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1. What are the rules for abandoned and derelict cars?

The City of Ramsey requires that vehicles be licensed and operable. To report an abandoned or derelict car, please call the Ramsey Police Department at 763-427-6812 Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The 24-hour dispatch number is 763-427-1212. If you have an emergency, please call 911.

2. What are the off-street parking restrictions?

Off-street parking in residential areas is permitted only on an improved surface. Blacktop or concrete is required in all MUSA areas. Currently licensed and operable motor vehicles, the primary purpose of which is for private transportation or recreational use, may be parked in the front yard if on a driveway or in the side or rear yard, provided they are parked on a residential parking surface that consists of either bituminous pavement or concrete in the MUSA area, or recycled concrete, bituminous, or prepared gravel outside of those boundaries.

Commercial use motor vehicles and equipment may be parked outside for short-term periods (8 hours or less) or for long terms under the following conditions:

• The vehicle(s) and/or equipment is screened to a degree of at least 75% at ground level view.
• The vehicle(s) and/or equipment shall be parked only on the side yard or rear yard of the subject property and said items shall be parked on a residential parking surface that consists of either bituminous pavement or concrete, or outside the boundaries of the MUSA on a minimum of con bit or prepared gravel with at least 2-inch base.
• An “Interim Use Permit” is required for all commercial use vehicles and equipment that cannot meet the criteria established above.
• Active agriculture vehicles and equipment necessary to sustain agricultural uses are allowed and not required to be parked on prepared surfaces or screened.

Private and / or commercial use type motor vehicles and equipment parked on properties must be owned by the person owning or leasing the parcel. Minnesota Department of Motor Vehicles registration records will be used to determine the owner of registered vehicles and/or equipment and said owner’s address.

3. What are the street parking rules?

Parking is prohibited on City Streets:

• Between the hours of 2 a.m. and 6 a.m.
• Within twenty (20) feet of a fire hydrant.
• Within a properly marked fire lane.
• Within a cross walk.
• Within twenty (20) feet of a cross walk at an intersection.
• At any place where official signs prohibit stopping.
• On any boulevard.
• With the keys in the ignition (passenger automobiles parked on a public street, alley, public parking lot, or place affected with a public interest in the City shall lock the ignition, remove the key, and take the key with him/her).
• When, within the preceding 24 hours, there is an accumulation of falling or blowing snow three (3) inches or more in depth at street level anywhere within that block, until the block has been cleared of snow from curb to curb (commonly referred to as “snowbirds”).