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Thief River Falls council restores omitted city ordinances, adopts 'careless operation' rule for personal wheeled vehicles

Thief River Falls City Council · September 2, 2025
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Summary

City staff told the council a recent recodification omitted ordinances from the published code; the council approved first/second readings to reinstate those sections, authorized summary publication, and passed a new ordinance making 'careless operation' by riders of bikes, scooters and similar devices an offense.

Thief River Falls — The Thief River Falls City Council on Sept. 1 approved first and second readings to restore a range of ordinance sections that were omitted during a recent city code recodification and adopted a new ordinance defining "careless operation" for personal wheeled vehicles.

City staff told the council the omissions resulted when previously passed ordinances were not forwarded to the company that produced the published code. "So, we did the recodification ... when we passed the book, we repealed all the former ordinances," a city staff member explained, and asked the council to reinstate the missing…

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