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Amending Chapter 105 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code, Care and Maintenance of Boulevards, to add definitions and other requirements in order to create boulevard rain gardens and manage storm water runoff from streets and surfaces.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1
Chapter 105 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Chapter 105. - Care and Maintenance of Boulevards
Sec. 105.01. - Dumping, obstructions.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit, or cause to be thrown or deposited, any garbage or other waste material upon any part of any boulevard or street lawn within the corporate limits of the City of Saint Paul; further, it shall be unlawful for any person to erect or maintain any booth or structure of any kind whatever upon any of said boulevards or street lawns, or any other obstruction thereon.
Sec. 105.02. - Vehicles, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to cause or permit any vehicle to be run or driven upon any sodded boulevard within the City of Saint Paul, except for state fair parking (as defined in section 60.219) and which occurs within the special overlay zoning district known as "State Fair Parking District" as established in section 60.711, or otherwise to injure or deface such boulevard. The exception for state fair parking shall not apply to any Minnesota state trunk highway.
Sec. 105.03. - Shrubbery removal.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deface, destroy, cut down or remove any of the trees or bushes growing or being maintained in or upon any boulevard or street lawn within the corporate limits of the city without having first obtained the permission and authority from the department of parks and recreation so to do; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to any act done or work performed under the direction and authority of the director of public works.
Sec. 105.04. - Boulevard planting.
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