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File #: 15-070-O    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/18/2015 In control: Public Safety
On agenda: 8/31/2015 Final action: 9/14/2015
Enactment date: 9/14/2015 Enactment #: 10405
Title: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE, 1959, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO AERIAL LIFT BRIDGE OPERATIONS, ADDING PROHIBITION ON INTERFERENCE WITH SAFE BRIDGE OPERATIONS.

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ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE, 1959, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO AERIAL LIFT BRIDGE OPERATIONS, ADDING PROHIBITION ON INTERFERENCE WITH SAFE BRIDGE OPERATIONS.

 

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CITY PROPOSAL:

The city of Duluth does ordain:

                     Section 1.                     That Chapter 26 of the Duluth City Code, 1959, as amended, is hereby amended by adding Section 26-58 thereto which reads as follows:

Sec. 26-58.                     Interference with safe bridge operations prohibited.

                     No person shall cause or permit to interfere, obstruct, disrupt, or delay the safe operation , use, or enjoyment of the Aerial Lift Bridge and its appurtenances.

                     Section 2.                     That this ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its passage and publication.

 

Statement of Purpose

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:   This Ordinance provides a local enforcement mechanism to stop and deter any actions which would interfere with our employees’ safe operation of the Aerial Lift Bridge.  This ordinance also protects Aerial Lift Bridge area user and bystander safety.