Ordinance 1551 - Illegal Motor Vehicle StorageORDINANCE NO, 1551
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING KALISPELL CITY CODE 17-77 TO CREATE A
PRESUMPTION of VIOLATION OF ILLEGAL MOTOR VEHICLE STORAGE UPON
CITY STREETS UPON A SHOWING THAT VEHICLE IS NOT PROPERLY
REGISTERED IN THE SAE of MON ANA AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED Y THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, M N AN. .,
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I A motor vehicle parked upon the streets of the City of Kalispell shall be
presumed to be illegally stored in violation of Kalispell City Code 17-77 if that vehicle is
parked upon the streets of Kalispell and the motor vehicle has not been properly
registered in the State of Montana for .more than 30 days and if operated would subject
the operator to the penalties of MCA. 1-3-301.
SECTION 11 Kalispell City Code 1-, established by ordinance 1099 shall therefore
e amended to read as follows:
It shall be unlawful for any person to store or leave upon the streets any motor vehicle for
indefinite periods of time; it Is the intent hereof that no motor vehicle shall be parked or
left on such streets unless it is in constant use. Any motor vehicle not used at least once
every seventy two 2 hours shall be deemed to be stored in violation hereof. Any
person leaving upon any street any motor vehicle not in running condition or that 1s not
.properly registered in the State of Montana pursuant to the terms of Montana State later
shall be deemed prima fie guilty of a violation hereof, which may be rebutted only by
showing that such motor vehicle had just broken down and sch person had not yet had
time to remove it from the street or that the registration was invalid for less than 30 days.
The owner of such a vehicle shall be responsible for a violation hereof as well as the
person so leaving it.
SECTION III This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days from and after the date
of its final passage and approval,
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR of
THE CITY of KALISPELL THIS 19TH DAY of SEPTEMBER, 2005.
Fla-B. Kennelly
Mayor
.eresa White
City Clerk