Services or the Director's designee specifically permitting the use of the special event zone for such takeoff or landing: a. Monday January 15, 2018, to and including Monday February 5, 2018; b. Tuesday July 16, 2018, to and including Tuesday, July 24, 2018; and c. Wednesday April 3, 2019, to and including Wednesday April 10, 2019. Such person shall comply with all conditions of the permit and shall have the permit or a copy thereof in possession when using, assisting, or facilitating the use of the special event zone for takeoffs or landings of unmanned aircraft. (4) No person shall operate or assist the operation of any small unmanned aircraft carelessly or heedlessly in disregard of the rights of persons on the ground or in disregard of the rights of owners, users, or occupants of real or personal property that is on or under the ground or in any way connected thereto. (5) No person shall fly a small unmanned aircraft within twenty-five (25) feet of any individual person on the ground or in or on real or personal property located on the ground without the explicit permission of such person. (6) Penalties for violation of this section shall be as provided in section 1.30 of this Code. (Ord. No. 2017-077, § 1, 12-8-17)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.50 Loitering.

385.50. - Loitering. (a) No person shall loiter on the streets or in a public place or in a place open to the public with intent to solicit for the purposes of prostitution, illegal narcotic sale, distribution, purchase or possession, or any other act prohibited by law. (b) No person shall be present in a motor vehicle stopped, parked or operated on the street, in a public place or in a place open to the public with intent to solicit for the purposes of prostitution, illegal narcotic sale, distribution, purchase or possession, or any other act prohibited by law. (c) Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether a person intends to loiter for the purposes of engaging in prostitution are whether a person: (1) Repeatedly beckons to, stops or attempts to stop, or engages passersby in conversation; (2) Repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing, waving of arms or any other bodily gesture; (3) Is a known prostitute or procurer of prostitutes; or (4) Inquires whether a potential patron, procurer or a prostitute is a police officer or searches for articles that would identify a police officer or requests the touching or exposing of male or female genitals or female breasts to prove that the person is not a police officer. (d) Among the circumstances which may be considered in determining whether a person intends to loiter for the purpose of engaging in distributing illegal narcotics are whether a person: (1) Repeatedly beckons to, stops or attempts to stop, or engages passersby in conversation. (2) Repeatedly stops or attempts to stop motor vehicle operators by hailing, waving of arms or other bodily gesture. (3) Acts as a look-out. (4) Transfers small objects or packages of currency or any other thing of value in a furtive fashion which would lead an observer to believe or ascertain that a drug transaction has or is about to occur. (5) Carries small objects or packages in one's mouth and transfers such objects or packages to another person for currency or any other thing of value, or swallows or attempts to swallow the objects or packages if approached by a law enforcement officer. A prima facie case may be established by a law enforcement officer's observations of the offender's behavior, and the seizure or recovery of illegal drugs shall not be a prerequisite to establishment of a prima facie case. (e) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by up to ninety (90) days in jail and/or a one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) fine. The city prosecutor may request that the court impose, as a condition of pretrial release or probation, that the defendant be geographically restricted from a reasonable and limited area surrounding the location where the crime allegedly occurred. The specific boundaries and duration of the geographic restriction shall be determined by the court and described to the defendant on-the-record or in writing. (f) Severance. If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this law is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall in no way affect the validity of any remaining portions of this law. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 870.010; 2004-Or-058, § 1, 5-28-04)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.60 Aggressive solicitation.

385.60. - Aggressive solicitation. (a) Policy. As an aid in the interpretation and enforcement of this section the city council finds that: (1) Aggressive solicitation is disturbing and disruptive to residents and businesses and contributes to the loss of access to and enjoyment of public places and to a sense of fear, intimidation and disorder. (2) Aggressive solicitation may include approaching or following pedestrians, repetitive soliciting despite refusals, the use of abusive or profane language to cause fear and intimidation, unwanted physical contact, or the intentional blocking of pedestrian and vehicular traffic. (3) The presence of individuals who solicit money from persons in places that are confined, difficult to avoid, or where a person might find it necessary to wait, is especially troublesome because of the enhanced fear of crime. (4) This section is intended to protect citizens from the disruption, fear and intimidation accompanying certain kinds of solicitation, and not to limit constitutionally protected activity. (b) Definitions. (1) Solicitation, as used in this section, means any plea made in person where: a. A person by vocal appeal requests an immediate donation of money or other item from another person; or b. A person verbally offers or actively provides an item or service of little or no value to another in exchange for a donation, under circumstances where a reasonable person would understand that the transaction is in substance a donation. However, solicitation shall not include the act of passively standing, sitting, or engaging in a performance of art with a sign or other indication that a donation is being sought, without any vocal request other than in response to an inquiry by another person. (2) Convenience store, as used in this section, means a retail establishment offering for sale prepackaged food products, household items, and other goods commonly associated with them, with a gross floor area of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) square feet. (3) Public entertainment venue means a place that is open to the public (whether or not upon payment of a fee for admission and whether or not the management reserves the right to exclude individual members of the public) for entertainment but does not include a shop. The term includes, but is not limited to, cinemas, theatres, concert halls, electronic games centers, indoor sports centers (including a bowling alley), art galleries, museums, and premises upon which any display or exhibition promoted as such is conducted. (4) Shop means premises used for the sale or displaying or offering for sale of goods or food to a member of the public, whether on a wholesale or retail basis and includes a warehouse (other than where the premises is temporarily used as a public entertainment venue). (c) Prohibitions. (1) It shall be unlawful in a public place to engage in an act of solicitation when the person being solicited is present at any of the following locations: a. In a restroom. b. At a bus stop or shelter or light rail stop or shelter. c. At or within ten (10) feet in any direction from a crosswalk. d. In any public transportation vehicle or public transportation facility. e. In a vehicle which is parked or stopped on a public street or alley. f. In a sidewalk cafe. g. In a line waiting to be admitted to a commercial or government establishment. h. Within eighty (80) feet in any direction from an automatic teller machine or entrance to a bank, other financial institution, or check cashing business. i. On any park land, or in any park, playground, or public entertainment venue, including within fifty (50) feet of entry ways or exits thereto. j. At or within ten (10) feet in any direction of the property on which is located a gasoline filling station as defined in Chapter 287 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances. k. At or within ten (10) feet in any direction of the property on which is located a liquor store, including any establishment with an off-sale license under Chapter 362 of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, and not including any establishment with an on-sale license. l. At or within ten (10) feet in any direction of the property on which a convenience store is located. (2) It shall be unlawful in a public place to engage in an act of solicitation in a manner that incorporates any of the following methods: a. Intentionally touching or causing physical contact with the solicited person without that person's consent. b. Intentionally blocking the path of the solicited person, or the entrance to any building or vehicle. c. Following behind, ahead or alongside a person who walks away from the solicitor after being solicited, with the intent to intimidate or continue solicitation. d. Using obscene, profane, or abusive language or gestures toward the solicited person. e. Approaching the solicited person in a manner that: 1. Is intended to or is likely to cause a reasonable person to fear imminent bodily harm or the commission of a criminal act upon property in the person's possession; or 2. Is intended to or is likely to intimidate a reasonable person into responding affirmatively to the solicitation. f. Solicitation while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. g. Soliciting in a group of two (2) or more persons. (3) It shall be unlawful in a public place to engage in an act of solicitation on any day after sunset, or before sunrise. (d) Penalties. Each act of solicitation prohibited by this section shall constitute a separate violation of this section. Each violation shall be punishable as a misdemeanor. (e) Severance. If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this law is held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall in no way affect the validity of any remaining portions of this law. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 870.020; 2004-Or-057, §§ 1, 2, 5-28-04; 2007-Or-035, § 1, 6-15-07)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.65 Interference with pedestrian or vehicular traffic.

385.65. - Interference with pedestrian or vehicular traffic. No person, in any public or private place, shall use offensive, obscene or abusive language, or grab, follow or engage in conduct which reasonably tends to arouse alarm or anger in others, or walk, stand, sit, lie, or place an object in such a manner as to block passage by another person or a vehicle, or to require another person or a driver of a vehicle to take evasive action to avoid physical contact. Acts authorized as an exercise of one's constitutional rights of freedom of speech and assembly, and acts authorized by a permit issued pursuant to the Parade Ordinance, Chapter 447, or the Block Event Ordinance, Chapter 455, of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, shall not constitute interference with pedestrian or vehicular traffic. (88-Or-019, § 1, 2-12-88)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.90 Disorderly conduct.

385.90. - Disorderly conduct. No person, in any public or private place, shall engage in, or prepare, attempt, offer or threaten to engage in, or assist or conspire with another to engage in, or congregate because of, any riot, fight, brawl, tumultuous conduct, act of violence, or any other conduct which disturbs the peace and quiet of another save for participating in a recognized athletic contest. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 870.060)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.130 Obscene materials; distribution prohibited.

385.130. - Obscene materials; distribution prohibited. (1) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the meanings given them: (a) "Obscene" means and the trier of fact must find: (i) That the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest in sex of the average person; (ii) That the work depicts or describes, in a patently offensive manner, sexual conduct specifically defined by clause (b); (iii) That the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. (b) "Sexual conduct" includes any of the following defined sexual conduct: (i) An act of sexual intercourse, actual or simulated, including genital-genital, anal-genital, or oral-genital intercourse, whether between human beings or between a human being and an animal. (ii) Sadomasochistic abuse, meaning flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude or clad in undergarments or in a revealing costume or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restricted on the part of one so clothed. (iii) Masturbation or lewd exhibitions of the genitals including any explicit, close-up representation of a human genital organ. (iv) Physical contact or simulated physical contact with the clothed or unclothed pubic areas or buttocks of a human male or female, or the breasts of the female, whether alone or between members of the same or opposite sex or between humans and animals in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification. (v) Any act of sexual assault where physical violence or drugs are employed to overcome the will of or achieve the consent of a person to an act of sexual conduct and the effects or results of the violence or drugs are shown. (c) "Community" means the political subdivision from which persons properly qualified to serve as jurors in a civil proceeding are chosen. (2) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to exhibit, sell, print, offer to sell, give away, circulate, publish, distribute, or attempt to distribute any obscene book, magazine, pamphlet, paper, writing, card, advertisement, circular, print, picture, photograph, motion picture film, video tape, play, image, instrument, statute, drawing, or other article which is obscene. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 870.080; 81-Or-036, § 1, 2-27-81; 84-Or-118, §§ 1, 2, 7-13-84; 85-Or-020, §§ 1, 2, 1-25-85)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.131 Distribution of materials harmful to minors.

385.131. - Distribution of materials harmful to minors. (1) In enacting this section, the city council declares its purposes and intent to be as follows: There exists an urgent need to prevent commercial exposure of minors to sexually provocative written, photographic, printed, sound, or published materials as these are hereafter defined and which are hereby declared to be harmful to minors. (2) It is in the best interest of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of this city and state, and especially of minors within the city and state, that commercial dissemination of such sexually provocative written, photographic, printed, sound, or published materials deemed harmful to minors be restricted to persons over the age of seventeen (17) years; or if available to minors under the age of eighteen (18) years, that the availability of such materials be restricted to sources within established and recognized schools, religious institutions, museums, medical clinics and physicians, hospitals, public libraries, the minor's home, or government-sponsored organizations. (3) As used in this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them: (a) "Minor" means any person under the age of eighteen (18) years; (b) "Nudity" means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area or buttocks with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any portion thereof below the top of the nipple, or the depiction of covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state; (c) "Sexual conduct" includes any of the following depicted sexual conduct: (i) Any act of sexual intercourse, actual or simulated, including genital-genital, anal-genital, or oral-genital intercourse, whether between human beings or between a human being and an animal. (ii) Sadomasochistic abuse, meaning flagellation or torture by or upon a person who is nude or clad in undergarments or in a revealing costume or the condition of being fettered, bound, or otherwise physically restricted on the part of one so clothed. (iii) Masturbation or lewd exhibitions of the genitals including any explicit, close-up representation of a human genital organ. (iv) Physical contact or simulated physical contact with the clothed or unclothed pubic areas or buttocks of a human male or female, or the breasts of the female, whether along or between members of the same or opposite sex or between humans and animals in an act of apparent sexual stimulation or gratification. (v) An act of sexual assault where physical violence or drugs are employed to overcome the will of or achieve the consent of a person to an act of sexual conduct and the effects or results of the violence or drugs are shown. (d) "Sexual excitement" means the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal; (e) "Harmful to minors" means that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement, when it: (1) Predominantly appeals to the prurient, shameful, or morbid interest of minors in sex; and (2) Is patently offensive to contemporary standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable sexual material for minors; and (3) Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. (f) "Knowingly" means having general knowledge of, or reason to know, or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry or both: (i) The character and content of any material which is reasonably susceptible of examination by the defendant; and (ii) The age of the minor; provided, however, that an honest mistake shall constitute an excuse from liability hereunder if the defendant made a reasonable bona fide attempt to ascertain the true age of such minor. (4) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to sell or loan for monetary consideration to a minor: (a) Any picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, video tape, or similar visual representation or image of a person or portion of the human body which depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement and which is harmful to minors. (b) Any book, pamphlet, magazine, printed matter however reproduced, or sound recording which contains any matter enumerated in clause (a), or which contains explicit and detailed verbal descriptions or narrative accounts of nudity, sexual excitement or sexual conduct, and which taken as a whole is harmful to minors. (5) (a) It is unlawful for any person knowingly to exhibit for a monetary consideration to a minor or knowingly to sell to a minor an admission ticket or pass or knowingly to admit a minor for a monetary consideration to premises whereon there is exhibited, a motion picture show or other presentation which, in whole or in part, depicts nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement and which is harmful to minors. (b) It is unlawful for any person commercially and knowingly to exhibit to a minor or to admit a minor to a motion picture show or other presentation which, in whole or in part, depicts nudity, sexual conduct, or sexual excitement and which is harmful to minors. (c) It is unlawful for any person to allow or encourage a minor to participate in a performance which, in whole or in part, involves the indecent, lewd, or lascivious exposure or use of the minor's body, or any part thereof. (6) It is unlawful for any person commercially and knowingly to exhibit, display, sell, offer to sell, give away, circulate, distribute, or attempt to distribute any material which is harmful to minors in its content in any place where minors are or may be present or allowed to be present and where minors are able to view such material unless each item of such material is at all times kept in a sealed wrapper. (a) It is also unlawful for any person commercially and knowingly to exhibit, display, sell, offer to sell, give away, circulate, distribute, or attempt to distribute any material whose cover, covers, or packaging, standing alone, is harmful to minors, in any place where minors are or may be present or allowed to be present and where minors are able to view such material unless each item of such material is blocked from view by an opaque cover. The requirement of an opaque cover shall be deemed satisfied concerning such material if those portions of the cover, covers, or packaging containing such material harmful to minors are blocked from view by an opaque cover. (b) The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to distribution or attempt to distribute the exhibition, display, sale, offer of sale, circulation, giving away of material harmful to minors where such material is sold, exhibited, displayed, offered for sale, given away, circulated, distributed, or attempted to be distributed under circumstances where minors are not present, not allowed to be present, or are not able to view such material or the cover, covers, or packaging of such material. Any business may comply with the requirements of this clause by physically segregating such material in a manner so as to physically prohibit the access to and view of the material by minors, by prominently posting at the entrance(s) to such restricted area, "Adults Only — you must be 18 to enter," and by enforcing said restrictions. (84-Or-119, § 1, 7-13-84; 85-Or-021, §§ 1—4, 1-25-85; 85-Or-117, § 1, 6-14-85; 91-Or-145, § 1, 7-26-91)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.135 False hotel registration.

385.135. - False hotel registration. No person shall register or knowingly permit himself to be registered in any hotel or similar establishment under other than his true name or as the spouse of any person not the spouse. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 870.090)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.150 Forfeiture of motor vehicles associated with certain designated offenses.

385.150. - Forfeiture of motor vehicles associated with certain designated offenses. (a) Definitions. Whenever used in this section, the following terms shall have the indicated meaning: (1) Motor vehicle. Every vehicle which is self-propelled, including but not limited to automobiles, motorcycles, motor scooters and "motorized bicycles" as defined in Minn. Statute Section 169.01, Subd. 4a. (2) Designated offense. A conviction for a violation of Minn. Statute Section 609.324. (3) Conviction. Any of the following which have been accepted and recorded by the court: a. A plea of guilty; or b. A verdict of guilty by a jury or a finding of guilty by the court; or c. A stay of imposition of sentence pursuant to Minn. Statute Section 609.135, Subd. 1. (4) Notice. Notice mailed by certified mail to the address shown in the Minnesota Department of Public Safety records is deemed sufficient notice to the owner and secured party for all motor vehicles required to be registered pursuant to Minn. Statute Chapter 168. (5) Owner. A person, other than a secured party, having title to a motor vehicle. The term includes a person entitled to the use and possession of a motor vehicle subject to a security interest in another person, but excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security. (6) Secured party. A person who has perfected a secured interest in a motor vehicle pursuant to Minn. Statute Chapter 168A. (7) Secured interest. Secured interest means a perfected, secured interest as defined in Minn. Statute Section 168A.01, and subject to the restrictions in Minn. Statute Section 168A.22. (b) Certain motor vehicles subject to forfeiture. Any motor vehicle used to commit or facilitate in any way, or used in any way during, the commission of any designated offense is subject to forfeiture. Peace officers arresting or charging persons for violating any designated offense are empowered to seize and impound in the name of the City of Minneapolis any motor vehicle used to commit or facilitate in any way, or used in any way during, the commission of any designated offense, and shall hold the motor vehicle subject to court order of forfeiture. The Minneapolis Police Department is deemed to have custody of the motor vehicle seized subject to the order of the court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceeding. Any motor vehicle seized as a result of a violation of any designated offense is not subject to replevin. (c) Notice to owner and secured party; bond by owner for possession during pendency. Within seven (7) calendar days after the seizure of a motor vehicle pursuant to this section, notice of the seizure shall be given by the chief of police or his designee by mailing to the owner and any secured party thereof at their last known address listed in the records of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, a written notice of forfeiture. In the event that either the owner or the secured party of the seized motor vehicle are unknown, notice shall be by publication in a legal newspaper for the City of Minneapolis. If the owner of a motor vehicle seized under this section seeks possession of the motor vehicle before the forfeiture action is determined, the owner may post a bond payable to the City of Minneapolis in an amount equal to the retail value of the motor vehicle seized as listed in the National Automobile Dealers Association Used Car Guide. Upon posting of a bond, the seized motor vehicle shall be returned to the owner and the forfeiture action shall proceed against the security or bond in lieu of the seized motor vehicle. (d) Forfeiture; judicial determination. The forfeiture action under this chapter is a civil in rem action, separate from and independent of any criminal prosecution. A court may issue an order of forfeiture only upon a conviction of a designated offense. (1) Within twenty (20) days following the seizure of any motor vehicle, a separate complaint shall be filed in district court against the motor vehicle describing the year, make and model, vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle, and specifying the time and place of the unlawful use and stating the designated offense. The complaint shall be captioned in the name of the City of Minneapolis as plaintiff and the motor vehicle as defendant. (2) A copy of the complaint shall be served upon the owner and any secured party by certified mail to the address shown in the records of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Notice may otherwise be given in the manner provided by law for service of a summons and complaint in a civil action. (3) The complaint shall provide notice that any person claiming any right, title, or interest in the motor vehicle shall file an answer within twenty (20) days of service of the complaint. The answer must set forth the specific basis for the claim made as to right, title or interest in the motor vehicle and demand a judicial determination of the forfeiture. (4) The answer must be filed in district court together with proof of service of a copy of the answer on the city attorney or one of her or his assistants. (5) Upon the conviction of a person arrested for a designated offense the city shall move the district court for an order requiring the motor vehicle to be sold subject to any limitation set forth in this section. (e) Forfeiture, judicial determination and distribution of proceeds. (1) If no answer is filed within the time prescribed and the court shall order the motor vehicle sold, the motor vehicle shall be sold at a public auction and the proceeds devoted to law enforcement purposes except as provided herein. (2) If an answer is filed, and following a hearing the court orders the motor vehicle sold, then the order shall provide that all right, title and interest in the vehicle shall immediately vest in the City of Minneapolis, and that the city is authorized to sell the motor vehicle and that the city is authorized thereafter to convey title to the motor vehicle free of all liens and encumbrances. (3) All costs incurred by the city in the seizure, storage, forfeiture and sale shall first be deducted from the proceeds of any such sale, and any balance remaining from the proceeds shall be paid over to the city, except as provided in (4) below. (4) The interests of secured parties in a motor vehicle seized and sold under this section shall be satisfied in their order of priority. (f) Limitations on forfeiture of property associated with designated offenses. (1) A motor vehicle is subject to forfeiture under this section if any owner was privy to the act or omission upon which the forfeiture is based or the act or omission occurred with the knowledge or consent of any owner. (g) Dismissal, acquittal. If the person arrested for or charged with a violation of a designated offense is acquitted, the court having jurisdiction over the forfeiture proceeding shall dismiss the complaint against the motor vehicle and order its return to the person legally entitled to possess it. The city shall further return or release any security or bond which has been posted. (91-Or-210, § 1, 10-25-91)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.160 Indecent conduct.

385.160. - Indecent conduct. No person, in any public place shall engage in, or offer or attempt to engage in: (a) Lewd or lascivious conduct; (b) Sexual intercourse or other sexual conduct; (c) The indecent or lascivious exposure or use of the human body, or any part thereof; or (d) Fondling the unclothed genitals of himself or herself or another person. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 870.120; 92-Or-013, § 1, 2-7-92)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.170 Disorderly houses.

385.170. - Disorderly houses. (a) Definitions. Whenever used in this section, the following terms shall have the indicated meaning: (1) Controlled substance shall have the meaning assigned by Minnesota Statutes, Section 152.01, Subd. 4. (2) Prostitution shall have the meaning assigned by Minnesota Statutes, Section 609.321, Subd. 9. (3) Unlawful liquor sales shall mean the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor or nonsignificants [nonintoxicating] malt liquor. (4) Prohibited conduct shall mean activities occurring in violation of statutes or ordinances relating to any of the following: a. Gambling; b. Prostitution, acts relating thereto, or indecent conduct; c. Sale or possession of controlled substances; or d. Unlawful liquor sales. (5) Disorderly house shall mean a building, dwelling, establishment, premises or place where prohibited conduct occurs. If the building, dwelling, establishment, premises or place is a multi-unit dwelling or residence, hotel or motel, or commercial or office building, this definition only includes the dwelling unit, room or suite of rooms in the hotel or motel, office rooms or suite, or store in which prohibited conduct occurs. (b) Prohibitions. (1) No person shall own, operate, manage, maintain or conduct a disorderly house, or invite or attempt to invite others to visit or remain in such disorderly house. (2) No person shall visit or remain in a disorderly house for the purpose of aiding, abetting, or engaging in prohibited conduct occurring in such disorderly house. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 870.140; 89-Or-092, §§ 1, 2, 5-26-89)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.210 Conduct at entertainment events.

385.210. - Conduct at entertainment events. (a) Policy. It is the purpose of this section to describe certain conduct at entertainment events which is unbecoming a spectator or participant, disorderly and contrary to the public welfare. (b) Definition. "Entertainment event" means a theater performance, concert, athletic contest or other show to which the general public is admitted. (c) Admission. No person shall gain entrance to an entertainment event for which a charge is made without having paid such charge or without the permission of the owner or operator of the event or his or her authorized representative, nor shall any person assist another to gain or attempt to gain such entrance. This section shall not apply to law enforcement personnel entering the premises in the performance of their duties. (d) Restricted areas. No person shall, without the permission of the owner or operator of the event or his or her authorized representative, enter or be found upon the stage, playing field or other area used or reserved for the performance of the event. (e) Other conduct. No person shall do any of the following which are declared to be disorderly conduct: (1) Engage in brawling or fighting. (2) Intentionally throw any object, thing or article onto a stage, playing field or area where an event is conducted. (3) Obstruct an aisle, block a properly marked exit, or take or obstruct the seat of another. (4) Fail or refuse to leave an entertainment event when directed to do so by the owner or operator of the event or an authorized representative. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 870.190; 87-Or-138, § 1, 7-24-87)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.220 Giving false information to police.

385.220. - Giving false information to police. No person shall give any false information to the police about any crime or misdemeanor that has been committed, nor report to the police any crime or misdemeanor that has not been committed. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 873.010)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.230 Intercepting police calls.

385.230. - Intercepting police calls. No person without a permit from the chief of police shall install or use in any motor vehicle a short wave length radio receiving set capable of receiving radio messages transmitted by the police department on the frequency regularly assigned to it by the Federal Communications Commission. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 873.020)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.240 Abandoned iceboxes and similar containers.

385.240. - Abandoned iceboxes and similar containers. No person shall leave or permit to remain outside of any dwelling, building or other structure, or within any unoccupied or abandoned building, dwelling or other structure under his control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or unattended icebox, refrigerator or other similar container which may become airtight by reason of a door, lid, cover and locking device that cannot be opened or released from the inside. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 880.020)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.250 Misrepresentation of permitted uses of real estate, property or structure.

385.250. - Misrepresentation of permitted uses of real estate, property or structure. No person, whether acting as owner or as an agent, servant, employee or broker for another in the sale or exchange of any real estate, property or structure of any kind or nature, whether for any fee, commission, salary or not, shall willfully misrepresent to any purchaser that such real estate, property or structure may be used for a rooming house, rest home, nursing home, dormitory, boardinghouse or multiple dwelling purpose whenever such use is prohibited by or is contrary to law. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 880.030)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.255 Fraudulent statements relating to condemnation to induce sale of real property.

385.255. - Fraudulent statements relating to condemnation to induce sale of real property. It shall be unlawful for any person to attempt to induce the sale of real property by: (1) Circulating or publishing a false statement, oral or written, relating to a corporation, association, partnership or individual, intending thereby to give the false impression that the corporation, association, partnership or individual has condemnation powers; or by (2) Circulating or publishing a false statement, oral or written, intending thereby to give the false impression that public action involving condemnation has been or is being proposed involving said real property. (81-Or-154, § 1, 6-12-81)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.260 Sale of certain antifreeze.

385.260. - Sale of certain antifreeze. No person shall sell or furnish or have in possession for the purpose of selling or furnishing, any antifreeze solution containing mineral salt or having a petroleum base, for use in motor vehicles. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 880.050)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.270 Interfering with gardens.

385.270. - Interfering with gardens. No person shall injure or destroy in or upon, or remove or carry away from, any plot of ground lawfully used as a garden any seed, plant, fruit, berry or vegetable, or product thereof used or intended for human consumption, not to him belonging, and without permission to do so from the lawful owner or producer thereof. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 880.060)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.280 Soliciting business in violation of law.

385.280. - Soliciting business in violation of law. No person shall ask or influence any person in any licensed hotel, restaurant, cafe, boardinghouse, inn, tavern or other public eating house or place, or any market, stall, stand, building or place in which meat, poultry, fish, groceries, vegetables, dairy products, bakery products, fruit, confectionery, ice cream, soft drinks or other provisions are sold or offered for sale, to purchase, obtain or consume therein any food or drinks of any kind. No person in any of such licensed places of business shall ask or influence any person to do any unlawful act. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 880.070)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.310 Incendiary or explosive devices.

385.310. - Incendiary or explosive devices. (a) Policy. As an aid in the interpretation and enforcement of this section the city council finds that disobedience and disrespect of the law has been increasing and that a large number of persons have resorted to the manufacture and use of homemade flammable or explosive devices such as, but not limited to, the so-called Molotov cocktail, and that such devices are easily made and are capable of inflicting great damage and injury upon innocent persons and destroying property; that such devices are extremely difficult of complete description, and it being the desire of the city council to minimize all such dangers by making illegal the manufacture, use and possession of such devices, without restricting the use and possession of standard commonplace household devices, such as matches, lamps, cigarette lighters and similar instruments, this section is therefore enacted. (b) Prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, cause to be manufactured, sell, offer or expose for sale, rent, give away or barter, or have in his possession any incendiary device containing more than one ounce of any flammable substance, or any so-called "Molotov cocktail" or similar hand grenade or device made of any receptacle containing more than one ounce of flammable substance and fitted with a wick or other device capable of burning or exploding the same when hurled at or coming into contact with some other object. (c) Encouraging violations. It is unlawful for any person to aid or encourage another to violate the terms of this section. (d) Illumination devices excluded. For the purposes of this section, no device commercially manufactured primarily for the purpose of illumination shall be deemed to be a flammable or explosive device. (Code 1960, As Amend., §§ 882.010—882.040)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.320 Trespassing on school property.

385.320. - Trespassing on school property. (a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Public school" shall be any school building, school grounds, play area, parking lot or athletic field owned or leased by Special School District No. 1. (2) "School official" shall be the principal, assistant principal or any schoolteacher. (b) Prohibited. No person shall trespass in or upon any public school by remaining upon said school premises after being ordered to leave the public school by a school official. (c) Permission required for reentry. No person, having been ordered by a school official to leave a public school and having left said premises, shall reenter said public school without the written permission of the school principal or the school official who gave the order to leave the public school. (d) Operation of vehicles. No person shall operate or be in actual physical control of any motor vehicle in or upon any public school premises, except for the purpose of using designated parking areas for parking in connection with a school or school sanctioned function. The parking areas shall be as designated and appropriately marked by the principal of each school. (Code 1960, As Amend., §§ 883.010—883.040; Ord. of 7-27-73, § 1)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.325 Trespassing on private property used for retail sales.

385.325. - Trespassing on private property used for retail sales. (a) Definitions. (1) "Store" shall mean any retail sales business (including but not limited to restaurants), and offices where professional services of any kind are rendered, operating on private property open to the public including any shopping mall. (2) "Shopkeeper" shall mean the operator or agent of any retail sales business; or the owner or agent of any shopping mall. (3) "Common areas" shall mean any privately owned parking lots, restroom facilities, or any other areas normally used by the general public in such shopping mall. (4) "Shopping mall" shall mean any enclosed or open indoor or outdoor shopping facility consisting of contiguous stores or offices open to the public providing retail sales, professional services or restaurant facilities. (b) Prohibited. (1) No person shall trespass in or on any store or common area of any shopping mall by remaining on the premises after being ordered to leave by a shopkeeper, property owner or their agent, who has reasonable cause to believe such person has committed an act or acts prohibited by the criminal code of this state or city. Such person shall also receive the order to leave in a written form substantially in conformance with the requirements of this chapter. (2) No person who has been ordered to leave and has received the written notice required by this chapter, shall reenter the store or common area of any shopping mall without the written permission of the person or agent providing the original notice, for a period of up to ninety (90) days from the date of the written notice. (c) Penalty. (1) A violation of subsection (b) or (c) shall be punished as a petty misdemeanor. A subsequent violation of subsection (b) or (c) within a twelve-month period shall be a misdemeanor. (87-Or-198, § 1, 10-23-87)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.330 Advertising of gasoline.

385.330. - Advertising of gasoline. (a) Definitions. Whenever used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Advertise." The offering for sale or selling to the general public, by advertisement, whether oral, written, printed or visual, or in any manner whatsoever, of gasoline. (2) "Premium gasoline." Any gasoline having not less than a research octane value of 97.0 as determined by test procedure D-908-56 of the American Society for Testing Materials. (3) "Regular gasoline." Any gasoline having not less than a research octane value of 88.0 as determined by test procedure D-908-56 of the American Society for Testing Materials. (b) Misrepresenting as premium. No person shall advertise for sale or sell to the public, any gasoline as premium or high grade or high test or described by any similar term intended to convey the impression that such gasoline is premium quality, or use the term "Ethyl" in any gasoline advertisement in such a manner as to indicate that the gasoline is of premium quality, unless such gasoline has the octane value set forth in this section for premium gasoline. (c) Violations. Each sale and each misrepresentation as to octane specifications shall constitute a separate offense. Any violation of the terms of this section shall be grounds for the revocation of any license issued by the city to such person. (Code 1960, As Amend., §§ 934.010—934.040)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.340 Papers denouncing individuals or groups.

385.340. - Papers denouncing individuals or groups. (a) No person shall print, publish, distribute or cause to be printed, published or distributed, by any means, or in any manner whatsoever, any handbill, dodger, circular, booklet, pamphlet, leaflet, card, sticker, periodical literature or paper which tends to expose any individual or any racial or religious group to hatred, contempt, ridicule or obloquy, unless the same has clearly printed or written thereon: (1) The true name and post-office address of the person, firm, partnership, corporation or organization causing the same to be printed, published and distributed; and (2) If such name is that of a firm, corporation or organization, the name and post-office address of the individual acting in its behalf in causing such printing, publication or distribution. (b) This section shall not be construed to relieve the author, distributor or person who causes to be printed, published or distributed any of the matter herein set forth, from any civil or criminal liability imposed by law or ordinance. (Code 1960, As Amend., §§ 936.010, 936.020)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.350 Professional strike breakers.

385.350. - Professional strike breakers. (a) Recruiting prohibited. No person shall recruit, procure, supply or refer any person for employment who customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in place of any employee involved in a labor dispute in which such person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation is not directly involved. (b) Employment prohibited. No person, partnership, firm or corporation involved in a labor dispute shall, directly or indirectly: (1) Employ in the place of an employee involved in such dispute, any person who customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in the place of employees involved in a labor dispute; or (2) Contract or arrange with any other person, partnership, agency, firm or corporation to recruit, procure, supply or refer persons for employment who customarily and repeatedly offer themselves for employment in place of employees involved in such labor dispute. (c) Accepting employment prohibited. No person who customarily and repeatedly offers himself for employment in place of employees involved in a labor dispute shall take or offer to take the place in employment of any employee involved in a labor dispute. (Code 1960, As Amend., §§ 946.010—946.030)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.360 Advertising sexual remedies.

385.360. - Advertising sexual remedies. (a) By newspaper. No person shall publish or cause to be published any advertisement intended to imply or to be understood that he will restore manly vigor, treat or cure lost manhood, lost power, stricture, gonorrhea, chronic discharges, gleet, varicocele, chancroid, syphilis or private diseases. No person shall advertise any medicine, medicinal preparation, remedy or prescription for any of the ailments or diseases above enumerated. Any owner or managing officer of a newspaper in whose paper shall be printed or published any such advertisement shall be guilty of a violation of this section. (b) By posters, handbills. No person shall post, stick or affix in any way on any surface in the city any sign, sticker or poster containing any advertisement described in this section, nor shall any person pass out or distribute any handbill, circular, card or object containing any such advertisement or intended to advertise a cure or remedy for any such disease or ailment as herein described. No person shall knowingly permit or allow any advertisement of the character herein described to be posted or affixed in any manner upon any property owned or controlled by him, nor display any advertisement or object of any kind whatsoever intended to advertise a cure, or remedy, or preparation intended for use in treatment for any disease or ailment as herein described. (c) Exception. The provisions of this section shall not apply to bona fide advertisements of medicinal preparations approved by the Council on Pharmacy of the American Medical Association and published in recognized medical journals and distributed exclusively to medical subscribers or readers. (Code 1960, As Amend., §§ 754.010—754.030)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.370 Receipts required for sale of merchandise.

385.370. - Receipts required for sale of merchandise. No person in the business of selling merchandise to the public shall refuse to provide a receipt for the purchase of said merchandise when such receipt is requested by the purchaser for all items costing one dollar ($1.00) and above. (78-Or-069, § 1, 4-28-78)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.380 Trespassing upon the land or property of another.

385.380. - Trespassing upon the land or property of another. (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section: (1) Agent shall have the following meaning: a person authorized by another to act for him or her. The act of posting a no trespassing sign shall constitute authorization for a licensed peace officer to act as an agent for the lawful possessor of the land or property unless the lawful possessor affirmatively indicates otherwise on the face of the sign. "Agent" shall include, but not be limited to, a security officer hired to secure the land or property or a licensed peace officer. (2) Lawful possessor shall have the following meaning: a land owner, a property owner, or a tenant of the land or property. (3) Property shall have the following meaning: a building or other property, whether real or personal, private or public. (b) Prohibitions. (1) No person shall intentionally enter or remain upon or within the land or property of another and, without claim of right, refuse to depart therefrom on demand of a lawful possessor thereof or his or her agent. A demand to depart may be made orally, or in writing, by the lawful possessor or the possessor's agent. No person who has received an oral or written demand to depart pursuant to this subsection shall reenter a lawful possessor's land or property without the written permission of a lawful possessor or the agent providing said demand for a period of up to one (1) year from the date of the oral or written demand, as provided therein. (2) No person shall intentionally enter or remain upon or within the land or property of another without permission from a lawful possessor thereof or his or her agent when such land or property includes signs conspicuously posted at reasonable intervals which prohibit trespass or trespass during certain hours on the affected land or property. (3) No person shall enter or remain upon or within the locked or posted property of another, or condemned or boarded or abandoned property, without claim of right or consent of a lawful possessor or his or her agent. (79-Or-192, § 1, 9-28-79; 88-Or-164, 9-2-88; 91-Or-205, § 1, 10-25-91; 2005-Or-134, § 1, 12-2-05; 2006-Or-026, § 1, 3-31-06)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.390 Climbing building without consent.

385.390. - Climbing building without consent. (a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Building" shall be any structure owned by an individual(s), a partnership or a commercial, financial, governmental, nonprofit or private organization. (2) "Building owner" shall be the individual(s), partnership, or commercial, financial, governmental, nonprofit or private organization that has ownership or control of the building. (3) "Building agent" shall be an individual(s), partnership or corporation performing management services or duties for the building under an agreement with the building owner. (4) "Contractor" or "subcontractor" shall be an individual, partnership or corporation performing services under a written or oral agreement. (5) "Employee" shall include principals, agents and those persons employed by an individual(s), partnership or corporation to provide personal services. (b) Prohibited. No person shall ascend, climb, descend, rappel or be present on the exterior portion, excluding the roof, of any building over forty (40) feet in height within the city limits unless that person is exempted under subdivision (c) of this section. (c) Exempted persons. A person is not in violation of subdivision (b) of this section if: (1) The person is an employee of a contractor or subcontractor engaged in construction or repair of a building and the employee is performing work at the direction of his/her employer or the employer's authorized agents or supervisory personnel. (2) The person is an employee or agent of the building owner or building agent and is engaged in demolition, inspection, maintenance, remodeling or restoration work on the building at the direction of the building owner or building agent. (3) The person is an employee of a contractor or subcontractor who is engaged in demolition, inspection, maintenance, remodeling or restoration work on the building under an agreement entered into between the building owner or building agent and the contractor and/or subcontractor, and the employee is performing such work at the direction of his/her employer or the employer's authorized agents or supervisory personnel. (4) The person has oral or written authorization from the building owner or building agent to engage in acts otherwise prohibited. (5) The person is a police, fire, medical, emergency or other governmental employee who is acting in performance of his/her official duties or at the direction of his/her authorized supervisor. (d) Aid or abet violations. It is unlawful for any person to aid, abet, advise, hire, counsel or conspire with another to violate the terms of this section. (83-Or-172, § 1, 7-15-83)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 385.410 Damage by minor; responsibility of parent, guardian, and minor.

385.410. - Damage by minor; responsibility of parent, guardian, and minor. The parent or guardian of the person of a minor who is under the age of eighteen (18) and who is living with the parent or guardian and who willfully or maliciously causes injury to any person or damage to any property is jointly and severally liable with such minor for such injury or damage to an amount not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), if such minor would have been liable for such injury or damage if the minor had been an adult. Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve such minor from personal liability for such injury or damage. The liability provided in this section is in addition to and not in lieu of any other liability which may exist at law, but shall be setoff against any recovery made against a parent or guardian pursuant to state statute. Recovery under this section shall be limited to special damages. This section shall not apply to persons having custody or charge of any minor under the authority of the human services or corrections department of the state. (2000-Or-077, § 1, 7-28-00)
Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT15OFIS_CH385INGEFetched: 11/2/2026

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