Public Safety
Section 900 - Civil Defense
900.01
The model municipal civil defense ordinance set forth as appendix no. 6 to municipal prototype plan of the Minnesota survival plan prepared and published by the State of Minnesota, Department of Civil Defense, three copies of which ordinance are on file in the office of the clerk-treasurer, is adopted as the civil defense ordinance of the city. Every provision contained in the model ordinance is hereby adopted and made a part of this code as fully as if set forth herein.
Section 905 - Open Burning
905.01 - Air pollution control regulation 8 adopted by reference
Air pollution control regulation 8, adopted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as amended is hereby adopted by reference.
905.03 - Open burning prohibited
Except as provided in subsection 905.05, it is unlawful for a person to dispose of refuse by open burning or cause, suffer, allow, or permit open burning of refuse in the city.
905.05 - Permitted burning
Subdivision 1
The burning of dried leaves, grass clippings, dried vegetation, and twigs, will be permitted from sunrise until 8 o’clock in the evening beginning with the 1st day of October and ending on the 30th day of November.
Subd. 2
It is unlawful to kindle or maintain any fire permitted by this subsection or authorize such fire to be ignited or maintained if the material to be burned consists of anything other than dried leaves, grass clippings, dried vegetation, and twigs.
Subd. 3
A fire authorized by this subsection must be constantly attended by a competent party until such a fire is extinguished and must have a garden hose connected to the water supply, or other fire extinguishing equipment readily available for use.
Subd. 4
Fires on public property are expressly prohibited except in the case where duly authorized city employees or any authorized agent of the city does so in the performance of their duty.
Subd. 5
Fires on the streets are prohibited.
Subd. 6
The fire chief or any other duly authorized agent of the city may enter upon any private property to investigate any open-burning fire. It is unlawful for a person to threaten or interfere with any agent of the city in the performance of those duties.
Subd. 7
Violations of any of the provisions of this subsection are petty misdemeanors. The third violation and all subsequent violations within a one year period of time are misdemeanors.
Section 910 - Animals: Pets
Ordinance No. 2005-03 - An ordinance establishing animal controls in the City Of Freeport.
Section 915 - Curfew
915.01 - Curfew imposed
Subdivision 1 - General rule
No person under the age of 16 years except as provided in subdivision 2, may be on any public grounds or building, place of amusement, entertainment, or refreshment, vacant lot, or any other unsupervised place between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day.
Subd. 2 - Exceptions
The restrictions of subdivision 1 do not apply when the minor:
- is accompanied by the minor’s parent, guardian, or other person having the minor’s lawful care, custody, or control;
- is returning home within a reasonable time after a school activity or an activity of a religious or other voluntary association when prior notice of the activity and its place and probable time of termination has been given to the police department by an adult person authorized by the school or religious or voluntary association to do so;
- is on the way to or from their place of employment; or
- is upon an emergency errand or other legitimate business directed by the minor’s parent, guardian, or other adult having the lawful custody of the minor.
915.03 - Responsibility of parent, etc
A parent, guardian, or other adult having custody and control of a minor under 16 years of age may not knowingly permit the minor to violate the provisions of subsection 920.01.
915.05 - Responsibility of other persons
Whenever the owner or person in charge or control of any place of amusement, entertainment, refreshment, or other place of business finds any person under the age of 16 in such place in violation of subsection 920.01, the owner or person in charge must immediately order the person under 16 to leave, and if such person refuses to leave, the owner or person in charge must immediately inform the police department of the violation.
915.07 - Penalties
Any person under the age of 16 on a street or other place in violation of subsection 915.01 will be ordered to go home immediately. After investigation, if responsible city authorities determine that court action should be initiated, the minor will be dealt with in accordance with juvenile court law and procedure. A minor who is convicted of a violation of this section after the case has been referred for prosecution in the trial court under Minnesota Statutes, section 260.15, and any person who is convicted of a violation of any provisions of section 2 is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and will be punished by a fine of not to exceed $100.
