Appeal of Krenik to a Vehicle Abatement Order

The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Saint Paul City Council upholding an abatement order issued by the City of Saint Paul requiring Appellant to comply with Minn. Stat. 168.10(1)(e), which requires collector vehicles to be “screened from ordinary public view.” Although Appellant covered his collector vehicles with tarps and constructed a portable fence across the front of the area where he parked the vehicles, the vehicles were still partially visible from public areas. The City Council concluded that the tarps and fence did not satisfy the screened-from-ordinary-public-view requirement. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Appellant violated the collector-vehicle-storage statute by failing to screen his collector vehicles and their outdoor storage areas from ordinary public view; and (2) the City Council’s decision to uphold the abatement order was not unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious. View "Appeal of Krenik to a Vehicle Abatement Order" on Justia Law