HomeMy WebLinkAbout1986 09-22 CCP Regular Session CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
SEPTEMBER 22, 1986
7:00 p.m.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Invocation
4. Open Forum
5. Approval of Consent Agenda - All items listed with an
asterisk are considered to be routine by the City Council
and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no
separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember
so requests, in which event the item will be removed from
the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on
the agenda.
*6. Approval of Minutes - September 8, 1986 - Regular Session
*7. Final Plat Approval:
a. Brooklyn Crossing 2nd Addition
8. Performance Bond Releases:
*a. Summit State Bank, 6100 Summit Drive
*b. Brooklyn Crossing Office Building, 3300 County Road 10
*c. Brookwood, North Lilac Drive between Dupont & Humboldt
Avenues North
9. Performance Bond Reductions:
*a. Ramada Inn, 2200 Freeway Boulevard
*b. Highway 100 Racquet and Swim Club
*c. Target /Ryan Shopping Center
10. Resolutions:
*a. Establishing Sanitary Sewer Rate for the Elderly
b. Approving Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to Contract
1985 -K (Reconstruction of Dallas Road between 72nd and
73rd Avenues North)
C. Calling Special Election for Submission of Proposed
Amendments to City Charter and Fixing Form of Ballots,
November 4, 1986
*d. Expressing Recognition of and Appreciation for the
Dedicated Public Service of Evelyn Misfeldt
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*e. Expressing Recognition of and Appreciation for th
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Dedicated Public Service of Rosemary Kieselhorst
11. Renewal of Private Kennel License for Mary Ann Boyer, 5817
Pearson Drive
12. Ordinances: (7:30 p.m.)
a. An Ordinance Amending Chapter 19 Regarding the Control
of Noxious Weeds
-This item was first read on August 25, 1986, published
in the City's official newspaper on September 4, 1986,
and is offered this evening for a second reading.
b. An Ordinance Amending Chapter 11 of the City Ordinances
-This item relates to proposed changes in the liquor
ordinance. This item was first read on August 25,
1986, published in the City's official newspaper on
September 4, 1986, and is offered this evening for a
second reading.
c. An Ordinance Amending Chapter 19 Regarding the Control
of Noxious Weeds Pertaining to Natural Preserves
-This item will state exceptions for natural preserves
designated by the City. This item is offered this
evening for a first reading.
13. Planning Commission Items: (7:45 p.m.)
a. Planning Commission Application No. 86035 submitted by
Plaza Investments requesting special use permit
approval to operate an eating establishment offering
live entertainment in the Ramada Hotel at 2200 Freeway
Boulevard. This item was recommended for approval by
the Planning Commission at its September 11, 1986
meeting.
b. Planning Commission Application No. 86036 submitted by
Osseo School District requesting site and building plan
and special use permit approval to construct an
addition for a gymnasium and storage rooms to the north
side of Willow Lane School at 7020 Perry Avenue North.
This item was recommended for approval by the Planning
Commission at its September er 11 1
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14. Reconvene Public Hearing on Annual City Budget
*15. Licenses
16. Adjournment
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS
LICENSE
• Dayton's Bluff Sheet Metal, Inc. 1400 East Highway 36
RENTAL DWELLING LICENSE
Initial:
Martin and Barbara O'Hara 4201 Lakeside Ave. N. #113
L. Larry Law 4201 Lakeside Ave. N. #302
Robert Lerum 4207 Lakeside Ave. N. #332
Gary and Vikki Linder 7036 Morgan Ave. N.
George and Etheljean McMullen 2403, 01 54th Ave. N.
Robert and Cheryl Waite Campbell 5446 72nd Circle North
Renewal:
Keith L. Nordby 5964 Brooklyn Boulevard
Bertil G. Johnson 6107 Brooklyn Boulevard
Welcome Home, Inc. 6451 Brooklyn Boulevard
Dwight Jereczek 6319 Brooklyn Drive
Raymond and Anne Fritzke 5452 Fremont Avenue N.
Ryan Lake Partners 3401, 13 47th Ave. N.
Bernard Gilvin 3901 61st Avenue North
M & J Properties 2937 69th Lane
The motion passed unanimously.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - AUGUST 11 1986 - REGULAR SESSION
There was a motion by Councilmember Lhotka and seconded by Councilmember Theis
• to approve the minutes of the August 11, 1986 City Council meeting. The motion
passed.
Mayor Nyquist abstained from voting as he was not present at the August 11, 1986
meeting
RESOLUTIONS (CONTINUED)
The City Manager presented a Resolution Accepting Bid and Approving Contract for
Construction of Centerbrook Golf Course Buildings (Project No. 1985 -23, Phase
II, Contract 1986 -K). Councilmember Theis stated that he had pulled this item
from the Consent Agenda because of the concern expressed earlier regarding the
low bidder and the City's lack of experience with the bidder. The Director of
Public Works stated that the low bidder's references have all been checked and
that all references have been good to excellent regarding this contractor.
Councilmember Hawes asked if the completion date for the Little League Field was
correct. The City Manager stated that all dates listed were correct.
Councilmember Lhotka asked why City staff had recommended a metal roof. The
City Manager stated that staff has noted a decrease in vandalism in the two
parks which have these types of roofs on the buildings.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -136
Member Bill Hawes introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID AND APPROVING CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CENTERBROOK
GOLF COURSE BUILDINGS (PROJECT NO. 1985 -23, PHASE II, CONTRACT 1986 -K)
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CORRECTED COPY
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Celia Scott, and the motion passed unanimously. •
The City Manager presented a Resolution Calling Special Election for Submission
of Proposed Amendments to City Charter and Fixing Form of Ballots, November 4,
1986. He noted that this is the next step in the process for the Charter
Amendment. Councilmember Theis stated that he had a number of concerns
regarding the procedure used by the Charter Commission to decide on an
amendment. He added that he would like to review his concerns for the Council
and possibly have some discussion on it.
Councilmember Theis stated that he was aware of certain instances in which
people requesting copies of the Charter minutes did not receive them. He noted
he was also concerned about the Charter Commission's policy for notices of
meetings. He stated he had been informed that at some Charter Commission
meetings, members of the audience were allowed to come forward and voice their
opinions, and yet at other meetings audience participation was not allowed. He
stated that he feels there is room for disagreement on this issue but that both
sides of the story should be heard fairly. Councilmember Theis also stated that
he was not sure it was proper for the City Council and Charter Commission to
both use the same legal counsel. He asked, if the amendment were passed, how
would it affect the Council seats elected at this present election. He further
explained that he feels if the only justification for changing the Charter is
the cost savings, then surely there must be other ways_ to cut the cost of the
elections other than changing the City Charter.
Mayor Nyquist asked the City Attorney what the consequences would be if the
Council did not pass this resolution. The City Attorney stated that the Council •
has no discretion in removing this item from the ballot and that if the Council
did not approve this resolution, the Charter Commission could take legal action.
The City Attorney further explained that this amendment would not affect the
current election.
Mayor Nyquist asked Councilmember Theis if he was challenging the validity of
the resolution. Councilmember Theis stated that he was not challenging the
validity of the resolution, only expressing his concerns on how the issue
reached the City Council.
Mayor Nyquist stated that a public hearing had not been scheduled for this
evening but if there was anyone present who wished to speak before the Council
regarding this issue, they should come forward. No one appeared to speak, and
he entertained a motion on a Resolution Calling Special Election for Submission
of Proposed Amendments to City Charter and Fixing Form of Ballots, November 4,
1986.
There was a motion by Councilmember Lhotka and seconded by Councilmember Scott
to table the Resolution Calling Special Election for Submission of Proposed
Amendments to City Charter and Fixing Form of Ballots, November 4, 1986 until
the September 8, 1986 City Council meeting. The motion passed unanimously.
Councilmember Hawes stated that he felt the Charter Commission should hold a
public hearing before the next Council meeting to receive public input on the
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MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY
OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
REGULAR SESSION
SEPTEMBER 8, 1986
CITY HALL
CALL TO ORDER
The Brooklyn Center City Council met in regular session and was called to order
by Mayor Dean Nyquist at 7:03 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Dean Nyquist, Councilmembers Gene Lhotka, Celia Scott, Bill Hawes, and
Rich Theis. Also present were City Manager Gerald Splinter, Finance Director
Paul Holmlund, Director of Public Works Sy Knapp, Director of Planning &
Inspection Ron Warren, City Attorney Bill Jordan, HRA Coordinator Brad Hoffman,
Personnel Coordinator Geralyn Barone, and Administrative Aid Patti Page.
INVOCATION
The invocation was offered by Reverend Gil Maple of Brooklyn Park Free Church.
OPEN FORUM
Mayor Nyquist noted the Council had not received any requests to use the Open
Forum session this evening. He inquired if there was anyone present in the
audience who wished to address the Council. There being none, he continued with
the regular agenda items.
CONSENT AGENDA
Mayor Nyquist inquired if any Councilmembers requested any items removed from
the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Lhotka requested items 6 and 7c be removed
from the Consent Agenda. _
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - AUGUST 25 1986 - REGULAR SESSION
Councilmember Lhotka stated that in the motion regarding the Charter amendments,
he had moved to table this to the September 8, 1986 meeting, and this had not
been noted in the minutes. Therefore, he stated it was also not placed on the
agenda for this evening's meeting. He asked the City Attorney what the correct
procedure would be for this item. The City Attorney stated that the Charter
amendment should be placed on the agenda for the next meeting and a correction
made to the minutes of the August 25, 1986 meeting.
There was a motion by Councilmember Lhotka and seconded by Councilmember Hawes
to approve the minutes of the August 25, 1986 City Council meeting with the
correction made regarding the Charter amendment. The motion passed unanimously.
There was a motion by Councilmember Lhotka and seconded by Councilmember Scott
to remove from the table any discussion regarding the Charter amendment, and to
retable until the September 22, 1986 City Council meeting. The motion passed
unanimously.
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RESOLUTIONS
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -137
Member Celia Scott introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING ENGINEER'S REPORT, APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND
DIRECTING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR UTILITY SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AS REQUIRED TO
SERVE THE EARLE BROWN COMMONS (IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 1986 -20, CONTRACT 1986 -P)
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Bill Hawes, and the motion passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -138
Member Celia Scott introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WORK PERFROMED UNDER CONTRACT 1986 -H ( EARLE BROWN FARM TAX
INCREMENT DISTRICT PHASE I STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT NO. 1986 -09)
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Bill Hawes, and the motion passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -139
Member Celia Scott introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NAMING THE RESIDENTS OF BROOKLYN, MICHIGAN AS HONORARY CITIZENS OF
THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Bill Hawes, and the motion passed unanimously.
LICENSES
There was a motion by Councilmember Scott and seconded by Councilmember Hawes to
approve the following list of licenses: -
AMUSEMENT DEVICE LICENSE - OPERATOR
Plaza Investments Lmt. Partnership 2200 Freeway Blvd.
U.A. Movies at Brookdale 5810 Shingle Cr. Pkwy.
FOOD ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE
Ramada Hotel 2200 Freeway Blvd.
LODGING ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE
Ramada Hotel 2200 Freeway Blvd.
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS LICENSE
Ramada Hotel 2200 Freeway Blvd.
T.G.S. Mechanical Inc. 50 Choctaw Circle
PUBLIC DANCE LICENSE -
Ramada Hotel 2200 Freeway Blvd.
SWIMMING POOL LICENSE
Ramada Hotel 2200 Freeway Blvd.
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The motion asse
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RESOLUTIONS (CONTINUED)
The City Manager presented a Resolution Amending the Conditions of Approval
Pertaining to Planning Commission Application No. 80005 (Thrifty Scot Motel).
He noted that the City ouncil had originally mall approved this item b a mono
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the Attorney for the applicant has stated he would like the approval in
resolution form. The Director of Planning & Inspection stated that generally
speaking, a special use permit runs with the land and that this type of
condition should not have been attached to a commercial use.
Mayor Nyquist stated that he feels we could be setting a precedent if we amend
the original conditions of approval. :Mayor Nyquist asked if the City would be
making a distinction between home occupation permits and special use permits for
commercial areas. The Director of Planning & Inspection stated the sale of
commercial property cannot be hindered by this condition. Councilmember Lhotka
asked why this condition was originally placed 'on the special use permit. The
Director of Planning & Inspection stated that this was a basic condition that
was placed on all special use permits.
Councilmember Hawes asked what would be required if the building was turned into
an office complex. The Director of Planning & Inspection stated that the
applicant would have to apply to change the special use permit.
Councilmember Lhotka asked if this change would weaken the ordinance. The
Director of Planning & Inspection responded negatively and added that it only
recognizes the fact that the City placed a condition on the special use permit
that could not be legally enforced. Councilmember Lhotka stated that he does
not understand how the City place this condition on residential uses but not
on commercial uses. The City Manager stated that perhaps this could be placed
on a future agenda as a discussion item to obtain the City Attorney's opinion.
Councilmember Lhotka asked if this item must be approved this evening. The
Director of Planning & Inspection stated that without this resolution the
transfer of title will be delayed. However, he stated he was not sure what the
time line was for the transfer of title.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -140
Member Celia Scott introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION AMENDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR PLANNING APPLICATION NO. 80005
REGARDING THE THRIFTY SCOT MOTEL
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Bill Hawes, and the motion passed with Councilmember Lhotka opposed.
Councilmember Scott stated that she would like to see a future agenda item
regarding this issue. The City Manager stated that staff could be prepared to
discuss it at the second meeting in October.
The City Manager presented a Resolution Authorizing the Mayor and City Manager
to Enter into a Convention and Visitors Bureau Agreement. He briefly reviewed
the memorandum which had been prepared for this item an noted that staff
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recommended approval of the agreement.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -141
Member Gene Lhotka introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
adoption:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONVENTION AND
VISITORS BUREAU AGREEMENT
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Bill Hawes, and the motion passed unanimously.
The City Manager presented a Resolution Making Appointment to the North Metro
Convention and Tourism Bureau. Councilmember Scott asked how often the group
planned on meeting. The City Manager stated that he believed the group would
meet every two weeks. Councilmember Scott asked if an alternate could be
appointed. The City Manager stated that there had been no provisions made
regarding an alternate in this agreement and added that the Council may want
this provision put into any future agreements. Councilmember Hawes stated that
he would be available to attend these meetings.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -142
Member Celia Scott introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION DESIGNATING NOMINEE TO THE NORTH METRO CONVENTION AND TOURISM BUREAU
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Gene Lhotka, and the motion passed unanimously.
The City Manager presented a Resolution Expressing Recognition of and
Appreciation for the Dedicated Public Service of Mary Ellen Rabine.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -143
Member Gene Lhotka introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING RECOGNITION OF AND APPRECIATION FOR THE DEDICATED PUBLIC
SERVICE OF MARY ELLEN RABINE
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Rich Theis, and the motion passed unanimously.
The City Manager introduced a Resolution Expressing Recognition of and
Appreciation for the Dedicated Public Service of Richard Rabine.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -144
Member Celia Scott introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING RECOGNITION OF AND APPRECIATION FOR THE DEDICATED PUBLIC
SERVICE OF RICHARD RABINE
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Bill Hawes, and the motion passed unanimously.
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• REVIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE PLAN REGARDING PARK LAND ALONG MISSISSIPPI RIVER
SOUTH OF 694 (NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL PARK)
The City Manager stated that the Council's rejection of the regional park plan
is in conflict with the Comprehensive Guide Plan set up for the City. The
Comprehensive Guide Plan states that there should be a park in this area. He
stated that he is suggesting that the Council appoint an ad hoc committee to
review the Comprehensive Guide Plan regarding park land in this area and to
report back to the Council with their findings.
Mayor Nyquist stated that he did not feel the regional park plan and the people
who proposed it were being very honest with the City. He stated he felt that
they only wanted to clean up the Mississippi park area and that the regional
park plan was an effective way to do it. Councilmember Theis stated that he
feels that the City should still go ahead with the park in this area but that he
did not want the area included in a regional park plan. He added that he did
not think the Comprehensive Guide Plan should be changed. Councilmember Lhotka
stated that he is not sure if Brooklyn Center needs a regional or local park in
that area and that he agreed with the Mayor's statement. He stated that there
was not enough money available to finish this project and that he did not want
to see the property left vacant and not on the tax rolls. He added that he
would like to see the State, Metro Council and Minneapolis get their act
together and then come back before the Council.
Councilmember Hawes stated that he was somewhat in favor of a park along the
river because in so many areas there are uses that do not belong on the river.
He added that he felt the.committee that discussed the regional park plan did a
• very poor job. Councilmember Scott stated that she felt the group had been very
argumentative and against Brooklyn Center. She noted that the majority of the
land that was needed for the regional park was within Brooklyn Center but that
Brooklyn Center only had two members on the committee. She added that she felt
an ad hoc committee was a very good idea and that if a park was going to be put
in the area she would rather see State money spent on the project instead of
local money.
There was a motion by Councilmember Scott and seconded by Councilmember Hawes to
appoint an
ad hoc committee mmittee to review the Comprehensive Guide Plan and report
back to the City Council by the end of December. The motion passed unanimously.
Councilmember Scott stated that she would like to have members of the Park &
Recreation Commission and Planning Commission on this ad hoc committee, and
asked about the size of the group. The City Manager stated that normally five
to seven members is a good size for such a committee.
PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS
PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION NO. 86031 SUBMITTED BY CODECO INC REQUESTING
AN APPEAL FROM A DETERMINATION BY STAFF THAT A DROP -IN CHILD CARE SERVICE IS NOT
PERMITTED IN THE WESTBROOK MALL SHOPPING CENTER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
35- 322.30
The City Manager noted this item was recommended for denial by the Planning
Commission at its August 28, 1986 meeting. He further explained that the
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Planning Commission also recommended an amendment to Chapter 35 to allow this
type of use in Cl and C2 zones. The Director of Planning & Inspection referred
the Council to pages one through three of the August 28, 1986 Planning
Commission minutes and the informational sheet on Application No. 86031 attached
with those minutes. He proceeded to review the application and noted that one
of the concerns of the Planning Commission was that the license be
distinguishable from normal day care licenses approved by the State. He went on
to explain that the Department of Public Welfare does issue a conditional
license to this type of day care facility and the City could request to review
the license each year at renewal time. He stated that the Planning Commission
did recommend denial of the application to uphold the interpretation of the
zoning ordinance, but also recommended an ordinance amendment to permit this
type of use. He noted that there was no public hearing scheduled for this
application but that the applicant was present to answer any questions the
Council may have.
Councilmember Hawes stated that he had a number of questions regarding this
operation and went on to briefly review a few of them. He noted that in the
information prepared for this application, it was stated that there would be no
food served in the facility, however, children would be allowed to bring a bag
lunch. He inquired if there would be refrigerators on the premises for storage
of these lunches and if someone would be present to help the children with the
meals. He also asked how the business would control parents not leaving their
children there for more than five hours and how the number of children per day
would also be controlled. The Director of Planning & Inspection stated that the
zoning ordinance would not regulate these items but that the State licensing
procedure would. Councilmember Hawes stated that he was also concerned that if •
a child did not get the care that a parent expected, the parent may come back
against the City regarding their complaint and not the State.
Mayor Nyquist recognized Mr. Gary Code who stated his company was a franchise of
Kids Time Out. He stated that his business would be licensed and regulated very
strictly by the State. He noted that there would be refrigerators on the
premises for any type of bag lunches or snacks that parents would bring for
their children and that parents could leave special instructions for eating. He
stated that there is ratio of one teacher or adult to every ten children and
that there would always be supervision for those children that would be eating
or snacking on the premises. He stated that his business would have the right
to refuse a child if the five hour limit had been abused in the past.
Mr. Harvey Johnson from Kids Time Out stated that there is staff always on call
if the need arises for more personnel at the business. Councilmember Lhotka
asked what the average number of children would be per hour at the facility.
Mr. Johnson stated that the Burnsville facility normally has between 20 and 25
children per hour. He stated that he believed that once the business was built
up in Brooklyn Center there would be an average of 30 children per hour at this
facility. Councilmember Scott asked if they were limited to a number of
children per square foot as in regular day care licensing. Mr. Johnson
responded affirmatively and stated that if the maximum number of children were
registered at one hour the staff would be instructed to refuse more children
until someone left. Councilmember Theis asked how the cost per hour at Kids
Time Out relates to other day care facilities. Mr. Johnson stated that he was
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not sure of the cost for full -time day care centers.
• There was a motion b Councilmember Hawes and seconded b Councilmember Y y Lhotka
to deny Planning Commission Application No. 86031 submitted by Codeco, Inc. The
motion passed with Councilmember Theis opposed.
Councilmember Theis stated that he would like to clarify his vote by changing it
to be in favor of the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Councilmember Lhotka asked if the staff had any studies which indicate a need
for this type of day care in the area. The Director of Planning & Inspection
stated that City staff did not have any statistics on hand, but he was sure that
Mr. Johnson or Mr. Code would have some type of statistics on this need.
There was a motion by Councilmember Lhotka and seconded by Councilmember Theis
to approve for first reading An Ordinance Amending Chapter 35 of the City
Ordinances Regarding the Zoning Classification of Drop -In Child Care Centers.
The motion passed with Councilmember Hawes opposed. The public hearing was set
for October 13, 1986 at 7:30 p.m.
PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION NO. 86032 SUBMITTED BY SPIRITUAL LIFE
MINISTRIES INC REQUESTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPROVAL TO OPERATE A RELIGIOUS
TRAINING CENTER IN THE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT 1800 FREEWAY BOULEVARD
The City Manager noted this item was recommended for approval by the Planning
Commission at its August 28, 1986 meeting. The Director of Planning &
Inspection referred the Council to pages three through five of the August 28,
• 1986 Planning Commission minutes and the informational sheet on Application No.
86032 attached with those minutes. He proceeded to review the application and
noted that both religious and educational uses are comprehended in the I -1
zoning district in Section 35 -330, Subsection 3f of the zoning ordinance. He
noted that the facility would mostly be used in the evenings, and that these
evening hours would compliment the day time hours from the other uses in the
area. He briefly reviewed the six conditions which the Planning Commission
recommended for approval and stated that a public hearing had been scheduled for
the meeting this evening.
Councilmember Lhotka asked if these buildings were fire sprinklered. The
Director of Planning & Inspection responded affirmatively.
Mayor Nyquist opened the meeting for the purpose of a public hearing on Planning
Commission Application No. 86032 submitted by Spiritual Life Ministries, Inc.
Mayor Nyquist recognized Mr. Butch Ellingson of Spiritual Life Ministries, Inc.
who stated he would try to answer any questions the Council may have.
Councilmember Hawes stated that in the information provided for this application
it states that the organization provides assistance to local ministries in the
form of medical and educational supplies. He asked if there would be any
storage of supplies within the building. Mr. Ellingson stated that these
supplies are sent to foreign countries and not stored on the premises.
Councilmember Lhotka asked what type of training yP g take P lace at the
facility. Mr. Ellingson stated that there would be biblical training inig
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preachers and lay people.
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There was a motion by Councilmember Scott and seconded by Councilmember Hawes to
close the public hearing on Planning Commission Application No. 86032 submitted .
by Spiritual Life Ministries, Inc. The motion passed unanimously.
There was a motion by Councilmember Scott and seconded by Councilmember Hawes to
approve Planning Commission Application No. 86032 submitted by Spiritual Life
Ministries, Inc. requesting special use permit approval to operate a religious
training center in the industrial building at 1800 Freeway Boulevard, subject to
the following conditions:
1. Tenant improvement plans are subject to review and approval by
the Building Official with respect to applicable codes prior
to the issuance of permits.
2. The special us
p e ermit is subject to a
P ,] 11 applicable codes,
ordinances, and regulations and any violation thereof shall be
grounds for revocation. .
3. The special use permit is issued to the applicant as operator
of the religious training center and is nontransferable.
(This condition does not prevent a change of ownership or
management of Spiritual Life Ministries, Inc., but applies to
any operation wishing to use the space which is not a
continuation of the operation proposed under this
application).
4. The owner of the property shall agree in writing to provide
the striping and delineating of up to 71 parking stalls at the •
northwest corner of the site upon a determination by the City
that parking demand on the site exceeds the available number
,of parking spaces. Said written agreement shall become a part
of the lease agreement between the owner and the Spiritual
Life Ministries tenant. The plan for striping and delineating
parking stalls shall be subject to review and approval by the
Zoning Official.
5. Special use permit approval is exclusive of all signery which
is subject to the provisions of Chapter 34 of the City
Ordinances.
6. The special use permit shall be reviewed by the Planning
Commission and the City Council three years from the date of
the original approval.
Councilmember Lhotka asked if the Council were approving a training center or a
church. The Director of Planning & Inspection stated that staff considers this
use more of a training type than a church; although, some religious activity
will take place. The City Attorney stated that he had no reason to believe it
would not be a permitted use under the ordinance.
Councilmember Lhotka stated that he would like to add an amendment to the motion
so that it would read "there was a motion by Councilmember Scott and seconded by
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Councilmember Hawes to approve Planning Commission Application No. 86032
• submitted by Spiritual Life Ministries, Inc. requesting special use permit
approval to operate a religious training center in the industrial building at
1800 Freeway Boulevard, subject to the six conditions of the Planning Commission
and approval by the City Attorney: ". Councilmember Scott and Councilmember
Hawes agreed to the amendment which Councilmember Lhotka recommended.
Upon vote being taken on the foregoing motion, the motion passed unanimously.
RECESS
The Brooklyn Center City Council recessed at 8 :30 p.m. and reconvened at 8 :45
p.m.
PLANNING COMMISSION ITEMS (CONTINUED)
PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION NO. 86033 SUBMITTED BY LOMBARD PROPERTIES
REQUESTING SITE AND BUILDING PLAN APPROVAL TO CONSTRUCT A PLAZA AND PAVILION IN
THE CENTRAL PARKING LOT OF THE SHINGLE CREEK BUSINESS CENTER NORTH OF FREEWAY
BOULEVARD AND WEST OF SHINGLE CREEK PARKWAY
and
PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION NO. 86034 SUBMITTED BY LOMBARD PROPERTIES
REQUESTING AMENDED SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPROVAL TO PROVIDE A NEW ALLOCATION OF
OFF -SITE ACCESSORY PARKING FOR THE RAMADA HOTEL SHINGLE CREEK II RCM PLAZA AND
PARKWAY PLACE ON THE CENTRAL LOT AT THE ABOVE- REFERENCED SHINGLE CREEK BUSINESS
CENTER
The City Manager stated that the Planning Commission recommended approval of
Planning Commission Application Nos. 86033 and 86034 at their August 28 1986
•
meeting. The Director of Planning & Inspection referred the Council to pages
five through seven of the August 28, 1986 Planning Commission minutes and the
informational sheet on Application Nos. 86033 and 86034 attached with those
minutes. He proceeded to review the applications and showed a transparency of
the area where the plaza would be located. He noted that by adding the plaza
the parking lot would be reduced by 64 stalls.
The Director of Planning & Inspection stated that in Application No. 86034 the
applicant is requesting a change in the allocation of parking stalls for the
Ramada Hotel, Shingle Creek II, RCM Plaza and Parkway Place. He noted that the
Planning Commission did not comprehend the plaza ever being considered as proof
of parking because of the expense of the improvement to that area. He noted
that a ramp has been considered for the future.
Mayor Nyquist opened the public hearing for Planning Commission Application Nos.
86033 and 86034 submitted by Lombard Properties. He inquired if there was
anyone present in the audience who wished to speak at the public hearing. No
one requested to speak and he entertained a motion to close the public hearing.
There was a motion by Councilmember Lhotka and seconded by Councilmember Hawes
to close the public hearing on Planning Commission Application Nos. 86033 and
86034 submitted by Lombard Properties. The motion passed unanimously.
Councilmember Lhotka asked a representative of the applicant to explain the
purpose of the plaza. Mr. Steve Mosborg of Lombard Properties stated that it is
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an extension of the master landscaping plan. He noted that it would give a
visual break in the central parking lot and would be a benefit to both Lombard •
Properties and the City. Councilmember Lhotka asked the size of the pavilion.
Mr. Mosborg stated that the pavilion would be quite small and would only be
approximately 12 feet by 12 feet.
There was a motion by Councilmember Hawes and seconded by Councilmember Scott to
approve Planning Commission Application No. 86033 submitted by Lombard
Properties requesting site and building plan approval to construct a plaza and
pavilion in the central parking lot of the Shingle Creek business center north
of Freeway Boulevard and west of Shingle Creek Parkway, subject to the following
conditions:
1. Building, plumbing, mechanical and electrical plans for the
pavilion, fountain, and pools are subject to review and
approval by the Building Official with respect to applicable
codes prior to the issuance of permits.•
2. Grading, drainage, utility and berming plans are subject to
review and approval by the City Engineer prior to the issuance
of permits.
3. B612 curb and gutter shall be provided around all parking and
driving areas.
4. Underground irrigation shall be provided in all landscaped
areas to facilitate site maintenance. •
5. Plan approval is exclusive of all signery which is subject to
Chapter 34 of the City Ordinances.
6. An as -built utility survey of the site shall be submitted to
the City Engineer prior to release of the financial guarantee
for the central lot.
7. The private road known as Parkway Circle shall be designated
as a fire lane in its entirety.
The motion passed unanimously.
There was a motion by Councilmember Theis and seconded by Councilmember Lhotka
to approve Planning Commission Application No. 86034 submitted by Lombard
Properties requesting amended special use permit approval to provide a new
allocation of off -site accessory parking for the Ramada Hotel, Shingle Creek II,
RCM Plaza and Parkway Place on the central lot at the above - reference Shingle
Creek Business Center, subject to the following conditions:
1. The revised declaration establishing parking rights for the Ramada
Hotel, RCM Plaza, Parkway Place, and Shingle Creek II shall be reviewed
and approved by the Zoning Official and the City Attorney prior to
filing at the County.
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• 2. The performance agreement and financial guarantee for the
central lot and the agreement between the City and Lombard
Properties for the possible construction of a ramp within that
lot shall remain in effect until all need for the ramp has
been removed by approved and construction developments within
the Shingle Creek Business Center.
The motion passed unanimously.
ORDINANCES
The City Manager presented An Ordinance Amending Chapter 35 of the City
Ordinances Regarding the Zoning Classification of Certain Land (Earle Brown
Commons Project). He noted this ordinance was first read on August 11, 1986,
published in the City's official newspaper on August 21, 1986, and is offered
this evening for a second reading.
Mayor Nyquist opened the meeting for the purpose of a public hearing on An
Ordinance Amending Chapter 35 of the City Ordinances Regarding the Zoning
Classification of Certain Land. He inquired if there was anyone present who
wished to speak at the public hearing. No one requested to speak and he
entertained a motion to close the public hearing. There was a motion by
Councilmember Theis and seconded by Councilmember Lhotka to close the public
hearing on An Ordinance Amending Chapter 35 of the City Ordinances Regarding the
Zoning Classification of Certain Land. The motion passed unanimously.
ORDINANCE NO. 86 -09
• Member Gene Lhotka introduced the following ordinance and moved its adoption:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES REGARDING THE ZONING
CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN LAND
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing ordinance was duly seconded by
member Celia Scott, and the motion passed unanimously.
The City Manager presented a Resolution Amending Conditions of Approval for
Planning Commission Application No. 86027 Submitted by Earle Brown Commons. He
stated that incorrect data had been compiled for the platting of this land and
it is therefore impossible for condition No. 10 to be met before September 30,
1986. He explained that the Council would only be waiving condition No. 10
regarding the final approval of the plat by the Council and the filing at the
County.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -145
Member Rich Theis introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION AMENDING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION
NO. 86027 SUBMITTED BY EARLE BROWN COMMONS
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Gene Lhotka, and the motion passed unanimously.
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The City Manager presented An Ordinance Amending Chapter 35 of the City
Ordinances Regarding Administrative Permit Fees. He explained this ordinance
was first read on August 11, 1986, published in the City's official newspaper on
August 21, 1986, and is offered this evening for a second reading.
Mayor Nyquist opened the meeting for the purpose of a public hearing on An
Ordinance Amending Chapter 35 of the City Ordinances Regarding Administrative
Permit Fees. He inquired if there was anyone present who wished to speak at the
public hearing. No one requested to speak and he entertained a motion to close
the public hearing.
There was a motion by Councilmember Scott and seconded by Councilmember Hawes to
close the public hearing on An Ordinance Amending Chapter 35 of the City
Ordinances Regarding Administrative Permit Fees. The motion passed unanimously.
ORDINANCE NO. 86 -10
Member Celia Scott introduced the.following ordinance and moved its adoption:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE
PERMIT FEES
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing ordinance was duly seconded by
member Bill Hawes, and the motion passed unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
Mayor Nyquist opened the meeting for the purpose of a public hearing on Proposed
Assessments for Shingle Creek Parkway Street Turnlane Improvement Project No. •
1986 -07. He inquired if there was anyone present who wished to speak at the
public hearing. No one requested to speak and he entertained a motion to close
the public hearing.
There was a motion by Councilmember Lhotka and seconded by Councilmember Theis
to close the public hearing on Proposed Assessments for Shingle Creek Parkway
Street Turnlane Improvement Project No. 1986 -07. The motion passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -146
Member Rich Theis introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ADOPTING ASSESSMENT FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 1986 -07
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Gene Lhotka, and the motion passed unanimously.
Mayor Nyquist opened the meeting for the purpose of a public hearing on Proposed
Assessment for 1986 Diseased Shade Tree Removal Costs. He inquired if there was
anyone present who wished to speak at the public hearing. No one requested to
speak and he entertained a motion to close the public hearing.
There was a motion by Councilmember Hawes and seconded by Councilmember Scott to
close the public hearing on Proposed Assessment for 1986 Diseased Shade Tree
Removal Costs. The motion passed unanimously.
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RESOLUTION N0. 86 -141
• Member Celia Scott introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION CERTIFYING DISEASED SHADE TREE REMOVAL COST TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY
TAX ROLLS
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Bill Hawes, and the motion passed unanimously.
Mayor Nyquist opened the meeting for the purpose of a public hearing on Proposed
Assessment for Public Utility Hookups. He inquired if there was anyone present
who wished to speak at the public hearing. No one requested to speak and he
entertained a motion to close the public hearing.
There was a motion by Councilmember Theis and seconded by Councilmember Lhotka
to close the public hearing on Proposed Assessment for Public Utility Hookups.
The motion passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -148
Member Gene Lhotka introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION CERTIFYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PUBLIC UTILITY HOOKUPS
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Rich Theis, and the motion passed unanimously.
• Mayor Nyquist opened the meeting for the purpose of a public hearing on Proposed
Assessment for Delinquent Public Utility Accounts. He inquired if there was
anyone present who wished to speak at the public hearing. No one requested to
speak and he entertained a motion to close the public hearing.
There was a motion by Councilmember Lhotka and seconded by Councilmember Hawes
to close the public hearing on Proposed Assessment for Delinquent Public Utility
Accounts. The motion passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -149
Member Rich Theis introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION CERTIFYING DELINQUENT PUBLIC UTILITY ACCOUNTS TO THE HENNEPIN COUNTY
TAX ROLLS
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Gene Lhotka, and the motion passed unanimously.
Mayor Nyquist opened the meeting for the purpose of a public hearing on Proposed
Assessment for Delinquent Weed Destruction Accounts. He inquired if there was
anyone present who wished to speak at the public hearing. No one requested to
speak and he entertained a motion to close the public hearing.
There was a motion by Councilmember Hawes and seconded by Councilmember Theis to
close the public hearing on Proposed Assessment for Delinquent Weed Destruction
Accounts. The motion passed unanimously.
•
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RESOLUTION NO. 86 -150 e
Member Bill Hawes introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION CERTIFYING DELINQUENT WEED DESTRUCTION ACCOUNTS TO THE HENNEPIN
COUNTY TAX ROLLS
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Celia Scott, and the motion passed unanimously.
RECESS
The Brooklyn Center City Council recessed at 9:16 p.m. and reconvened at 9:27
p.m.
PROCEDURE FOR DECLARING A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND ORDERING THE REMOVAL OF DISEASED
SHADE TREES
The Director of Public Works briefly reviewed the memorandum and procedure
prepared for this item. Councilmember Lhotka asked what the next step was after
a second notice was sent to the owner. The Director of Public Works stated the
next step would be to take the item to the City Council where a resolution would
be approved setting five days in which to comply. He noted the actual time from
the first notice through the City Council setting a five day limit is
approximately 35 days or more.
Councilmember Theis asked if the owner cooperates with our notices, is the usual
time span between the first notice and the tree coming down approximately six
days. The Director of Public Works stated that it is usually a minimum of two .
weeks before a tree would be taken down. Councilmember Theis stated that he
would like to see the time period cut down so that these trees are not allowed
to remain standing and infect other trees in the area. The Director of Public
Works stated that he felt the time period could be shortened in the future but
that he would not be comfortable with that procedure for this year.
Councilmember Theis agreed that it may be too late to begin such a procedure at
this time of the year. He added that he would like to see the communities north
of us pressured to take down their diseased elm trees sooner.
There was a motion by Councilmember Theis and seconded by Councilmember Lhotka
to accept the procedure set forth by the Director of Public Works for the year
1986 and instruct the staff to investigate different procedures which would be
quicker in the future. The motion passed unanimously.
RESOLUTION NO. 86 -151
Member Gene Lhotka introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION DECLARING A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND ORDERING THE REMOVAL OF DISEASED
SHADE TREES (ORDER NO. DST86 -1)
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Rich Theis, and the motion passed unanimously.
PROCLAMATION
Member Gene Lhotka introduced the following proclamation and moved its adoption:
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PROCLAMATION SUPPORTING UNITED WAY'S SALUTE TO SMALL BUSINESS
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing proclamation was duly seconded by
member Bill Hawes, and the motion passed unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING ON ANNUAL CITY BUDGET
The City Manager stated that this evening an overview of the annual City budget
will be presented to the City Council, and the public hearing may be continued
to September 15, 1986. He noted that staff is anticipating a loss of federal
revenue sharing funds, but added that if federal revenue sharing is reinstated
staff would come back to the Council for a public hearing at that time.
The Finance Director began the overview by reviewing aspects of the proposed
budget and then proceeded to discuss revenues and other funding sources. He
stated at the September 15, 1986 special City Council meeting, individual
departmental budgets would be reviewed.
The City Manager stated that he and the Director of Finance had cut $300,000
from the department requests and transferred that to the capital improvements
fund. He noted that they had also made a number of other cuts which could be
reviewed at the next meeting. Councilmember Theis asked if a brief summary of
the other cuts could be prepared for the Council's information.
There was a motion by Councilmember Theis and seconded by Councilmember Lhotka
to continue the public hearing on the annual City budget to September 15, 1986.
• The motion passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
There was a motion by Councilmember Scott and seconded by Councilmember Hawes to
adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously. The Brooklyn Center City
Council adjourned at 10:13 p.m.
City Clerk Mayor
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CITY 6301 SHINGLE CREEK PARKWAY
BROOKLYN BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA 55430
TELEPHONE 561 -5440
C ENTER EMERGENCY- POLICE - FIRE
911
TO: Sy Knapp, Director of Public Works
FROM: H.R. Spurrier, City Engineer
DATE: September 12, 1986
RE: Final Plat - Brooklyn Crossing 2nd Addition
The Brookdale Office Park Partnership, developer of the above referenced plat,
has petitioned the City Council to approve the final plat Brooklyn Crossing 2nd
Addition. The land is located at the intersection of CSAH 10 and Northway_
Drive. Conditions proposed for the preliminary plat were as follows:
1. Final plat is subject to review and approval of the City Engineer.
2. Final plat is subject to the provisions of Chapter 15 of City
Ordinances.
3. The necessary documents for relocating the existing utility easements
shall be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer and the City Attorney
prior to final plat approval.
Conditions 1 and 2 have been met. Accordingly, we recommend approval of the
final plat subject to the following conditions:
1. Receipt of a title opinion from the City Attorney confirming the
appropriate parties responsible for signing the plat.
2. The necessary documents for relocating the existing utility easements
shall be reviewed and approved by the City Attorney and executed prior to
final plat approval.
3. Payment of all City Attorney's fees incurred in the review of the
plat.
Resp fu y submitted, Approv d fo submittal
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Ronald A. Warren, Director of Planning and Inspection
FROM: Gary Shallcross, Planner
DATE: September 16, 1986
SUBJECT: Performance Guarantees
The following performance guarantees are recommended for release or reduction as
specified.
1. Summit State Bank
6100 Summit Drive
Planning Commission Application No. 78002
Amount of Guarantee - $25,000 bond
Obligor - Summit State Bank of Richfield, Brooklyn Center Industrial Park
This guarantee had been held to cover deferred concrete curb and gutter in the
parking lot at the old Summit Bank Building. In light of the fact that the City
has acquired the property and the parking lot has been redesigned for the new
Earle Brown Commons residential development, the purpose of retaining this
guarantee seems to have been eliminated. Recommend total release.
2. Brooklyn Crossing Office Building
3300 County Road 10
Planning Commission Application No. 81017
Amount of Guarantee - $15,000 bond
Obligor - C & G Transcontinenal Developers
This guarantee has been held to cover deferred curb and gutter on the driveway
from Northway Drive to the parking lot. With the proposal of a new office park
in this area and realignment of the access drive, the need for continuing this
guarantee is eliminated. Recommend total release upon submission of a new
guarantee and performance agreement for the site improvements in the office
park complex.
3. Brookwood
North Lilac Drive between Dupont and Humboldt Avenues North
Planning Commission Application No. 83004
Amount of Guarantee - $20,000 bond
Obligor - Brutger Companies
This guarantee has been held to assure viability of landscaping in the
development. Plantings have been replaced in some cases twice. The
landscaping now appears in good shape. Other improvements are completed.
Recommend total release.
4. Ramada Hotel
2200 Freeway Boulevard
Planning Commission Application No. 83045
Amount of Guarantee - $100,000 bond
Obligor - Plaza Real Estate Partners
Site work is essentially complete. Utilities, paving, curb and gutter are in.
Landscaping is being completed. Recommend reduction from $100,000 to $30,000
to cover all landscaping until next year.
Performance Guarantees
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September 16, 1986
5. Highway 100 Racquet and Swim Club
4001 Lakebreeze Avenue North
Planning Commission Application No. 83051 and 86003
Amount of Guarantee - $100,000 bond
Obligor - Normandale Tennis Coubs, Inc.
Site improvements at the principal site are complete. The off -site parking
lot (Planning Application No. 86003) has been constructed and landscaping is
completed. Recommend release of original $30,000 guarantee and reduction of
off -site parking lot guarantee to $10,000 to insure viability of landscaping
on off -site lot north of Lakebreeze Avenue North.
6. Target /Ryan Shopping Center
6000 -6100 Shingle Creek Parkway
Planning Commission Application No. 85001
Amount of Guarantee $285,000 bond
Obligor - Ryan Construction Company
Site improvements are essentially complete. Site utilities, paving, curb and
gutter, and landscaping have all been installed. Screening of trash behind
the smaller detached building should be improved. Recommend reduction of
guarantee to $25,000 to assure viability of landscaping until next year.
Approved
Ronal A. Warren, Director of Planning and Inspection
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Member introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING SANITARY SEWER RATE FOR THE
ELDERLY
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Brooklyn Center,
Minnesota, that a special sanitary sewer rate is hereby established for elderly
residents with the head of household or spouse 62 years of age or older and a
maximum of 2 persons in the household. The maximum limitation of 2 persons in
the household may be exceeded by any additional persons who are at least 62
years of age or who are disabled. Persons meeting the above requirements shall
file with the City a certification on a form approved by the City. Such
certification shall be filed between September lst and December 31st of the year
preceding. Falsification of information submitted on said certification shall
constitute a violation of Section 4 of the City Code and shall be prosecuted in
accordance with Section 4 -501 of the City Code.
The special sanitary sewer rate for all accounts billed during
calendar year 1987 shall be equal to fifty -five percent (55 %) of the rate
established for single family homes.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following
voted in favor thereof:
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
/06
Member introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION APPROVING SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT NO. 1 TO CONTRACT
1985 -K AND PROCEDURES FOR CORRECTION OF PROJECT DEFICIENCIES
(DALLAS ROAD BETWEEN 72ND AND 73RD AVENUES NORTH)
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has reported to the City Council
that substantial deficiencies exist on the newly reconstructed Dallas Road
between 72nd and 73rd Avenues North (Project No. 1985 -12, Contract 1985 -K) and
has recommended the following 3 phase program:
Phase Description Estimated Cost
I Repair or replacement of currently $ 14,500
deteriorated sections
II Monitoring and testing $ 1,500
III Reconstruction 42,000
Estimated Total Project Cost $ 58,000
AND, WHEREAS, special assessments have already been levied to abutting
properties for the benefits derived from the street reconstruction:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota that:
1. The 3 phase procedure for correction of deficiencies as recommended
by the Director of Public Works is hereby approved.
2. The Mayor and City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to
enter into Supplemental Agreement with Hardrives, Inc., the
contractor for Contract 1985 -K, providing for completion of the
work described in Phase I at an estimated cost of $12,000 less an
estimated credit of $2,500 for defective work by the contractor.
3. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to
conduct the monitoring and testing program described in Phase II.
4. Upon completion of the monitoring and testing program the Director
of Public Works is hereby authorized and directed to prepare plans
and specifications for the completion of the project under Phase
III, and shall submit said plans and specifications to the City
Council for approval.
5. Funding for all work contemplated herein is hereby allocated from
the Municipal State Aid Fund Balance Account No. 2611.
RESOLUTION NO.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following
voted in favor thereof:
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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CITY 6301 SHINGLE CREEK PARKWAY
OF ROOKLYN BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA 55430
TELEPHONE 561 -5440
C ENTER EMERGENCY - POLICE - FIRE
911
TO: Gerald G. Splinter, City Manager
FROM: Sy Knapp, Director of Public Works
DATE: September 18, 1986
RE: Dallas Road Between 72nd and 73rd Avenues North
In February, 1986 our department became aware of problems with newly constructed
(in 1985) Dallas Road between 72nd and 73rd Avenues North. Inspection of the
project showed that frost heave was displacing several newly constructed
driveway aprons on Dallas Road. Then, in early Spring of 1986, the roadway
surface also began to show signs of distress and failure. At that time we
employed STS Consultants, Ltd. (an independent consulting geotechnical
engineering firm) to conduct a program of testing and evaluation to determine
the cause of the frost heave, the cause of pavement distress and failure, and to
recommend what steps should be taken to assure that the street will have a 20
. year (minimum) design life.
STS prepared an evaluation of the pavement and driveway distress and failure
areas. Their report indicates: (1) that the frost heave of the pavement and
of the driveways is caused by the freeze -up of the underdrain system which was
installed (to a depth of 2 1/2 to 4 feet) as a part of the 1985 project; (2)
that the pavement structure is inadequate for the type of subgrade soils which
exist in this location; and (3) that there are several areas (primarily those
areas which have already shown signs of failure) where construction did not
comply with the plans and specifications.
Numerous alternative remedies ranging in cost from $25,000 to over $100,000 have
been considered. Following detailed evaluation of those alternatives we now
recommend the following three phase plan:
Phase I
All of the currently distressed and damaged pavement areas would be removed, the
subgrade would be corrected and the pavement would be replaced. This phase
would be accomplished during the next 2 to 4 weeks.
Phase II
The entire pavement (both the repaired sections and the currently non -
deteriorated sections) and all driveways would be monitored during the winter
and spring of 1986 -87. In spring of 1987 the roadway would be tested with the
use of a RoadRater. (The RoadRater is a machine which is designed to analyze
the structural capacity of an inplace roadway. Note: When a street is in an
area which has a high groundwater table the RoadRater must be used in the spring
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September 18, 1986
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of the year when the groundwater table is at its highest so as to test the road
when it is most susceptible to damage.) Use of the RoadRater will tell us
whether additional subgrade problems exist and whether any additional repair or
replacement of the pavement is necessary.
Phase III
Upon final evaluation of the monitoring and testing program we will develop a
repair project consisting of the following elements:
1. Install a new subdrain system at a depth of approximately 5 to 6 1/2
feet (depth will depend on conflicts with other utility lines).
2. Repair or replace driveways which have been by frost heave.
3. Repair or replace additional pavement areas which have been identified
as needing repair by use of the RoadRater.
4. Finally, a complete bituminous overlay would be placed to provide the
additional structure needed to assure capacity of the roadway.
It is proposed that Phase III be completed in early summer of 1987.
COST ESTIMATE
Following is our cost estimate for completion of the work as described above:
Phase I
Estimated Total Construction Cost = $12,000
Engineering Services by STS to Date = 5.000
Subtotal $17,000
Less Charge to Hardrives, Inc. for
Defective Work = -2.500
Subtotal, City Cost for Phase 1 = $14,500
Phase II
Rental of RoadRater and Engineering Analyses = $1,500
Phase III
Estimated Contract Cost = $40,000
Engineering Cost (additional analyses by STS) = 2.000
Subtotal, City Cost for Phase III 42,000
Total estimated project cost to City = $58,000
September 18, 1986
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CONCLUSION
It is my opinion that, while this proposal does not fully comply with MNDOT
established design standards (implementation of those standards would cost well
over $100,000), the recommended procedure will result in a roadway which will
have a 20 year (plus) life expectancy with few, if any, problems.
Attached hereto for consideration by the City Council is a resolution which
would approve a supplemental agreement with Hardrives, Inc. (the contractor for
the 1985 project) to complete Phase I. The resolution would also direct our
office to conduct Phase II investigations, and to prepare plans and
specifications for Phase III. Finally, the resolution provides that funding for
all of this work be allocated from the Local Municipal State Aid Street Fund.
If this resolution is adopted we will proceed with Phases I and II, then submit
plans and specifications for Phase III, along with an updated cost estimate to
the City Council for approval in late spring of 1987. Because of the costs
involved we recommend that Phase III work be placed under a new contract rather
than to do the work under supplemental agreement with Hardrives, Inc.
INFORMATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS
If this recommendation is approved we will send a letter to each of the property
owners on this block advising them of our proposed repair program and also
advising them that the work would be done at no additional cost to them.
Respectfully submitted,
S+app
Director of Public Works
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Member introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
CALLING SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SUBMISSION
OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CITY CHARTER
AND FIXING FORM OF BALLOTS NOVEMBER 4 1986
WHEREAS, the Brooklyn Center Charter Commission, appointed
by the District Court of Hennepin County for the City of Brooklyn
Center, has on August 25, 1986 delivered to the Mayor of the City
proposed amendments to Section 2.03 and 4.01 of the Home Rule
Charter duly adopted by the Charter Commission; and
WHEREAS, the said proposal is to amend said Sections 2.03
and 4.01 respectively to read in their entirety as follows:
(brackets indicate material to be deleted, underline indicates
new material)
Section 2.03. ELECTIVE OFFICERS. The Council shall be
composed of a Mayor and four Councilmembers who shall be
registered voters of Brooklyn Center, and who shall be
elected at large. Each Councilmember shall serve for a term
of [three (3)] four (4Z years. The Mayor shall serve for a
term of [two (2) ] four W years. The Council shall be
canvassers of the election of the Mayor and the
Councilmembers.
Section 4.01. THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. A regular
municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November of [each year] even - numbered
ears at such place or places as the City Council may
designate. The City Clerk shall give at least two (2) weeks
previous notice of the time and place of holding such
election and of the officers to be elected and such other
matters to be voted upon by posting in at least one public
place in each voting precinct and by publication at least
once in the official newspaper, but failure to give such
notice shall not invalidate such election.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City
of Brooklyn Center:
1. That the question of the adoption of said proposed
amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the City shall
be submitted to vote of the electors of the City at a
special election which is hereby called to be held at
the regular polling places in the City on the 4th day
of November, 1986 concurrently with the general city
election to be held on said date.
RESOLUTION NO.
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2. The Clerk is authorized and directed to cause notice of
the time and places of holding such election and of the
issue to be submitted to the voters by publishing a
notice thereof once each week in the official newspaper
of the City for two (2) successive weeks prior to said
election.
3. The Clerk is authorized and directed to cause suitable
ballots to be prepared for said election which shall be
in substantially the,following form:
SHALL SECTION 2.03 AND SECTION 4.01 OF THE HOME
RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER, AS
ADOPTED NOVEMBER 8, 1966, BE AMENDED SO AS TO
CHANGE CITY ELECTIONS TO EVEN YEAR ELECTIONS;
CHANGE COUNCILMEMBER TERMS FROM THREE (3) YEARS TO
FOUR (4) YEARS; CHANGE THE MAYOR'S TERM FROM TWO
(2) YEARS TO FOUR (4) YEARS?
Yes No
4. Such election shall be held and conducted and the
returns thereof made and canvassed in the manner
prescribed by law for such an election in the City. -
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by member , and upon vote being taken
thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA
REPORT OF CHARTER COMMISSION
To: Darlene Weeks,
City Clerk of the City of Brooklyn Center
We, the undersigned, being the duly appointed, qualified and
acting members of the Charter Commission in and for the City of
Brooklyn Center, Hennepin County, Minnesota, appointed by the
District Court, Fourth Judicial District, State of Minnesota,
hereby certify that at a meeting of said Commission duly called
and held at the City Hall in said City on October 23, 1985, the
said Commission duly adopted the following proposed amendments to
Sections 2.03 and 4.01 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of
Brooklyn Center and hereby affix our signatures to the same in
testimony of our approval thereof and deliver the same to the
Honorable Dean A. Nyquist, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn Center,
for action pursuant to law:
Sections 2.03 and 4.01 of the Home Rule Charter of the City
of Brooklyn Center shall be amended in its entirety to read as
follows: (brackets indicate material to be deleted, underline
indicates new material)
Section 2.03. ELECTIVE OFFICERS. The Council shall be
composed of a Mayor and four Councilmembers who shall be
registered voters of Brooklyn Center, and who shall be
elected at large. Each Councilmember shall serve for a term
of [three (3) ] four (4) years. The Mayor shall serve for a
term of [two (2) ] four (4) years. The Council shall be
canvassers of the election of the Mayor and the
Councilmembers.
Section 4.01. THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. A regular
municipal election shall be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November of [each year] even - numbered .
ears at such place or places as the City Council may
designate. The City Clerk shall give at least two (2) weeks
previous notice of the time and place of holding such
election and of the officers to be elected and such other
matters to be voted upon by posting in at least one public
place in each voting precinct and by publication at least
once in the official newspaper, but failure to give such
notice shall not invalidate such election.
Dated at Brooklyn Center, Minnesota 1986
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a rman
I, Darlene Weeks, the City Clerk of the City of Brooklyn
Center hereby certify that the foregoing draft of the proposed
amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the City of Brooklyn
Center and c tificate connection therewith was delivered to
,',me this day o 1986 by the Charter Commission of
the, ,City of Brooklyn o Cle rk
����' City of Brooklyn Center
TRANSITION ELECTION ALTERNATIVES
The following are two alternatives for providing transition between the current terms of
the Mayor and Council with every year elections, and four year terms for the Mayor and
Council and even year elections. Alternate I appears to have more advantages than "
disadvantages when compared to Alternate II.
ALTERNATE I
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Mayor X & O 0 O
Hawes X O 0 O
Lhotka X O 0
*Scott X 0 0 O
Theis X O O O
ALTERNATE II
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Mayor X > O 0 0
Hawes X 0 0 O
Lhotka X 0 O
*Scott X 0 O O
Theis X 0 0 0
X - indicates term expiration under existing Charter provision
O - indicates term expiration under proposed Charter amendment
- indicates extension of current term
* - this schedule assumes re- election of Scott in 1986
s& - indicates a transitional two year term
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Member introduced the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING RECOGNITION OF AND APPRECIATION
FOR THE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE OF EVELYN MISFELDT
WHEREAS, Evelyn Misfeldt served as a member of the
Brooklyn Center Human Rights Commission from May, 1984 through
September, 1986; and
WHEREAS, her devotion•to the tasks and responsibilities
of the Commission contributed to the sound
progress and
development ment of the City; i and
Y
WHEREAS, her public service. and civic effort for the
betterment of the community merit the gratitude of the citizens
of Brooklyn Center; and
WHEREAS, it is highly appropriate that her service to
the community should be recognized and expressed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City ouncil of
the City of Brooklyn Center Y
y ter that the dedicated public service P of
Evelyn Misfeldt as a member of the Human Rights Commission is
hereby recognized and appreciated by the City of Brooklyn Center.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by member , and upon vote being taken
thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
Ao
Member introduced the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING RECOGNITION OF AND APPRECIATION
FOR THE DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE OF ROSEMARY KIESELHORST
WHEREAS, Rosemary Kieselhorst served as a member of the
Brooklyn Center Human Rights Commission from January, 1984 through
September, 1986; and
WHEREAS, her devotion to the tasks and responsibilities
of the Commission contributed to the sound progress and development
of the City; and
WHEREAS, her public service and civic effort for the
betterment of the community merit the gratitude of the citizens of
Brooklyn Center; and
WHEREAS, it is highly appropriate that her service to the
community should be recognized and expressed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Brooklyn Center that the dedicated public service of
Rosemary Kieselhorst as a member of the Human Rights Commission is
hereby recognized and appreciated by the City of Brooklyn Center.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by member , and upon vote being taken
thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Gerald G. Splinter, City Manager
FROM: Jim Lindsay, Chief of Police
DATE: September 22, 1986
SUBJECT: Special Request for Purchase of Two - Drawer File
Cabinet
As you know, the remodeling of the Police clerical record area
has caused us to the move the Office Manager, Russ Husten, into
the main open clerical office. We have then converted his office
space into a records room. The desk we have assigned to him is a
clerical desk with a typewriter return. This desk reduces the
drawer space from his other desk by one -half. To augment this, I
am requesting the purchase of a two - drawer lateral file, with
lock to be used by the Office Manager in conjuction with his
secretarial desk. This should be a locking file as it will be in
a room that is utilized by other personnel around the clock. A
cost of $204.00 for the file cabinet was obtained by the City's
purchasing agent. I recommend the purchase of the file cabinet
out of Department 31, Police, Account Number 4551. There is
money in the account to cover this purchase.
Member introduced the following
resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF A LOCKING TWO -
DRAWER FILE CABINET
WHEREAS, the remodeling of the Police Department has
caused the Office Manager to be moved into the main clerical
office; and
WHEREAS, due to this relocation and new desk assignment
the Office Manager's drawer space has been reduced by one -half;
and
WHEREAS, it is being proposed that a locking two - drawer
file cabinet be purchased for the Police Department from account
number 01 - 4551- 000 -31, in the amount of $204.00.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Brooklyn Center that the purchase of a locking, two -
drawer file cabinet is hereby approved and that such purchase be
made from account number 01 -4551- 000 -31.
Date Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly
seconded by member , and upon vote being taken
thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
and the following voted against the same:
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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MEMORANDUM
10: Chief Lindsay
FROM: Code Enforcement Officer Nadeau
DATE: September 9, 1986
SUBJECT: Kennel License for 5817 Pearson Drive
A survey was taken of four neighbors surrounding 5817 Pearson Drive
where a private kennel is up for renewal with the following
results:
1. Russell Sexton
3824 58th Ave. No.
Brooklyn Center, MN
phone: 537 -2118
Nadeau spoke with Mrs. Sexton on 09 -08 -86 at 1400 hours. She
stated to Nadeau there was no problems with the dogs barking
or running at large.
2. Barbara and James Northrup
3900 58th Ave. No.
Brooklyn Center, MN
phone: 535 -3078
Nadeau spoke with Mrs. Barbara Northrup at 1403 hours who
advised that there was no problems with the dogs barking
or running at large.
3. John Boone
5813 Pearson Drive
Brooklyn Center, MN
phone: 535 -3165
Nadeau spoke with Mrs. Boone who stated absolutely no problems
have been encountered and the dogs are very well behaved.
Memo to Chief Lindsay
Page 2
September 9, 1986
4. Edward Backstrom
5821 Pearson Drive
Brooklyn Center, MN
phone: 537 -1141
On 09 -08 -86 at 1615 hours, Nadeau spoke with Mrs. Backstrom
who stated that while the dogs did bark once or twice
on occasion, she did not feel there was any type of
problem with the kennel license being renewed. She
also stated that the dogs were well behaved and did
not run at large.
In checking our master records, we find one of the dogs from
5817 Pearson Drive, a small collie, was picked up and impounded
on July 18, 1986. The dog was impounded in the 60th & June
neighborhood. It was retrieved by the owner on July 21.
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M E M O R A N D U M
TO: Gerald Splinter, City Manager
FROM: Kristin Lee, Public Health Sanitarian
RE: Renewal of Kennel License for Mary Ann Boyer,
5817 Pearson Drive, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
DATE: September 17, 1986
An inspection was made September 17, 1986, of the Boyer
property t 5817 Pearson Y rs n Drive o
Br okl n Center Minnesota.
Y ,
The Boyers first received their kennel license in
April, 1985. Since that time there have been no changes in
the situation at the Boyer home. They still have three
shelty dogs. One of thes dogs is 12 years' old, another is
9 years and the third is 4 years old.
The animals spend most of their time indoors in the
basement. They are let outside only when the owners are
home.
When outside, the dogs are allowed to run.in the back
yard which is about 1/2 acre in size and which is entirely
enclosed with a 4 foot chain -link fence. -
Fecal matter is removed from the yard at least once a
week which appears to be sufficient.
The Police files show one of the dogs was running loose
and was impounded in July of 1986.
I do not anticipate any major problems if the Kennel
license is renewed at this address.
KAL : j t
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
Notice is hereby given that a public hearin g will be held on the
22nd day of September, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, 6301
Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider an amendment to Chapter 19
regarding the control of noxious weeds.
Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request
at least 96 hours in advance. Please contact the Personnel
Coordinator at 561 -5440 to make arrangements.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 REGARDING THE CONTROL
OF NOXIOUS WEEDS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 19 -1603 of the City Ordinances is hereby
amended in the following manner:
Section 19 -1603. NOXIOUS WEEDS DEFINED.
a. For purposes of this ordinance and in addition to
provisions of Minnesota Statutes Section 18.171, Subdivision 5,
"noxious weeds" means the following plants:
Common Name Botanical Name
Field Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Hemp Cannabis sativa
Poison Ivy Rhus radicans
Spurge, leafy Euphorbia esula
Thistle, sow Sonchus arvensis
Thistle, bull Cirsium vulgare
Thistle, Canada Cirsium arvense
Thistle, musk Carduus nutans
Thistle, plumeless Carduus acanthoides
Alyssum, hoary Berteroa incana
Milkweed Asclepias syriaca
Quackgrass Agropyron repens
Ragweed, common Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ragweed, giant Ambrosia trifida
b. Any weeds or grass growing to a height greater than
eight (8) inches or which have gone or about to go to seed
Section 2. This ordinance - shall become effective after
adoption and upon thirty (30) days following its legal
publication.
ORDINANCE NO.
Adopted this day of , 1986.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
Date of Publication
Effective Date
(Underline indicates new matter)
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the 22nd day of
September, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider an
amendment to the City's Liquor Ordinance.
Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request at least 96 hours
in advance. Please contact the Personnel Coordinator at 561 -5440 to make
arrangments.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Chapter 11 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended by the
repeal of the following:
[CHAPTER 11 - LIQUOR ORDINANCES]
[ NONINTOXICATING LIQUORS
[ Section 11 -101. DEFINITION OF TERMS.
Subdivision 1. As used in this ordinance, the term "person" includes a
natural person of either sex, a partnership, a corporation or association of
• persons, and the agent or manager or employee of any of the aforesaid. The singular
number includes the plural, and the masculine pronoun includes the feminine and
neuter.
Subdivision 2. "Beer" or "nonintoxicating malt liquor" means any malt
beverage with an alcoholic content of more than one -half of one per cent by volume
and not more than three and two - tenths percent by weight.
Subdivision 3. "Intoxicating liquor" means any distilled, fermented or
vinous beverage containing more than three and two- tenths per cent of alcohol by
weight.
Subdivision 4. "Original package" means the bottle or sealed container in
g P g
which the liquor is placed by the manufacturer.
Subdivision 5. "Bona fide club" means a club organized for social or
business purposes or for intellectual improvement, or for the promotion of sports,
where the serving of beer is incidental to and not the major purpose of the club.
Subdivision 6. "Restaurant" means a place of which the major business is
preparing and serving lunches or meals to the public to be consumed on the premises. ]
[ Section 11 -102. LICENSE REQUIRED.
Subdivision 1. No person, except wholesalers and manufacturers to the
extent authorized by law, shall deal in or dispose of by gift, sale or otherwise, or
• keep or offer for sale, any beer within the City without first having received a
license as hereinafter provided. This section shall not prohibit the giving or
• serving thereof to guests in a private home, or in a private gathering. Licenses
shall be of three kinds: (1) Retail "on- sale "; (2) Retail "off- sale "; (3) Retail
"temporary on- sale ".
Subdivision 2. "On- sale" licenses may be granted only to bona fide clubs,
bowling establishments, restaurants and hotels where food is prepared and served
for consumption on the premises. "On- sale" licenses shall permit the sale of beer
for consumption on the premises only.
Subdivision 3. "Off- sale" licenses shall permit the sale of beer at
retail, in the original package for consumption off the premises only.
Subdivision 4. "Temporary on-sale" licenses may be granted to clubs,
charitable, religious, or nonprofit organizations only. "Temporary on -sale"
licenses shall be subject to any special terms and conditions as the City Council may
prescribe.]
[ Section 11 -103. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE.
Subdivision 1. Every application for a license to sell beer shall be made
on a form supplied by the City. It shall be unlawful to make any false statement in
an application. Applications shall be filed with the Chief of Police.
Subdivision 2. Every application shall be referred to the Chief of Police
for a review as to whether the applicant meets the requirements of the ordinance as
to moral character and past offenses, if any. An investigation fee of $100 shall
accompany each application provided, however, that such portion of the actual costs
of investigation which exceed $100 but not to exceed $500, shall be paid by the
applicant. The Chief of Police shall estimate the actual costs of investigation
after preliminary review, notify the applicant of the actual cost estimate, and take
no further action on the application until the actual cost estimate is paid. Any
portion of the actual cost estimate which exceeded $100 but which remains unused
after completion of the investigation shall be returned to the applicant.
Subdivision 3. Every "on- sale" application shall be referred to the
Director of Planning and Inspection for a review as to whether the proposed licensed
premises meets the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance and Building Code.]
[ Section 11 -104. LICENSE FEES.
Subdivision 1. Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a
receipt from the Chief of Police for payment in full of the required fee for the
license. All fees shall be paid into the general fund of the municipality. Upon
rejection of any application for a license, the City shall refund the amount paid.
Subdivision 2. "On- sale" and "off- sale" licenses shall expire on the last
day of December in each year. Each such license shall be issued for a period of one
year, except that if a portion of the license year has elapsed when the application
is made, a license may be issued for the remainder of the year for a pro rata fee. In
computing such fee, any unexpired fraction of a month shall be counted as one month.
Subdivision 3. The annual fee for an "on- sale" license, and "off- sale"
license and the daily fee for a "temporary on- sale" license shall be as set forth in
Section 23 -010 of the City Ordinances.
Subdivision 4. No part of the fee paid for any license issued under this
• ordinance shall be refunded except in the following instances upon application to
the Council within 30 days from the happening of the event. The Council may in its
judgment refund a pro rata portion of the fee for the unexpired period of the
license, computed on a monthly basis, when operation of the licensed business ceases
not less than one month before expiration of the license because of:
I. destruction or damage of the licensed premises by fire or
other catastrophe.
2. the licensee's illness.
3. the licensee's death.
4. a change in the legal status of the municipality making it
unlawful for a licensed business to continue.]
[ Section 11 -105. GRANTING OF LICENSE.
Subdivision 1. The City Council shall cause to be investigated all facts
set out in the application. Opportunity shall be given to any person to be heard for
or against the granting of the license. After such investigation and hearing the
City Council shall grant or refuse the application in its discretion.
Subdivision 2. Each license shall be issued to the applicant only and
shall not be transferable to another holder. Each license shall be issued only for
the premises described in the application. No license may be transferred to
another place without the approval of the City Council.]
[ Section 11 -106. PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE.
No license shall be granted to any person:
1. Under 19 years of age.
2. Who has, within the past five years, been convicted of a
felony, or of violating the National Prohibition Act or any
law of this state or local ordinance relating to the
manufacture, transportation or sale of nonintoxicating or of
intoxicating liquors.
3. Who is a manufacturer of beer or who is interested in the
control of any place where beer is manufactured.
4. Who is an alien, or upon whom it is impractical to conduct a
background and financial investigation due to the
unavailability of information.
5. Who is not of good moral character.
6. Who is or during the period of this license becomes the holder
of a Federal retail liquor dealer's special tax stamp for the
sale of intoxicating liquor at any place unless there has also
been issued to him a local license to sell intoxicating liquor
at such place.
7. Who is not the proprietor of the establishment for which the
license is issued.]
[ Section 11 -107. PLACES INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE.
Subidivision 1. No license shall be granted for sale on any premises where
a licensee has been convicted of the violation of this ordinance, or of the state
beer or liquor law, or where any license hereunder has been revoked for cause until
one year has elapsed after such conviction or revocation.
Subdivision 2. No "on -sale" license shall be granted for a bona fide club
which has not been in operation and eligible to receive a license for at least six
months immediately preceding the application for a license.]
[ Section 11 -108. CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.
Subdivison 1. Every license shall be granted subject to the conditions in
the following subdivisions and all other provisions of this ordinance and of other
applicable ordinances of the City or State law.
Subdivision 2. All licensed premises shall have the license posted in a
conspicuous place at all times.
Subdivision 3. No beer shall be sold or served to any intoxicated person or
to any person under 19 years of age.
Subdivision 4. No person under 19 years of age shall be permitted to sell
or serve beer in any "on- sale" establishment. I .
Subdivision 5. No gambling or any gambling device shall be permitted on
any licensed premises.
Subdivision 6. No manufacturer or wholesaler of beer shall have any
ownership of or interest in an establishment licensed to sell at retail contrary to
the provisions of M.S.A. 3 No retail licensee and manufacturer or wholesaler
of beer shall be parties to any exclusive purchase contract. No retail licensee
shall receive any benefits contrary to law from a manaufacturer or wholesaler of
• beer and no such manufacturer or wholesaler shall confer any benefits contrary to
law upon a retail licensee.
Subdivision 7. No licensee shall sell beer while holding or exhibiting in
the licensed premises a Federal retail liquor dealer's special tax stamp unless he
is licensed under the laws of Minnesota to sell intoxicating liquors.
Subdivision 8. No licensee who is not also licensed to sell intoxicating
liquor shall sell or permit the consumption or display of intoxicating liquors on
the licensed premises or serve any liquids for the purpose of mixing with
intoxicating liquor. The presence of intoxicating liquors on the premises of such
a licensee shall be prima facie evidence of possession of intoxicating liquors for
the purpose of sale; and the serving of any liquid for the purpose of mixing with
intoxicating liquors shall be prima facie evidence that intoxicating liquor is
being permitted to be consumed or displayed contrary to this ordinance.
Subdivision 9. Any peace officer shall have the unqualified right to
enter, inspect and search the premises of a licensee during business hours without a
search and seizure warrant and may in the absence of a license to sell intoxicating
liquor, seize all intoxicating liquors found on the licensed premises.
Subdivision10. Every licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of his
place of business and shall maintain conditions of sobriety and order. The act of
any employee on the licensed premises authorized to sell or serve beer shall be
deemed the act of the licensee as well and the licensee shall be liable to all
penalties provided by this ordinance equally with the employee.]
[ Section 11 -109. CLOSING HOURS.
Subdivision 1. No sale of beer shall be made on any Sunday between the
hours of 1 :00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. No sale shall be made between the hours of 1 :00
a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on any other day.
Subdivision 2. It shall be unlawful to consume or permit the consumption
of beer in any "on- sale" establishment on any Sunday between the hours of 1 :00 a.m.
and 12 :00 noon. It shall be unlawful to consume or permit the consumption of beer in
any "on- sale" establishment between the hours of 1 :00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on any other
day.]
[ Section 11 -110. CLUBS. No club possessing an "on -sale" license shall
sell beer to anyone other than members and guests in the company of members.]
[ Section 11 -111. RESTRICTIONS ON PURCHASE AND CONSUMPTION. It is
unlawful for any:
Subdivision 1. Licensee or his employee to permit any person under the age
of 19 years to consume nonintoxicating malt liquor on the licensed premises.
Subdivision 2. Person to procure nonintoxicating malt liquor for any
person under the age of 19 years.
Subdivision 3. Person to induce a person under the age of 19 years to
purchase or procure nonintoxicating malt liquor.
Subdivision 4. Person under the age of 19 years to misrepresent his age for
the purpose of obtaining nonintoxicating malt liquor.
Subdivision 5. Person under the age of 19 years to consume any
nonintoxicating malt liquor.
Subdivision 6. Person under the age of 19 years to possess any
nonintoxicating malt liquor, with intent to consume it at a place other than the
household of his parent or guardian.
Subdivision 7. No person shall consume or display any intoxicating liquor
on the premises of a licensee who is not also licensed to sell intoxicating liquors.
Subdivision 8. Person under the age of 19 years to consume any
intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating malt liquor unless in the household of his or
her parent or guardian and with the consent of his or her parent or guardian.]
[ Section 11 -112. REVOCATION. The violation of provision or condition of
this ordinance by a beer licensee or his agent shall be grounds for revocation or
suspension of the license. The license of any person who holds a federal retail
liquor dealer's special tax stamp without a license to sell intoxicating liquors at
such place shall be revoked without notice and without hearing. In all other cases
a license granted under this ordinance may be revoked or suspended by the Council
after written notice to the licensee and a public hearing. The notice shall give at
least eight days' notice of the time and place of the hearing and shall state the
• nature of the charges against the licensee. The Council may suspend any license
pending a hearing on revocation or suspension.]
[ Section 11 -113. SEPARABILITY. Every section, provision or part of this
ordinance is declared separable from every other section, provision or part; and if
any section, provision or part of any ordinance shall be held invalid, it shall not
affect an
• y other section, provision or part thereof.]
[ Section 11 -114. SUPREMACY CLAUSE. The supremacy clause found in
Section 23-013 shall not apply to Sections 11 -101 through 11 -116.]
[ MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE
[ Section 11 -201. LIQUOR STORE ESTABLISHED. A municipal liquor store is
hereby established to be operated within this municipality for the sale of liquor
potable as a beverage containing more than 3.2% of alcohol by weight in the sealed or
closed receptacle or retainer for removal from the premises. No person shall sell,
barter, or otherwise dispose of intoxicating liquor, nor shall a sale be made by
anyone outside of said municipal liquor store or not employed in and by said
municipal liquor store. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to mix or
prepare liquor for consumption in any public place or place of business or to consume
liquor in such places. No liquor shall be sold or consumed on a public highway or in
an automobile.]
[ Section 11 -202. LOCATION AND OPERATION. The said municipal liquor
store shall be at such place as the Council shall determine by motion and may be
either leased or owned by the municipality. It shall be in charge of a person known
as the Operator, who shall also be selected by the City Council and who shall be paid
such compensation as the Council shall determine. Said operator shall have full
charge of the operation of such municipal liquor store, and shall have authority to
purchase supplies as are necessary and employ such additional help as he may need at
• a rate of compensation to be approved by the Council and under rules to be determined
by the Council. All employees including operator shall hold their positions at the
pleasure of the City Manager. No minor person shall be employed in the municipal
liquor store.]
[ Section 11 -203• FUND CREATED. A municipal liquor store fund is hereby
created into which all revenues received from the operation of the municipal liquor
store shall be paid, and from which all operating expenses shall be paid, provided
that the initial costs of rent, fixtures and stock may be paid for out of the general
fund of the municipality, but such amounts shall be reimbursed to the said general
fund out of the first moneys coming into the municipal liquor store fund needed for
carrying on the said business. Any surplus accumulating in this fund may be
transferred to the general fund by resolution of the Council and expended for any
municipal purpose.]
[ Section11 -204. HOURS OF OPERATION. The municipal liquor store shall at
all times observe the following restrictions on the hours of operation: No sale of
intoxicating liquor shall be made on Sunday. No off -sale shall be made before 8:00
a.m. or after 8:00 p.m. of any day except Friday and Saturday, on which days off -
sales may be made until 10:00 p.m. No off -sale shall be made on New Year's Day,
January 1; Independence Day, July 4; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, December 25;
but on the evenings preceding such days, off -sales may be made until 10:00 p.m.,
except that no off -sale shall be made on December 24 after 8:00 p.m. All sales shall
be made in full view of the public.]
[ OPERATION OF THE MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE
[ Section 11 -205. OPERATION OF THE MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE.
Subdivision 1. No business other than the sale of liquors, beer, beverages
and related incidental products shall be carried on by the municipal liquor store or
• by any person employed therein during the time so employed.
Subdivision 2. No liquor shall be sold to a person who is in an intoxicated
condition.
Subdivision 3. No liquor shall be sold to a person under the age of 19
years.
Subdivision 4. No person shall enter or remain in the municipal liquor
store except for the purpose of purchasing or selling liquor, beer, beverages or
related incidental products. Any person entering or remaining therein for any
other purpose may be banned by the City Manager. Any person violating such ban may
be punished as provided herein.]
[ Section 11 -206. ENFORCEMENT. It shall be the duty of the police
department of the municipality to enforce the provisions of this ordinance and to
search premises and seize evidence of law violation and preserve the same as
evidence against any person alleged to be violating this ordinance, and to prepare
the necessary processes and papers therefor.]
[ PURCHASE, POSSESSION, AND CONSUMPTION OF BEER AND LIQUOR BY MINORS
[Section 11 -301. LIQUOR ON SCHOOL GROUNDS. Unless possessing a
"temporary on-sa e ccense pursuant to M.S. 340.02 (2), no person shall introduce
upon, or have in his possession upon, or in, any school grounds, or any school house
or school building, any beer, wine, or intoxicating liquors, except for experiments
in laboratories.]
[ SET UP LICENSE
[ Section 11 -401. PERMIT REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for any private
club or public place, directly or indirectly or upon any pretense or by any device to
allow the consumption or display of intoxicating liquor, or the serving of any
liquid for the purpose of mixing with intoxicating liquor without first securing a
permit from the Commissioner of Public Safety and paying the fee as provided in this
ordinance.]
[ Section 11 -402. ANNUAL LICENSE. Every private club or public place
desiring to allow the consumption or display of intoxicating liquor shall on or
before July 1 of each year pay to the City Manager a fee of $300 and shall be issued a
written receipt therefor. If a portion of the year has elapsed when payment is
made, a pro rata fee shall be paid; but no such pro rata fee shall be accepted from any
private club or public place which has violated Section 11-401 of this ordinance.
In computing such fee, any unexpired fraction of a month shall be counted as one
month. The written receipt shall be posted in some conspicuous place upon the
premises alongside the permit issued by the Commissioner of Public Safety and shall
be kept posted at all times.]
[ Section 11 -403• ONE DAY LICENSE. Any nonprofit organization desiring
to allow the consumption or display of intoxicating liquor or the serving and sale of
liquids to mix with intoxicating liquor at a sponsored social activity occurring
within Brooklyn Center shall pay a fee of $25 to the City Manager, and obtain a
license for a specified period not to exceed 24 hours. The license shall not be
valid unless approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety. No more than 10 such
licenses shall be issued during any one calendar year.]
[ Section 11 -404. PREMISES OPEN FOR INSPECTION. Any private club or
public place allowing the consumption or display of intoxicating liquor shall be
open at all reasonable hours for inspection by the Commissioner of Public Safety,
his designated agents, and duly authorized peace officers of the City. Refusal to
permit such inspections shall be a violation of this ordinance. Every licensed
premise which requires a passcard, password, passkey or other indicia of membership
as a condition of entrance thereto, shall provide the Chief of Police with such
indicia of membership to be used only for the purposes set forth in this Section 11-
404.]
[ Section 11 -405. EXCLUSION. Section 11 -401 does not apply to any
premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor.]
[ Section11 -406. HOURS OF OPERAT ON. No person shall consume or display,
or allow consumption r isplay of intoxicating liquor on any premises of a bottle
club or a business establishment between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.; or
between the hours of 1 :00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Memorial Day; or between the hours of
1 :00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on any primary, special, or general election day held in the
district in which the bottle club or business establishment is located.]
[ LICENSING AND REGULATING THE USE AND SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR
[ Section 11 -501. DEFINITION OF TERMS.
1. The term "intoxicating liquor" shall mean and include ethyl alcohol and
include distilled, fermented, spiritous, vinous, and malt beverages
containing in excess of 3.2% of alcohol by weight.
• 2. The terms "sale" and "sell" mean and include all barters and all manners
or means of furnishing intoxicating liquor or liquors as above
described in violation or evasion of law.
3. The term "off- sale" means the sale of intoxicating liquor in the
original package in retail stores for consumption off or away from the
Premises where sold.
4. The term "on -sale liquor" means the sale of intoxicating liquor by the
glass, or by the drink for consumption on the premises only.
5. The term "wholesale" means and includes any sale for purposes of
resale. The term "wholesaler" means any person engaged in the
business of selling intoxicating liquor to retail dealers.
6. The term "manufacturer" includes every person who, by any process of
manufacture, fermenting, brewing, distilling, refining, rectifying,
blending, or by the combination of different materials, prepares or
produces intoxicating liquors for sale.
7. As used in this ordinance the term "person" includes a natural person of
either sex, partnership, corporation and association of persons and
the agent or manager of any of the aforesaid. The singular number
includes the plural and the masculine pronoun includes the feminine and
neuter.
S 8. The terms "package" or "original package" mean any corked or sealed
container or receptacle holding intoxicating liquor.
9. The term "hotel" means and includes any establishment having a resident
. proprietor or manager, where, in consideration of payment therefor,
food and lodging are regularly furnished to transients, which
maintains for the use of its guests not less than 100 guest rooms with
bedding and other usual, suitable and necessary furnishings in each
room, which is provided at the main entrance with a suitable lobby,
desk, and office for the registration of its guests on the ground floor,
which employs an adequate staff to provide suitable and usual service,
and which maintains under the same management and control as the rest of
the establishment and has, as an integral part thereof, a dining room
with appropriate facilities for seating not less than 100 guests at one
time, where the general public are, in consideration of payment
therefor, served with meals at tables.
10. The term "restaurant" means any establishment other than hotel under
the control of a single proprietor or manager, having appropriate
facilities to serve meals and for seating not less than 150 guests at
one time, and where in consideration payment therefor, meals are
regularly served at tables to the general public, and which employs an
adequate staff to provide the usual and suitable service to its guests,
and a significant part of the business of which is the serving of foods.
For purposes of an "on -sale wine" license seating must be available for
not less than 75 guests at one time with all other sections of
definition applicable as stated.
11. The term "club" means and includes any corporation duly organized under
the laws of the State for civic, fraternal, social or business purpose
or for intellectual improvement or for the promotion of sports which
has been in existence for more than three years, and any
congressionally chartered veterans' organization which has been in
existence for at least three years immediately preceding application
for license, which shall have more than fifty members, and which shall,
for more than a year, have owned, hired, or leased a building or space in
a building of such extent and character as may be suitable and adequate
for the reasonable and comfortable accommodation of its members and
whose affairs and management are conducted by a board of directors,
executive committee, or other similar body chosen by the members at a
meeting held for that purpose, none of whose members, officers, agents
or employees are paid directly or indirectly any compensation by way of
profit from the distribution or sale of beverages to the members of the
club or to its guests, beyond the amount of such reasonable salary or
wages as may be fixed and voted each year by the directors or other
governing body.
12. The term "wine" means a vinous beverage containing not more than 14
percent alcohol by volume.
13. The term "on -sale wine" means the sale of wine for consumption on the
premises only.]
[ Section 11 -502. LICENSE REQUIRED.
1. No person except wholesalers or manufacturers to the extent authorized
under State license, and except the municipal liquor store, shall
directly or indirectly deal in, sell, or keep for sale any intoxicating
liquor without first having received a license to do so as provided in
this ordinance. Licenses shall be of six kinds: "On -Sale Liquor
. Class A "On -Sale Liquor Class B", "On -Sale Liquor Class C", "On -Sale
Liquor Class D ", "On -Sale Club ", and "On -Sale Wine ".
2. "On -Sale Liquor" licenses shall be issued only to restaurants which are
conducted in such a manner that a significant part of the revenue for a
license year is the sale of foods, and to hotels conducted in such a
manner that, of that part of the total revenue derived from the serving
of foods and intoxicating liquors, a significant part thereof for the
license year is derived from the serving of foods. The term
"significant part" as used in the subparagraph means the following:
a. for Class A licenses, 80% or more of the applicable revenue derived
from the serving of foods; Class A licenses are available to all
hotels and restaurants.
b. for Class B licenses, 50% through 79,% of the applicable revenue
derived from the serving of foods; Class B licenses are available
to all hotels and restaurants.
c. for Class C licenses, 40% through 49% of the applicable revenue
derived from the serving of foods; Class C licenses are available
only to hotels and to restaurants which derive a considerable part
of their revenue from sources other than liquor and food.
3• New applicants who have not established a ratio between food and liquor
for the licensed premises shall apply for a Class D license. This is
• considered a probationary license. Twelve months of documentation of
food and liquor sales shall be presented to the Chief of Police on or
before November 1 to determine the appropriate license class for the
following year. If such documentation is not available, the
probationary license shall be extended for no more than one additional
year. Otherwise, a Class A, B, or C license will be assigned based on
established ratio.
4. "On -Sale Club" licenses shall be issued only to clubs.
5. "On -Sale Wine" licenses shall be granted only to restaurants which are
conducted in such a manner that a significant part of the revenue for a
license year is the sale of foods, and only the sale of wine not
exceeding 14 .percent alcohol by volume for consumption on the licensed
premises, in conjunction with the sale of food shall be permitted.
a. for wine licenses the term "significant part" means 50% or more of
the applicable revenue derived from the serving of food.]
[ Section 11 -503. NUMBER OF LICENSES ISSUED. The number of private "on-
sale liquor" licenses issued by the City of Brooklyn Center shall be limited to 18.
The number of "on -sale wine" licenses shall be unlimited.]
[ Section 11 -504. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE. Every application for a
license to sell intoxicating liquor shall be verified and filed with the Chief of
• Police. In addition to the information which may be required by the State
Commissioner of Public Safety's form, the application shall contain the following:
1. Whether the applicant is a natural person, corporation, partnership or
other form of organization.
2. Type of license applicant seeks.
3. If the applicant is a natural person, the following
information:
a. True name, place and date of birth, and street resident address of
applicant.
b. Whether applicant has ever used or been known by a name other than
his true name and, if moo, what was such name, or names, and
information concerning dates and places where used.
c. The name of the business if it is to be conducted under a
designation, name or style other than the full individual name of
the applicant; in such case a copy of the certification, as
required by Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes, certified by the
Clerk of the District Court, shall be attached to the application.
d. Whether applicant is married or single. If married, true name,
place and date of birth and street residence address of applicant's
present spouse.
e. Whether applicant and present spouse are registered voters and if
• so, where.
f. Street address at which applicant and present spouse have lived
during the preceding ten years.
g. Kind, name and location of every business or occupation applicant
or present spouse have been engaged in during the preceding ten
years.
h. Names and addresses of applicant's and spouse's employers and
partners, if any, for the preceding ten years.
i. Whether applicant or his spouse, or a parent, brother, sister or
child of either of them, has ever been convicted of any felony,
crime or violation of any ordinance, other than traffic. If so, the
applicant shall furnish information as to the time, place and
offense for which convictions were had.
j. Whether applicant or his spouse, or a parent, brother, sister or
child of either of them has ever been engaged as an employee or in
operating a saloon, hotel, restaurant, cafe, tavern or other
business of a similar nature. If so, applicant shall furnish
information as to the time, place and length of time.
k. Whether applicant has ever been in military service. If so,
• applicant shall, upon request, exhibit all discharges.
1. The name, address and business address of each person who is
engaged in Minnesota in the business of selling, manufacturing or
• distributing intoxicating liquor and who is nearer of kin to the
applicant or his spouse than second cousin, whether of the whole or
half blood, computed by the rules of civil law, or who is a brother -
in -law or sister -in -law of the applicant or his spouse.
4. If the applicant is a partnership, the names and address of all partners
and all information concerning each partner as is required of a single
applicant in Subsection 3 above. A managing partner, or partners,
shall be designated. The interest of each partner in the business
shall be disclosed. A true copy of the partnership agreement shall be
submitted with the application and if the partnership is required to
file a certificate as to a trade name under the provisions of Chapter
333, Minnesota Statutes, a copy of such certificate certified by the
Clerk of District Court shall be attached to the application.
5. If the applicant is a corporation or other organization and is applying
for an "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale wine" license the following:
a. Name, and if incorporated, the state of
incorporation.
b. A true copy of Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of
Incorporation or Association Agreement and Bylaws and if a foreign
corporation, a Certificate of Authority as described in Chapter
303, Minnesota Statutes.
. c. The name of the manager or proprietor or other agent in charge of
the premises to be licensed, giving all the information about said
person as is required of a single applicant in Subsection 3 above.
d. Notwithstanding the definition of interest as given in Section
11 -509 Subdivision 10, the application shall contain a list of all
persons, who, singly or together with their spouse, or a parent,
brother, sister or child or either of them, own or control an
interest in said corporation or association in excess of 5% or who
are officers or directors of said corporation or association,
together with their addresses and all information as is required of
a single applicant in Subsection 3 above.
6. If the application is for an "on -sale club" license, the following
information:
a. The name of the club.
b. Date that club was first incorporated. True copies of the
Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and the names and street
addresses of all officers, executive committee and board of
directors shall be submitted.
c. A sworn statement that the club has been in existence for more
than three years or, in the event that the applicant is a
• congressionally chartered veterans' organization, in existence
for more than three years prior to January 1, 1961. The statement
shall be made by a person who has personal knowledge of the facts
is stated therein. In the event that no person can make such a
statement, satisfactory documentary proof may be submitted in
support of such facts.
d. The number of members.
e. The name of the manager, proprietor or other person who shall be in
charge of the licensed premises together with the same information
concerning such person as is required of a single applicant for an
"on- sale" license as is set forth in Subsection 3 above.
7. The exact legal description of the premises to be licensed together
with a plot plan of the area showing dimensions and location of
buildings.
8. An applicant for an "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale wine" license
shall submit a floor plan of the dining room, or dining rooms, which
shall be open to the public, shall show dimensions and shall indicate
the number of persons intended to be served in each of said rooms.
9. If a permit from the Federal government is required by the Laws of the
United States, indicate whether or not such permit has been issued, and
if so, required in what name issued and the nature of the permit.
10. The amount of the investment that the applicant has in the business,
building, premises, fixtures, furniture, stock in trade, etc., and
• proof of the source of such money.
11. The names and addresses of all persons, other than the applicant, who
have any financial interest in the business, buildings, premises,
fixtures, furniture, stock in trade; the nature of such interest,
amount thereof, terms for payment or other reimbursement. This shall
include, but not be limited to any lessees, lessors, mortgagees,
mortgagors, lendors, lien holders, trustees, trustors, and persons who
have cosigned notes or otherwise loaned, pledged, or extended security
for any indebtedness of the applicant, but shall not include persons
owning or controlling less than a 5% interest in the business, if a
corporation.
12. The names, residences and business addresses of three persons,
residents of the State of Minnesota, of good moral character, not
related to the applicant or financially interested in the premises or
business, who may be referred to as to the applicant's character or, in
the case where information is required of a manager, the manager's
character.
13. Whether or not all real estate and personal property taxes for the
premises to be licensed which are - due and payable have been paid, and if
not paid, the years and amounts which are unpaid.
14. Whenever the application for an "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale wine"
• license or for a transfer thereof is for premises either planned or
under construction or undergoing substantial alteration, the
application shall be accompanied by a set of preliminary plans showing
the design of the proposed premises to be licensed.
15. Such other information as the Chief of Police shall require.]
• [ Section 11 -505. RENEWAL APPLICATIONS. Applications for the renewal of
an existing license shall be made at least 60 days prior to the date of the expiration
of the license. If, in the judgment of the City Council, good and sufficient cause
is shown by an applicant for his failure to file for a renewal within the time
provided, the City Council may, if the other provisions of this ordinance are
complied with, grant the application.
At the earliest practicable time after application is made for a renewal of
an "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale wine" license, and in any event prior to the time
that the application is considered by the City Council, the applicant shall file
with the Chief of Police a statement prepared by a certified public accountant that
shows the total gross sales and the total food sales of the restaurant for the twelve
month period immediately preceding the date for filing renewal applications. A
foreign corporation shall file a current Certificate of Authority.]
[ Section 11 -506. EXECUTION OF APPLICATION. If the application is by a
natural person, it shall be signed and sworn to by such person; if by a corporation,
by an officer thereof; if by a partnership, by one of the partners; if by an
unincorporated association, by the manager or managing officer thereof. If the
applicant is a partnership, the application, license and bond (or insurance policy)
shall be made and issued in the name of all partners.]
[ Section 11 -507. LICENSE FEES.
• 1. The annual license fee for "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale wine"
license shall be in an amount as set forth in Section 23 -010 of the City
Ordinances. The annual license fee for an "on -sale club" license
shall be the maximum amount permitted by Minnesota Statutes 340.11
(11).
2. The initial license fee shall be paid in full before the application for
a license is accepted. Renewal license applications shall be filed by
November 1 preceding each license year. Renewal license fees shall be
paid in full by December 15 preceding each license year. All fees
shall be paid into the general fund of the City. All licenses shall
expire on the last day of December of each year. Upon rejection of any
application for a license, or upon withdrawal of application before
approval of the issuance by the City Council, the license fee shall be
refunded to the applicant.
3. The fee for an "on -sale liquor," "on -sale club" or an "on -sale wine"
license granted after the commencement of the license year shall be
prorated on a daily basis.
4. When the license is for a premise where the building is not ready for
occupancy, the commencement date for computation of the license fee for
the initial license period shall be the date on which a certificate of
occupancy is issued.
5. No transfer of a license shall be permitted from place to place or
• person to person without complying with the requirements of an original
application except as provided by Subdivision 9 of this Section. For
purposes of this Subdivision a change in the controlling interest of
the licensee is deemed a transfer of the license.
6. No part of the fee paid for any license issued under this ordinance
shall be refunded except in the following instances upon application to
• the Council within 30 days from the happening of the event. The
Council may in its judgment refund a pro rata portion of the fee for the
unexpired period of the license, computed on a monthly basis, when
operation of the licensed business ceases not less than one month
before expiration of the license because of:
a. destruction or damage of the licensed premises by fire or other
catastrophe.
b. the licensee's illness.
C. the licensee's death.
d. a change in the legal status of the municipality making it unlawful
for a licensed business to continue.
7. At the time of each original application for a license, except in the
case of an "on -sale club" license, the applicant shall pay in full an
investigation fee equal to the actual cost of investigation, not to
exceed $10,000 if the investigation is conducted outside Minnesota,
and not to exceed $500 if' the investigation is conducted within
Minnesota. The applicant shall pay such portion of the fee as the
Chief of Police deems adequate to cover the proposed investigation,
provided that the Chief may require additional advances not to exceed
the limitation set out herein. Any portion of the fee for an
investigation outside Minnesota which exceeds actual expenses shall be
• returned to the applicant, provided that the minimum fee for
investigations within Minnesota shall be $100.
8. At any time that an additional investigation is required because of a
license renewal, a change in the ownership or control of the licensee or
because of an enlargement, alteration, or extension of premises
previously licensed, the licensee shall pay an investigation fee as
set forth in Subd. 7 of this section. The investigation fee shall
accompany the application.
9. Where a new application is filed as a result of incorporation by an
existing licensee and the ownership, control and interest in the
license are unchanged, no additional license fee will be required.]
[ Section 11 -508. INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATIONS.
1. All applications for a license shall be referred to the Chief of Police,
and to such other City departments as the City Manager shall deem
necessary for verification and investigation of the facts set forth in
the application. The Chief of Police shall cause to be made such
investigation of the information requested in Section 11 -504,
Subdivision 3, as shall be necessary and shall make a written
recommendation and report to the City Council. The City Council may
authorize such additional investigation as it shall deem necessary.]
[ Section 11 -509. PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE. No license shall be
granted to or held by any of the following persons. The characteristics of any
owners, officers, managers, employees or others who require investigation under
Section 11 -504 hereof shall be attributed to the licensee:
1. Under 19 years of age.
2. Who is not of good moral character.
3. Who, if an individual, is an alien, or upon whom it is impractical to
conduct a background and financial investigation due to the
unavailability of information.
4. Who has been convicted of any willful violation of any law of the United
States, the State of Minnesota, or any other state or territory, or of
any local ordinance regarding the manufacture, sale, distribution or
possession for sale or distribution of intoxicating liquor, drugs or
prohibited substance, or whose liquor license has been revoked for any
willful violation of any law or ordinance.
5. Who is a manufacturer or wholesaler of intoxicating liquor and no
manufacturer or wholesaler shall either directly or indirectly own or
control or have any financial interest in any retail business selling
intoxicating liquor.
6. Who is directly or indirectly interested in any other establishment in
. the City of Brooklyn Center to which an "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale
wine" license has been issued under this ordinance.
7• Who, if a corporation, does not have a manager who is eligible
pursuant to the provisions of this section.
8. Who is the spouse of a person ineligible for a license pursuant to the
provisions of Subd. 4, 5, or 6 of this section or who, in the judgment of
the City Council, is not the real party in interest or beneficial owner
of the business operated, or to be operated, under the license.
9. An "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale wine" license will not be renewed
if, in the case of an individual, the licensee is not a resident of the
Twin Cities metropolitan area at the time of the date for renewal; if,
in the case of a partnership, the managing partner is not a resident of
the Twin Cities metropolitan area at the time of the renewal; or in the
case of a corporation, if the manager is not a resident of the Twin
Cities metropolitan area at the time of the date of renewal. The TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA is defined as being comprised of the counties
of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington.
10. No person shall own an interest in more than one establishment or
business within Brooklyn Center for which an "on -sale liquor" or an
"on -sale wine" license has been granted. The term "interest" as used
in this section includes any pecuniary interest in the ownership,
operation, management or profits of a retail liquor establishment, but
does not include bona fide loans; bona fide fixed sum rental
agreements; bona fide open accounts or other obligations held with or
without security arising out of the ordinary and regular course of
• business of selling or leasing merchandise, fixtures or supplies to
such establishment; or an interest of 10 percent or less in any
corporation holding a license. A person who received monies from time
to time directly or indirectly from a licensee, in the absence of a bona
fide consideration therefor and excluding bona fide gifts or
donations, shall be deemed to have a pecuniary interest in such retail
license. In determining "bona fide" the reasonable value of the goods
or things received as consideration for any payment by the licensee and
all other facts reasonably tending to prove or disprove the existence
of any purposeful scheme or arrangement to evade the prohibitions of
this section shall be considered.]
[ Section 11 -510. PLACES INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE.
1. No license shall be granted, or renewed, or operation on any
premises, on which taxes, assessments or other financial claims of the
City or of the State are due, delinquent or unpaid. In the event an
action has been commenced pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 278
Minnesota Statutes questioning the amount or validity of taxes, the
Council may, on application by the licensee, waive strict compliance
with this provision; no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes or any
portion thereof, which remain unpaid for a period exceeding one year
after becoming due.
2. No license shall be issued for the premises owned by a person to whom a
• license may not be granted under this ordinance, except any owner who is
a minor, alien, or a person who has been convicted of a crime other than
a violation of Minnesota Statutes, Sections 340.07 through 340.39•
3• No "on -sale liquor" license shall be granted for a restaurant that does
not have a dining area, open to the general public, with a total minimum
floor area of 1800 square feet or for a hotel that does not have a dining
area, open to the general public, with a total minimum floor area of
1200 square feet.
4. No license shall be granted for any place which has a common entrance or
exit between any two establishments except that a public concourse or
public lobby shall not be construed as a common entrance or exit.]
[ Section 11 -511. CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.
1. Every license shall be granted subject to the conditions of the
following subdivisions and all other subdivisions of this ordinance
and of any other applicable ordinance of the City or State law.
2. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the licensed
establishment at all times.
3• Any police officer, building inspector, or any employee so designated
by the City Manager shall have the unqualified right to enter, inspect,
and search the premises of the licensee during business hours without a
warrant.
4. Every licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of his place of
• business and the conditions of sobriety and order in the place of
business and on the premises.
5. No "on-sale liquor" or "on-sale wine" licenses shall sell intoxicating
liquor "off- sale ".
6. No license shall be effective beyond the space named in the license for
which it was granted.
7. No intoxicating liquor shall be sold or furnished or delivered to any
intoxicated person, to any habitual drunkard, to any person under 19
years of age, or to any person to whom sale is prohibited by State law.
8. No person under 19 years of age shall be employed in any rooms
constituting the place in which "on -sale liquor" is sold at retail
except that persons under 19 years of age may be employed to perform the
duties of a busboy or dishwashing services in places defined as a
restaurant or hotel or motel serving food in rooms in which "on -sale
liquor" is sold at retail. Serving of any "on -sale wine" must be done
by persons 19 years of age or older.
9. No equipment or fixture in any licensed place shall be owned in whole or
in part by any manufacturer or distiller of intoxicating liquor except
such as shall be expressly permitted by State law.
10. No licensee shall sell, offer for sale, or keep for sale, intoxicating
• liquors from any original package which has been refilled or partly
refilled. No licensee shall directly or through any other person
delete or in any manner tamper with the contents of any original package
so as to change its composition or alcoholic content while in the
original package. Possession on the premises by the licensee of any
intoxicating liquor in the original package differing in composition
or alcoholic content in the liquor when received from the manufacturer
or wholesaler from whom it was purchased, shall be prima facie evidence
that the contents of the original package have been diluted, changed or
tampered with.
11. No licensee shall apply for or possess a Federal Wholesale Liquor
Dealer's special tax stamp or Federal gambling stamp.
12. No licensee shall keep ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits on his licensed
premises or permit their use on the premises as a beverage or mixed with
a beverage.
13. The business records of the licensee, including Federal and State tax
returns, shall be available for inspection by the City Manager, or
other duly authorized representative of the City at all reasonable
times. Business records for- accounting functions required to
demonstrate compliance with the provisions of this ordinance shall be --
prepared in accordance with standard accounting practices as
determined by the City Manager or his designee.
• 14. Changes in the corporate or association officers, corporate charter,
articles of incorporation, bylaws or partnership agreement, as the
case may be, shall be submitted to the Chief of Police within 30 days
after such changes are made. In the case of a corporation, the
licensee shall notify the Chief of Police when a person not listed in
the application acquires an interest which, together with that of his
• spouse, parent, brother, sister or child, exceeds 5 %, and shall give
all information about said person as is required of a person pursuant to
the provisions of Section 11 -504, Subdivision 3, of this ordinance.
15. At the time a licensee submits his application for renewal of a license,
he shall state the nature and amount of any contribution he has made in
the preceding five years for state and local campaign or political
purposes, the person to whom the contribution was made and the person or
organization for whom intended.
16. A licensed restaurant shall be conducted in such a manner that a
significant part of the business for a license year is the serving of
foods. A hotel shall be conducted in such a manner that, of that part
of the total business attributable to or derived from the serving of
foods and intoxicating liquors, a significant part of the business for
a license year is the serving of foods. A restaurant which derives a
considerable part of its revenue from sources other than liquor and
food shall be conducted in such a manner that, of that part of the total
business attributable to or derived from the serving of foods and
liquors, a significant part of the business for a license year is the
serving of foods.
17. No licensee shall keep, possess, or operate or permit the keeping,
possession, or operation of any gambling device or apparatus on the
licensed premises, and he shall not permit any gambling therein.
18. No licensee shall knowingly permit the licensed premises or any room in
those premises or any adjoining building directly or indirectly under
his control to be used as a resort for prostitutes.
19. Every licensed premise which requires a passcard, password, passkey or
other indicia of membership as a condition of entrance -thereto, shall
Provide the Chief of Police with such indicia of membership or be used
only for the purposes set forth in this Section 11 -404.1
[ Section 11 -512. HOURS OF OPERATION. No intoxicating liquor shall be
sold nor consumed nor permitted to be consumed within the licensed premise after
1:00 a.m. on Sunday nor until 8:00 a.m. on Monday. No intoxicating liquor shall be
sold nor consumed nor permitted to be consumed within a licensed premise between the
hours of 1 :00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on any weekday. No "on -sale" shall be made after
8:00 p.m. on December 24.]
[ Section 11 -513. CLUBS. No club holding an "on -sale club" license shall
sell intoxicating liquor except to members and bona fide guests.]
[ Section 11 -514. RESTRICTIONS OF PURCHASE AND CONSUMPTION.
1. No person under 19 years of age - shall misrepresent his age for the _
purpose of obtaining intoxicating liquor nor shall he enter any
premises licensed for the retail sale of intoxicating liquor for the
purpose of purchasing or having served or delivered to him for
consuming any such intoxicating liquor, nor shall any such person
purchase, attempt to purchase, consume,_ or have another person
purchase for him any intoxicating liquor.
2. No person under 19 years of age shall receive delivery of intoxicating
liquor.
• 3• No person shall induce a person under the age of 19 years to purchase or
procure or obtain intoxicating liquor.
4. Any person who may appear to the licensee, his employees or agents to be
under the age of 19 years shall, upon demand of the licensee, his
employee or agent, produce and permit to be examined a valid driver's
license or identification card.
5. In every prosecution for a violation of the provisions of this
ordinance relating to the sale or furnishing of intoxicating liquor to
persons under the age of 19 years, and in every proceeding before the
City Council with respect thereto the fact that the minor involved has
obtained and presented to the licensee, his employee or agent, a
verified identification from which it appears that said person was 19
years of age and was regularly issued such identification card, shall
be prima facie evidence that the licensee, his agent or employee is not
guilty of a violation of such a provision and shall be conclusive
evidence that a violation, if one has occurred, was not willful or
intentional.
6. Any person who may appear to the licensee, his employee or agent to be
under 19 years of age and who does not have in his possession any
identification certificate as above described, may sign and execute a
statement in writing as follows:
• READ CAREFULLY BEFORE SIGNING
The following are excerpts from the Laws of the State of Minnnesota, Section 340.731
Minnesota Statutes, Minors, Forbidden Acts or Statements:
"It shall be unlawful for:
Any person to misrepresent or misstate his or
her age, or the age of any other person for the
purpose of inducing any licensee, or any
employee of any licensee, or any employee of any
municipal liquor store, to sell, serve or
deliver any alcoholic beverage to a minor;
A minor to have in his possession any
intoxicating liquor with intent to consume same
at a place other than the household of his
parent or guardian."
VIOLATION OF THE ABOVE MINNESOTA LAW IS A
MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF $700 OR 90 DAY
IMPRISONMENT OR BOTH. -
My age is Date of Birth
Place of Birth
My Address is
Dated:
Type of Identification
Witness
Signed
The above form shall be furnished at the expense of all licensees desiring to use the
• same and when properly executed may be considered as evidence in any prosecution and
by the City Council in any proceeding before the Council or a committee thereof
relating to the business or operations of the licensee. Such forms after execution
shall be kept on file by the licensee for a period of one year.
7. No person shall give, sell, procure or purchase intoxicating liquor to
or for any person to whom the sale of intoxicating liquor is forbidden
by law.
8. No intoxicating liquor shall be consumed on a public highway or in an
automobile.]
[ Section 11 -515. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Subdivision 1. Insurance Required. At the time of filing an application
for any on -sale or off -sale intoxicating or nonintoxicating liquor license, the
applicant shall file with the Chief of Police proof of financial responsibility for
liability imposed by Minnesota Statutes Section 340.95, which shall be subject to
the approval of the City Council. The issuer or surety on any liability insurance
policy or bond shall be duly licensed to do business in the State of Minnesota, and
all documents shall be approved as to content, form and execution by the City
Attorney. The licensee and the City shall be named as joint insureds on the
liability insurance policy.
Subdivision 2. Form of Proof of Financial Responsibility. Proof of
financial responsibility may be provided by supplying to the Chief of Police any of
• the following proofs:
a. A certificate that there is in effect an insurance policy or pool
providing the following minimum coverages:
1. $50,000 because of bodily injury to any one person in any one
occurrence, and, subject to the limit for one person, in the amount
of $100,000 because of bodily injury to two or more persons in any
one occurrence, and in the amount of $10,000 because of injury to or
destruction of property of others in any one occurrence.
2. $50,000 for loss of means of support of any one person in any one
occurrence, and subject to the limit for one person, $100,000 for
loss of means of support of two or more persons in any one
occurrence; or
b. A bond of a surety company with minimum coverages as provided in clause
(a), or
c. A certificate of the state treasurer that the licensee has deposited
with him $100,000 in cash or securities which may legally be purchased
by savings banks or for trust funds having a market value of $100,000.
Subdivision 3. Exceptions to the Requirements of Proof of Financial
Responsibility. The following persons are excepted from Subdivisions 1 and 2 of
• this Section unless such person holds an additional license not so excepted:
a. Nonintoxicating malt liquor on -sale licensees with sales of
• nonintoxicating malt liquor of less than $10,000 per license year.
b. On -sale wine licensees with wine sales of less than $10,000 of wine per
license year.
c. Nonintoxicating malt liquor off -sale licensees with sales of
nonintoxicating malt liquor of less than $20,000 per license year.]
[ Section11 -516. REVOCATION. The City Council may suspend or revoke any
intoxicating liquor license for the violation of any provision or condition of this
ordinance or of any State law or Federal law regulating the sale of intoxicating
liquor, and shall revoke such license for any willful violation which, under the
laws of the State, is grounds for mandatory revocation, and shall revoke for failure
to keep the insurance required by Section 11 -515 in full force and effect.
Except in the case of a suspension pending a hearing on revocation,
nonmandatory revocation or suspension by the Council shall be preceded by written
notice to the licensee and a public hearing. The notice shall give at least 10 days'
notice of the time and place of the hearing and shall state the nature of the charges
against the licensee. The Council may, without any notice, suspend any license
pending a hearing on revocation for a period not exceeding 30 days. The notice may be
served upon the licensee personally or by leaving the same at the licensed premises
with the person in charge thereof. No suspension after public hearing shall exceed
60 days.]
[ Section 11 -550. SUNDAY SALES AUTHORIZED. Notwithstanding the
• provisions of Section 11 -512 of the City Ordinances, establishments to which "on-
sale liquor" licenses have been issued for the sale of intoxicating liquors may,
upon obtaining a special license, serve intoxicating liquor between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight on Sundays in conjunction with the serving of food.
Wine may be sold without a special license under the authority of an "on -sale wine"
license between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight in conjunction with the
serving of food.]
[ Section 11 -551. LICENSE REQUIRED. No person shall directly or
indirectly sell or serve intoxicating liquors as authorized in Section 11 -550
without having first obtained a special license from the City Council, except under
the authority of an "on -sale wine" license. Application for such a special Sunday
license shall be filed with the Chief of Police.]
[ Section 11 -552. LICENSE FEES. The annual license fee for a special "on-
sale liquor" Sunday license shall be in an amount as set forth in Section 23-010 of
the City Ordinances. The annual license fee shall be paid in full before the
application for a license is accepted. All licenses shall expire on the last day of
December of each year. Upon rejection of any application for a license, or upon
withdrawal of application before the approval of issuance by the City Council, the
license fee shall be refunded to the applicant. The fee for a license granted after
the commencement year shall be prorated on_a monthly basis.]
[ Section 11 -600. PENALTIES. Any person violating any provision of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than seven hundred dollars ($700) and imprisonment for
not more than 90 days, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.]
Section 2: Chapter 11 of the City Ordinances is hereby amended by the
addition of the following:
CHAPTER 11 - LIQUOR ORDINANCE
• NONINTOXICATING LIQUORS
Section 11 -101. DEFINITION OF TERMS.
Subdivision 1. As used in this ordinance the term "person"
includes a natural person of either sex, a partnership, a
corporation or association of persons, and the agent or manager
or employee of any of the aforesaid The singular number
includes the plural, and the masculine pronoun includes the
feminine and neuter.
Subdivision 2. "Beer" or "nonintoxicating malt liquor"
means any malt beverage with an alcoholic content of more than
one -half of one per cent by volume and not more than three and
two - tenths percent by weight
Subdivision 3 "Intoxicating liquor" means any distilled
fermented or vinous beverage containing more than three and two -
tenths per cent of alcohol by weight
Subdivision 4. "Original package" means the bottle or
sealed container in which the liquor is placed by the
manufacturer.
• Subdivision 5. "Bona fide club" or "club" is an
incorporated organization organized under the laws of the state
for civic fraternal, social or business purposes, for
intellectual improvement, or for the promotion of sports, or a
congressionally chartered veterans' organization, which:
(1) has more than 50 members;
(2 ) has owned or rented a building or space in a building
for more than one year that is suitable and adequate for the
accommodation of its members;
.(3) is directed by a board of directors executive
committee or other similar body chosen by the members at a
meeting held for that purpose No member, officer, agent, or
employee shall receive any profit from the distribution or sale
of beverages to the members of the club or their guests, beyond
a reasonable salary or wages fixed and voted each year by the
governing body.
Subdivision 6. "Restaurant" means a place of which the
major business is preparing and serving lunches or meals to the
Public to be consumed on the premises
Subdivision 7. "Premises" means the inside of the building
itself and does not include any patio parking or other area,
unless expressly listed in writing on the license or special
written permission is obtained for a limited special event with
conditions included.
Section 11 -102. LICENSE REQUIRED.
• Subdivision 1. No Person, except the holder of intoxicating
liquor licenses, wholesalers and manufacturers to the extent
authorized by law, shall deal in or dispose of by gift, sale or
otherwise, or keep or offer for sale any beer within the City
without first having received a license as hereinafter provided
This section shall not prohibit the giving or serving thereof to
quests in a private home or in a private gathering Licenses
shall be of three kinds: (1) Retail "on- sale "; (2) Retail "off -
sale "; and (3) Retail "temporary on- sale ".
Subdivision 2. "On- sale" licenses may be granted only to
bona fide clubs, bowling establishments, restaurants and hotels
where food is prepared and served for consumption on the
premises. "On- sale" licenses shall permit the sale of beer for
consumption on the premises only.
Subdivision 3. "Off -sale" licenses shall permit the sale of
beer at retail in the original package for consumption off the
Premises only.
Subdivision 4. "Temporary on- sale" licenses may be granted
to clubs, charitable religious, or non - profit organizations
only. "Temporary on- sale" licenses shall be subject to any
special terms and conditions as the City Council may prescribe
• Section 11 -103. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE.
Subdivision 1. Every application for a license to sell beer
shall be made on a form supplied by the City. It shall be
unlawful to make any false statement in an application
Applications shall be filed with the Chief of Police
Subdivision 2. Every application shall be referred to the
Chief of Police for a review as to whether the applicant meets
the requirements of the ordinance as to moral character and past
offenses, if any. An investigation fee as set by City Council
resolution shall accompany each application The Chief of Police
shall estimate the actual costs of investigation after
Preliminary review, notify the applicant of the actual cost
estimate, and take no further action on the application until the
actual cost estimate is paid Any portion of the actual cost
estimate which exceeds the minimum but which remains unused after
completion of the investigation shall be returned to the
applicant.
Subdivision 3. Every "on- sale" application shall be
referred to the Director of Planning and Inspection for a review
as to whether the proposed licensed premises meets the
requirements of the Zoning Ordinance and Building Code
. Subdivision 4. "Temporary on- sale" applications shall be
submitted to the Chief of Police a minimum of thirty calendar
days in advance of the proposed event There is no investigation
fee to apply for this license
Section 11 -104. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Subdivision 1 Insurance Required At the time of filing
an application for any on -sale or off -sale nonintoxicating liquor
license, the applicant shall file with the Chief of Police proof
of _financial responsibility for liability which shall be subject
to the approval of the City Council The issuer or surety on any
liability insurance policy or bond shall be duly licensed to do
business in the State of Minnesota and all documents shall be
approved as to content form and execution by the City Attorney.
The licensee and the City shall be named as joint insureds on the
liability insurance policy. The policy shall be effective for
the entire license year.
Subdivision 2. Form of Proof of Financial Responsibility_
Proof of financial responsibility may be provided by supplying to
the Chief of Police any of the following proofs:
a. A certificate that there is in effect an annual
aggregate insurance policy for dram shop insurance of
not less than $300,000.00 per policy year; or
• b. A bond of a surety company with minimum coverages as
provided in clause (a); or
C. A certificate of the State Treasurer that the licensee
has deposited with him $300,000.00 in case or
securities which may legally be purchased by savings
_banks or for trust funds having a market value of
$300,000.00.
Subdivision 3. Liability Insurance for Temporary On -sale
licenses. These licenses must provide the same insurance
Provided in subdivision 2 with the exception of events held on
City property. If the event is held on City property, such as a
park, the three choices given in subdivision 2 apply with a
dollar amount of $500,000.00.
Subdivision 4. Any liability insurance required by this
section must provide that it may not be canceled for any cause by
either the insured or the insurer unless the canceling party has
first given ten days' notice in writing to the issuing authority_
of intent to cancel the policy.
Subdivision 5. The insurance limits outlined in this
section become effective on 1987 license renewals and any new
licenses applied for after this ordinance changes becomes
effective.
• Section 11 -105. LICENSE FEES.
Subdivision 1. Each application for a license shall be
accompanied by a receipt from the Chief of Police for payment in
full of the required fee for the license All fees shall be paid
into the General fund of the municipality Upon rejection of any
application for a license, the City shall refund the amount paid
Subdivision 2. "On- sale" and "off- sale" licenses shall
expire on the last day of December in each year. Each such
license shall be issued for a period of one year, except that if
a portion of the license year has elapsed when the application is
made, a license may be issued for the remainder of the year for a
pro rata fee. In computing such fee, any unexpired fraction of a
month shall be counted as one month "Temporary on- sale"
licenses are only good only for the dates times and locations
specifically stated on the license
Subdivision 3. The annual fee for an "on- sale" license and
"off- sale" license and the daily fee for a "temporary on- sale"
license shall be as set by City Council resolution
Subdivision 4. No part of the fee paid for any license
issued under this ordinance shall be refunded except in the
following instances upon application to the Council within 30
days from the happening of the event The Council may in its
• judgment refund a pro rata portion of the fee for the unexpired
Period of the license computed on a monthly basis, when
operation of the licensed business ceases not less than one month
before expiration of the license because of:
1. destruction or damage of the licensed premises by fire
or other catastrophe.
2. the licensee's illness.
3. the licensee's death.
4. a change in the legal status of the municipality making
it unlawful for a licensed business to continue.
5. no refunds on temporary on -sale license fees.
Section 11 -106. GRANTING OF LICENSE.
Subdivision 1. The City Council shall cause to be
investigated all facts set out in the application Opportunity
shall be given to any person to be heard for or against the
granting of the license After such investigation and hearing
the City Council shall grant or refuse the application at its
discretion.
Subdivision 2. Each license shall be issued to the
applicant only and shall not be transferable to another holder.
Each license shall be issued only for the premises described in
the application. No license may be transferred to another place
• without the approval of the City Council
Subdivision 3. On special event temporary on -sale licenses,
• if the event is postponed because of weather, the City Manager or
his designee has the authority to change the effective dates of
the license, as long as the total amount of hours approved by the
City Council does not change
Section 11 -107. PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE.
No license shall be granted to any person:
1. Under 21 years of age. (For the purposes of this
_ordinance, people born before 9/1/67 are considered 21
years of age.)
_ 2. Who has, within the past five years, been convicted of
a felony, or any law of this state or local ordinance
relating to the manufacture, transportation or sale of
nonintoxicating or of intoxicating liquors.
3. Who is a manufacturer of beer or who is interested in
the control of any place where beer is manufactured.
4. Who is not a citizen of the United States or a resident
alien or upon whom it is impractical to conduct a
background and financial investigation due to the
_ unavailability of information.
5. Who is not of good moral character.
6. Who is or during the period of this license becomes the
holder of a Federal retail liquor dealer's special tax
• stamp for the sale of intoxicating liquor at any place
unless there has also been issued to him a local
license to sell intoxicating liquor at such place.
7. Who is not the proprietor of the establishment for
which the license is issued.
Section 11 -108 PLACES INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE. -
Subdivision 1. No license shall be granted for sale on any
Premises where a licensee has been convicted of the violation of
this ordinance, or of the state beer or liquor law, or where any
license hereunder has been revoked for cause until one year has
elapsed after such conviction or revocation
Subdivision 2. No "on- sale" license shall be granted for a
bona fide club which has not been in operation and eligible to
receive a license for at least six months immediately preceding
the application for a license
Section 11 -109. CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.
Subdivision 1. Every license shall be granted subiect to
the conditions in the following subdivisions and all other
Provisions of this ordinance and of other applicable ordinances
of the City or State law.
• Subdivision 2. All licensed premises shall have the license
Posted in a conspicuous place at all times
• Subdivision 3. No beer shall be sold or served to any
intoxicated person or to any person under 21 years of age. (For
Purposes of this ordinance persons born before 9/1/67 shall be
considered 21 years of age.)
Subdivision 4. No person under 18 years of age shall be
permitted to sell or serve beer in any "on- sale" establishment
Subdivision 5. No gambling or any gambling device shall be
Permitted on any licensed premises
Subdivision 6. No manufacturer or wholesaler of beer shall
have any ownership of or interest in an establishment licensed to
sell at retail contrary to the provisions of M.S.A. 340A.308. No
retail licensee and manufacturer or wholesaler of beer shall be
Parties to any exclusive purchase contract No retail licensee
shall receive any benefits contrary to law from a manufacturer or
wholesaler of beer and no such manufacturer or wholesaler shall
confer any benefits contrary to law upon a retail licensee
Subdivision 7. No licensee shall sell beer while holding or
exhibiting in the licensed premises a Federal retail liquor
dealer's special tax stamp unless he is licensed under the laws
of Minnesota to sell intoxicating liquors
• Subdivision 8. No licensee who is not also licensed to sell
intoxicating liquor shall sell or permit the consumption or
display of intoxicating liquors on the licensed premises or serve
any liquids for the purpose of mixing with intoxicating liquor.
The presence of intoxicating liquors on the premises of such a
licensee shall be prima facie evidence of possession of
intoxicating liquors for the purpose of sale; and the serving of
any liquid for the purpose of mixing with intoxicating liquors
shall be prima facie evidence that intoxicating liquor is being
permitted to be consumed or displayed contrary to this ordinance
Subdivision 9. Any peace officer shall have the unqualified
right to enter, inspect and search the premises of a licensee
durin g business hours without a search and seizure warrant and
may in the absence of a license to sell intoxicating liquor,
seize all intoxicating liquors found on the licensed premises
Business hours shall be deemed any time when licensee or
employees are present on the premises Refusal to permit such
inspection is a violation of this ordinance and grounds for
revocation of license.
Subdivision 10. Every licensee shall be responsible for the
conduct of his place of business and shall maintain conditions of
sobriety and order. The act of any employee on the licensed
remises authorized to sell or serve beer shall be deemed the act
of the licensee as well and the licensee shall be liable to all
• penalties provided by this ordinance-equal ly with the employee
. Section 11 -110. CLOSING HOURS.
Subdivision 1. It shall be unlawful to sell consume or
permit the consumption of beer in any "on- sale" establishment on
any Sunday between the hours of 1.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon It
shall be unlawful to sell consume or permit the consumption of
beer in any "on- sale" establishment between the hours of 1.00
a.m. and 8:00 a.m. on any other day.
Section 11 -111. CLUBS. No club possessing an "on- sale"
license shall sell beer to anyone other than members and guests
in the company of members.
Section 11 -112. RESTRICTIONS ON PURCHASE AND CONSUMPTION.
It is unlawful for any:
Subdivision 1. Licensee or his employee to permit any
Person under the age of 21 years to consume nonintoxicating malt
liquor on the licensed premises (For purposes of this
ordinance, persons born before 9/1/67 shall be considered 21
years of age.)
Subdivision 2. Person to procure nonintoxicating malt
liquor for any person under the age of 21 years
Subdivision 3. Person to induce a person under the age of
• 21 years to purchase or procure nonintoxicating malt liquor.
Subdivision 4. Person under the age of 21 years to
misrepresent his age for the purpose of obtaining nonintoxicating
malt liquor.
Subdivision 5. Person under the age of 21 yea -rs to consume
any nonintoxicating malt liquor.
Subdivision 6. Person under the age of 21 years to possess
any nonintoxicating malt licruor, with intent to consume it at a
place other than the household of his parent or guardian
Subdivision 7. No person shall consume or display any
intoxicating liquor on the premises of a licensee who is not also
licensed to sell intoxicating liquors
Subdivision 8. Person under the age of 21 years to consume
any intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating malt liquor unless in
the household of his or her parent or guardian and with the
consent of his or her parent or guardian
Section 11 -113. REVOCATION. The violation of any provision
or condition of this ordinance by a beer licensee or his agent
shall be grounds for revocation or suspension of the license
The license of any person who holds a federal retail liquor
• dealer's special tax stamp without a license to sell intoxicating
licmors at such place shall be revoked without notice and without
hearing. In all other cases a license granted under this
• ordinance may be revoked or suspended by the Council after
written notice to the licensee and a public hearing. The City
Council also may impose a civil fine not to exceed $2,000.00
pursuant to M.S. 340A.465. The notice shall give at least ten
days' notice of the time and place of the hearing and shall state
the nature of the charges against the licensee.
Section 11 -114. SEPARABILITY. Every section, provision or
part of this ordinance is declared separable from every other
section, provision or part; and if any section, provision or part
of any ordinance shall be held invalid, it shall not affect any
other section provision or part thereof.
Section 11 -115. SUPREMACY CLAUSE. The supremacy clause
found in Section 23 -013 shall not apply to Sections 11 -101
through 11 -116.
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CHAPTER 11 - LIQUOR ORDINANCES
MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE
Section 11 -201. LIQUOR STORE ESTABLISHED. A municipal
liquor store is hereby established to be operated within this
municipality for the sale of liquor potable as a beverage
containing more than 3.2% of alcohol by weight in the sealed or
closed receptacle or retainer for removal from the premises
Section 11 -202. FUND CREATED. A municipal liquor store
fund is hereby created into which all revenues received from the
operation of the municipal liquor store shall be paid, and from
which all operating expenses shall be paid, provided that the
initial costs of rent, fixtures and stock may be paid for out of
the general fund of the municipality, but such amounts shall be
reimbursed to the said general fund out of the first monies
coming into the municipal liquor store fund needed for carrying
on the said business Any surplus accumulating in this fund may
be transferred to the general fund by resolution of the Council
and expended for any municipal purpose
Section 11 -203. HOURS OF OPERATION. The municipal liquor
store shall at all times observe the following restrictions on
the hours of operation: No sale of intoxicating liquor shall be
• made on Sunday. No off -sale shall be made before 8.00 a.m. or
after 8:00 p.m. of any day except Friday and Saturday, on which
days off -sales may be made until 10.00 p.m. No off -sale shall be
made on New Year's Day, January 1; Independence Day, July 4;
Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day, December 25; but on the evenings
Preceding such days off -sales may be made until 10.00 p.m.,
except that no off -sale shall be made on December 24 after 8.00
P.M. All sales shall be made in full view of the public
Section 11 -204. OPERATION OF THE MUNICIPAL LIQUOR STORE
Subdivision 1. No business other than the sale of liquors,
beer, beverages and related incidental products shall be carried
on by the municipal liquor store or by any person employed
therein during the time so employed
Subdivision 2. No liquor shall be sold to a person who is
in an intoxicated condition.
Subdivision 3 No liquor shall be sold to a person under
the age of 21 years (For the purposes of this ordinance
Persons born before 9/1/67 shall be considered 21 years of age.)
Subdivision 4 No person shall enter or remain in the
municipal liquor store except for the purpose of purchasing or
selling liquor, beer, beverages or related incidental products
• Any person entering or remaining therein for any other purpose
may be banned by the City Manager. Any person violating such ban
may be punished as provided herein.
• Section 11 -205. ENFORCEMENT. It shall be the duty of the
Police department of the municipality to enforce the provisions
of this ordinance and to search premises and seize evidence of
law violation and preserve the same as evidence against any
Person alleged to be violating this ordinance, and to prepare the
necessary processes and papers therefor.
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CHAPTER 11 - LIQUOR LICENSES
• SET UP LICENSE
Section 11 -401. PERMIT REQUIRED. It shall be unlawful for
any orivate club or public place, directly or indirectly or upon
any oretense or by any device to allow the consumption or display
of intoxicating licluor, or the serving of any liquid for the
purpose of mixing with intoxicating liquor without first securing
a _permit from the Commissioner of Public Safety and paying the
fee as provided in this ordinance
Section 11 -402. ANNUAL LICENSES. Every private club or
public place desiring to allow the consumption or display of
intoxicating liquor shall on or before July 1 of each year pay to
the City Manager a fee as set by City. Council Resolution and
shall be issued a written receipt therefor. If a portion of the
year has elapsed when payment is made, a pro rata fee shall be
paid; but no such pro rata fee shall be accepted from any private
club or public place which has violated Section 11 -401 of this
ordinance. In computing such fee any unexpired fraction of a
month shall be counted as one month. The written receipt shall
be posted in some conspicuous place upon the premises alongside
the permit issued by the Commissioner of Public Safety and shall
be kept posted at all times.
• Section 11 -403. ONE DAY LICENSE. Any nonprofit
organization desiring to allow the consumption or display of
intoxicating liquor or the serving and sale of liquids to mix
with intoxicating liquor at a sponsored social activity occurring
within Brooklyn Center shall pay a fee as set by City Council
Resolution to the City Manager, and obtain a license for a
specified period not to exceed 24 hours. The license shall not
be valid unless approved by the Commissioner of Public Safety.
No more than 10 such licenses shall be issued during any one
calendar year.
Section 11 -404 PREMISES OPEN FOR INSPECTION Any private
club or Public place allowing the consumption or display of
intoxicating i.quor shall be open at all reasonable hours for
inspection by the Commissioner of Public Safety, his designated
agents, and duly authorized peace officers of the City Refusal
to _permit such inspections shall be a violation of this
ordinance. Every licensed premise which requires a passcard,
Password, passkey or other indicia of membership as a condition
of entrance thereto shall provide the Chief of Police with such
indicia of membership to be used only for the purposes set forth
in this Section 11 -404 Business hours shall be deemed any time
when licensee or employees are present on the premises Refusal
to Permit such inspection is a violation of this ordinance and
grounds for revocation of the license
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Section 11 -405. EXCLUSION. Section 11 -401 does not apply
to any premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor.
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Section 11 -406. HOURS OF OPERATION No person shall
consume or display, or allow consumption or display of
intoxicating liquor on any premises of a bottle club or a
business establishment between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 8.00
a.m.; or between the hours of 1.00 a.m. and 3.00 p.m. on Memorial
Day; or between the hours of 1.00 a.m. and 8.00 p.m. on any
Primary, special, or general election day held in the district in
which the bottle club or business establishment is located.
Section 11 -407. LIABILITY•INSURANCE.
Subdivision 1. Insurance Required At the time of filing
an application for any annual or one day set -up license, the
applicant shall file with the Chief of Police proof of financial
responsibility for liability which shall be subject to the
approval of the City Council The issuer or surety on any
liability insurance policy or bond shall be duly licensed to do
business in the State of Minnesota, and all documents shall be
approved as to content form and execution by the City Attorney.
The licensee and the City shall be named as joint insureds on the
liability insurance policy.
Subdivision 2. Form of Proof of Financial Responsibility
• Proof of financial responsibility may be provided by supplying to
the Chief of Police any of the following proofs:
a. A certificate that there is in effect an annual
aggregate insurance policy for dram shop insurance of
not less than $300,000.00 per policy year; or
b. A bond of a surety company with minimum coverages as
Provided in clause (a); or
C. A certificate of the State Treasurer that the licensee
has deposited with him $300,000.00 in case or
securities which may legally be purchased by savings
banks or for trust funds having a market value of
$300,000.00.
Subdivision 3. Any liability insurance required by this
section must provide that it may not be canceled for any cause by
either the insured or the insurer unless the canceling party has
first given ten days' notice in writing to the issuing authority
of intent to cancel the policy
CHAPTER 11 - LIQUOR ORDINANCES
• CLUB INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSE
Section 11 -501. DEFINITION OF TERMS.
1. The term "intoxicating liquor" shall mean and include
ethyl alcohol and include distilled, fermented,
spirituous, vinous and malt beverages containing in
excess of 3.2% of alcohol by weight.
2. The terms "sale" and "sell" mean and include all
barters and all manners or means of furnishing
intoxicating liquor or liquors as above described in
violation or evasion of law.
3. The term "off- sale" means the sale of intoxicating
liquor in the original package in retail stores for
consumption off or away from the premises where sold.
4. The term "on -sale liquor" means the sale of
intoxicating liquor by the glass, or by the drink for
consumption on the premises only.
5. The term "wholesale" means and includes any sale for
• purposes of resale. The term "wholesaler" means any
Person engaged in the business of selling intoxicating
liquor to retail dealers.
6. The term "manufacturer" includes every person who, by
any process of manufacture, fermenting, brewing,
distilling, refining, rectifying, blending, or by the
combination of different materials, prepares or
Produces intoxicating liquors for sale.
7. As used in this ordinance the term "person" includes a
natural person of either sex, partnership, corporation
and association of persons and the agent or manager of
any of the aforesaid. The singular number includes the
Plural and the masculine_ pronoun includes the feminine
and neuter.
8. The terms "package" or "original package" mean any
corked or sealed container or receptacle holding
intoxicating liquor.
9. The term "club" means and includes any incorporated
organization organized under the laws of the State for
civic, fraternal, social or business purpose or for
intellectual improvement or for the promotion of sports
or a congressionally chartered veterans' organization,
• which:
_(a) has more than 50 members;
() has owned or rented a building or space in a
41 building for more than one year that is suitable and
adequate for the accommodation of its members;
(c) is directed by a board of directors executive
committee, or other similar body chosen by the members
at a meeting held for that purpose No member,
officer, agent, or employee shall receive any profit
from the distribution or sale of beverages to the
members of the club, or their guests, beyond a
reasonable salary or wages fixed and voted each year by
the governing body.
10. The term "premises" as used in this ordinance, shall
mean the inside of the building or the leased space
inside a building as shown on the plan submitted to the
Chief of Police with the original license Outside
areas, such as patios or parking lots shall not be
included unless specifically listed on the license or
special permission in writing is obtained for a limited
period of time under certain conditions
Section 11 -502. LICENSE REQUIRED
1. No person except wholesalers or manufacturers to the
extent authorized under State license, and except the
municipal liquor store, shall directly or indirectly
• deal in sell, or keep for sale any intoxicating liquor
without first having received a license to do so as
Provided in this ordinance
2. "On -Sale Club" licenses shall be issued only to clubs
Section 11 -503. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE Every
app lication for a license to sell intoxicating liquor shall be
verified and filed with the Chief of Police In addition to the
information which may be re fired by the State Commissioner of
Public Safety's form the application shall contain the
following:
1. The name of the club.
2. Date that the club was first incorporated True copies
of the Articles of � Y Incorporation, Bylaws and the names
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and street addresses of all officers executive
committee, manager, and board of directors shall be
submitted.
3. A sworn statement that the club has been in existence
for more than three years The statement shall be made
by a person who has personal knowledge of the facts
stated therein. in the event that no person can make
such a statement, satisfactory documentary proof may be
submitted in support of such facts
4. The number of members, certified by the Club Treasurer.
5. A personal information form, as provided by the City,
filled out for the manager, all officers, all members
of the executive committee and all members of the
board of directors containing the following
information:
a. True name, place and date of birth, and street
residence address of applicant.
b. Whether applicant has ever used or been known by a
name other than his true name and if so what was
such name, or names, and information concerning
dates and places where used.
C. Whether applicant is -married or single. If
married, true name, place and date of birth and
street residence address of applicant's present
spouse.
d. Whether applicant and present spouse are
registered voters and if so, where.
e. Street address at which applicant and present
spouse have lived during the preceding ten years.
• f. Kind, name and location of every business or
occupation applicant and present spouse have been
engaged in during the preceding ten years.
Names and addresses of applicant's and spouse's
employers and partners, if any, for the preceding
ten years.
h. Whether applicant or his spouse, or a parent,
brother, sister or child of either of them, has
ever been convicted of any felony, crime or
violation of any ordinance, other than traffic.
If so, the applicant shall furnish information as
to the time, place and offense for which
convictions were had.
i. Whether applicant or his spouse, or a parent,
brother, sister or child of either of them has
ever been engaged as an employee or in operating a
saloon, hotel, restaurant, cafe, tavern or other
business of a similar nature. If so, applicant
shall furnish information as to the time, place
and length of time.
j_ Whether applicant has ever been in military
• service. If so, applicant shall, upon request,
exhibit all discharges.
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k. The name, address and business address of each
person who is engaged in Minnesota in the business
of selling, manufacturing or distributing
intoxicating liquor and who is nearer of kin to
the applicant or his spouse than second cousin,
whether of the whole or half blood computed by
the rules of civil law, or who is a brother -in -law
or sister -in -law of the applicant or his spouse
6. The exact legal description of the premises to be
licensed together with a plot plan of the area showing
dimensions and location of buildings
7. If a permit from the Federal government is required by
the Laws of the United States indicate whether or not
such permit has been issued, and if so, required in
what name issued and the nature o the permit
8. The names and addresses of all persons other than the
applicant, who have any financial interest in the
business, buildings, premises, fixtures, furniture; the
nature of such interest, amount thereof, terms for
Payment or other reimbursement This shall include
but not be limited to any lessees, lessors, mortgagees,
mortgagors, lenders lien holders trustees trustors
and persons who have cosigned notes or otherwise
loaned, pledged or extended security for any
indebtedness of the applicant
9. Such other information as the Chief of Police shall
require.
Section 11 -504 RENEWAL APPLICATIONS Applications for the
renewal of an existing license shall be made at least 60 days
prior to the date of the expiration of the license If, in the
judgment of the City Council, good and sufficient cause is shown
by the applicant for his failure to file for a renewal within the
time provided, the City Council may, if the other provisions of
this
ordinance ce are complied with, grant the application
Section 11 -505 EXECUTION OF APPLICATION Applications for
On -Sale Club licenses shall be signed and sworn to by the manager
or an officer of the club.
Section 11 -506. LICENSE FEES.
1. The annual license fee for an "on -sale club" license
shall be as set by City Council Resolution
2. The initial license fee shall be paid in full before
the application for a license is accepted Renewal
license applications shall be filed by November 1
preceding each license year. Renewal license fees
• shall be paid in full by December 15 preceding each
license year. All fees shall be paid into the general
fund of the City. All licenses shall expire on the
last day of December of each year. Upon rejection of
any application for a license, or upon withdrawal of
application before approval of the issuance by the City
Council, the license fee shall be refunded to the
applicant.
3. The fee for an "on -sale club" license granted after the
commencement of the license year shall be prorated on a
daily basis.
4. When the license is for a premise where the building is
not ready for occupancy, the commencement date for
computation of the license fee - for the initial license
Period shall be the date on which a certificate of
occupancy is issued.
5. No transfer of a license shall be permitted from place
to place or person to person without complying with the
requirements of an original application
6. No part of the fee paid for any license issued under
this ordinance shall be refunded except in the
following instances upon application to the Council
within 30 days from the happening of the event The
Council may in its judgment refund a pro rata portion
of the fee for the unexpired period of the license
computed on a monthly basis, when operation of the
licensed business ceases not less than one month before
expiration of the license because of:
a. destruction or damage of the licensed premises by
fire or other catastrophe.
b. achancre in the legal status of the municipality
making it unlawful for a licensed business to
continue.
7. An investigation shall be made of the application for
an "On -sale Club" license however no fee shall be
charged for the investigation. The club shall
however, notify the Chief of Police within 30 days of
any change of manager or officers of the club and
submit a personal information form on the new
individual(s).
Section 11 -507. INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATIONS. All
applications for a license shall be referred to the Chief of
Police, and to such other City departments as the City Manager
shall deem necessary for verification and investigation of the
facts set forth in the application The Chief of Police shall
cause to be made such investigation of the information requested
• as shall be necessary and shall make a written recommendation and
report to the City Council. The City Council may authorize such
additional investigation as it shall deem necessary.
Section 11 -508. PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE. No license
shall be granted to or held by any of the following persons The
characteristics of any officers, managers, directors, or others
who require investigation shall be attributed to the licensee:
1. Under 21 years of age. (For purposes of this
ordinance, persons born before 9/1/67 are considered 21
years of age.)
2. Who is not of good moral character.
3. Who, is not a citizen of- the United States or a
resident alien, or upon whom it is impractical to
conduct a background and financial investigation due to
the unavailability of information.
4. Who has been convicted of any willful violation of any
law of the United States the State of Minnesota or
any other state or territory, or of any local ordinance
regarding the manufacture sale, distribution or
Possession for sale or distribution of intoxicating
• liquor, drugs or prohibited substance, or whose liquor
license has been revoked for any willful violation of
any law or ordinance.
5. Who is a manufacturer or wholesaler of intoxicating
liquor and no manufacturer or wholesaler shall either
directly or indirectly own or control or have any
financial interest in any retail business selling
intoxicatingliquor.
6. Who is the spouse of a person ineligible for a license
pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Section 11 -509. PLACES INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE.
1. No license shall be granted, or renewed, for operation
on any premises, on which taxes assessments or other
financial claims of the City or of the State are due
delinquent or unpaid. In the event an action has been
commenced pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 278
Minnesota Statutes questioning the amount or validity
of taxes, the Council may, on application by the
licensee, waive strict compliance with this provision;
no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes or any
Portion thereof, which remain unpaid for a period
exceeding one year after becoming due
2. No license shall be issued for the premises owned by a
person to whom a license may not be granted under this
ordinance.
3. No license shall be granted to any organization that
does not meet the definition of a "club".
4. No license shall be granted for any place which has a
common entrance or exit between any two establishments
except that a public concourse or public lobby shall
not be construed as a common entrance or exit.
Section 11 -510. CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.
1. Every license shall be granted sub!ect to the
conditions of the following subdivisions and all other
subdivisions of this ordinance and of any other
applicable ordinance of the City or State law.
2. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in
the licensed establishment at all times.
3. Any police officer, building inspector, or any employee
SO designated by the City Manager, shall have the
unqualified right to enter, inspect, and search the
Premises of the licensee during business hours without
. a warrant. Business hours are deemed any time when
licensee or employees are present on the licensed
Premises. Refusal to permit such inspection is a
violation of this ordinance and grounds for revocation
of the license.
4. Every licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of
his place of business and the conditions of sobriety
and order in the place of business and on the premises
5. No "on -sale club" license holder shall sell
intoxicating liquor "off- sale ".
6. No license shall be effective beyond the space named in
the license for which it was granted.
7. No intoxicating liquor shall be sold or furnished or
delivereI to any intoxicated person, to any habitual
drunkard, to any person under 21 years of age, or to
any Person to whom sale is prohibited by State Law.
For purposes of this ordinance, persons born before
91/67 shall be considered 21 years of age.)
8. No person under 18 years of age shall be employed in
any room constituting the place in which "on -sale
liquor" is sold at retail except that persons under 18
Years of age may be employed to perform the duties of a
busboy or dishwashing service.
9. No equipment or fixture in any licensed place shall be
owned in whole or in part by any manufacturer or
distiller of intoxicating liquor except such as shall
be expressly permitted by State law.
10. No licensee shall sell, offer for sale or keep for
sale, intoxicating liquors from any original package
which has been refilled or partly refilled No
licensee shall directly or through any other person
delete or in any manner tamper with the contents of any
original package so as to change its composition or
alcoholic content while in the original package
Possession on the premises by the licensee of any
intoxicating liquor in the original package differing
in composition or alcoholic content in the liquor when
received from the manufacturer or wholesaler from whom
it was purchased shall be prima facie evidence that
the contents of the original package have been diluted
changed or tampered with.
11. No licensee shall apply for or possess a Federal
Wholesale Liquor Dealer's special tax stamp or Federal
gambling stamp.
12. No licensee shall keep ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits
on his licensed premises or permit their use on the
Premises as a beverage or mixed with a beverage
13. The business records of the licensee including Federal
and State tax returns shall be available for
inspection by the City Manager, or other duly
authorized representative of the City at all reasonable
times.
14. Changes in the management, officers or directors of
the club shall be submitted to the Chief of Police
within 30 days after such changes are made
15. At the time of license renewal, the manager, officers
and directors of the club shall state the nature and
amount of any contributions made in the preceding five
years for state and local campaign or political
purposes, the person to whom the contribution was made
and the person or organization form whom intended
This shall be done for the individuals and the club
itself.
16. No licensee shall keep, possess or operate or permit
the keeping, possession or operation of any gambling
device or apparatus on the licensed premises, and he
shall not permit any gambling therein
17. No licensee shall knowingly permit the licensed
premises or any room in those premises or any adjoining
building directly or indirectly under his control to be
used as a resort for prostitutes.
18. Every licensed premises which requires a passcard,
Password, or passkey or other indicia of membership as
a condition of entrance thereto, shall provide the
Chief of Police with such indicia of membership to be
used only for the Purposes set forth in this ordinance
Section 11 -511. HOURS OF OPERATION.
1. No intoxicating liquor shall be sold nor consumed nor
Permitted to be consumed within the licensed premise
after 1:00 a.m. on Sunday nor until 8.00 a.m. on
Monday. No intoxicating liquor shall be sold nor
consumed nor permitted to be consumed within a licensed
Premise between the hours of 1.00 a.m. and 8.00 a.m. on
any weekday. No "on- sale" shall be made after 8.00
P.m. on December 24.
2. Organizations who hold "on -sale club" licenses may
obtain a special license to serve intoxicating liquor
between the hours of 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 midnight on
Sundays in conjunction with the serving of food They
must show proof to the Chief of Police that food will
be sold and that a minimum of 30 persons may be served
at any one time.
Section 11 -512. RESTRICTIONS ON PURCHASE AND CONSUMPTION.
1. No club holding an "on -sale club" license shall sell
intoxicating liquor except to members and bona fide
quests.
2. No person under 21 years of age shall misrepresent his
age for the purpose of obtaining intoxicating liquor
nor shall he enter any premises licensed for the retail
sale of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of
Purchasing or having served or delivered to him for
consuming any such intoxicating liquor, nor shall any
such Person purchase, attempt to purchase consume, or
have another person purchase for him any intoxicating
liquor.
3. No person under 21 years of age shall receive delivery
of intoxicating liquor.
4. No Person shall induce a person under the age of 21
years to Purchase or procure or obtain intoxicating
liquor.
5. Any person who may appear to the licensee, his
employees or agents to be under the age of 21 years
shall, upon demand of the licensee, his employee or
agent, produce and permit to be examined a valid
driver's license or identification card.
6. In every prosecution for a violation of the provisions
of this ordinance relating to the sale or furnishing of
intoxicating liquor to persons under the age of 21
ears_, and in every proceeding before the City Council
with respect thereto the fact that the person involved
has obtained and presented to the licensee, his
employee or agent, a verified identification from which
it appears that said person was 21 years of age and was
regularly issued such identification card, shall be
Prima facie evidence that the licensee, his agent or
employee, is not guilty of a violation of such a
Provision and shall be conclusive evidence that a
violation, if one has occurred was not willful or
intentional.
7. No person shall give, sell, procure or purchase
Intoxicating liquor to or for any person to whom the
sale of intoxicating liquor is forbidden by law.
8. No intoxicating liquor shall be consumed on a public
highway or in an automobile.
Section 11 -513. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Subdivision 1 Insurance Required At the time of filing
an application for an on -sale club license, the applicant shall
file with the Chief of Police proof of financial responsibility
for liability which shall be subject to the approval of the City
Council. The issuer or surety on any liability insurance policy
or bond shall be duly licensed to do business in the State of
Minnesota, and all documents shall be approved as to content,
form and execution by the City Attorney. The licensee and the
City shall be named as joint insureds on the liability insurance
policy. The policy shall be effective to the entire license
ear.
Subdivision 2. Form of Proof of Financial Responsibility
Proof of financial responsibility may be provided by supplying to
the Chief of Police any of the following proofs:
a. A certificate that there is in effect an annual
aggregate insurance policy for dram shop insurance of
not less than $300,000.00 per policy year; or
b. A bond of a surety company with minimum coverages as
Provided in clause (a), or
C. A certificate of the State Treasurer that the licensee
has deposited with him $300,000.00 in cash or
securities which may legally be purchased by savings
banks or for trust funds having a market value of
$300,000.00.
Subdivision 3. Any liability insurance required by this
section must provide that it may not be canceled for any cause by
either the insured or the insurer unless the canceling party has
first given ten days' notice in writing to the issuing authority
of intent to cancel the policy
Subdivision 4. The insurance limits outlined in this
section become effective on 1987 license renewals and any new
licenses applied for after this ordinance change becomes
effective.
Section 11 -514. REVOCATION The City Council may suspend
or revoke any intoxicating liquor license and may impose a civil
fine not to exceed $2,000 00 pursuant to M S 340A.465 for the
violation of any provision or condition of this ordinance or of
any State law or Federal law regulating the sale of intoxicating
liquor, and shall revoke such license for any willful violation
which, under the laws of the State, is grounds for mandatory
revocation, and shall revoke for failure to keep the insurance
required by Section 11 -515 in full force and effect
Nonmandatory revocation or suspension by the Council shall
be preceded by written notice to the licensee and a public
hearing. The notice shall give at least 10 days' notice of the
time and place of the hearing and shall state the nature of the
charges against the licensee The notice may be served upon the
licensee personally or by leaving the same at - the licensed
Premises with the person in charge thereof. No suspension after
public hearing shall exceed 60 days
Section 11 -515. PENALTIES Any person violating any
Provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than seven hundred dollars ($700.00) and imprisonment for not
more than 90 days or both together with the cost of
Prosecution.
CHAPTER 11 - LIQUOR ORDINANCES
WINE (INTOXICATING LIQUOR) LICENSES
Section 11 -601. DEFINITION OF TERMS.
1. The term "intoxicating liquor" shall mean and include
ethyl alcohol and include distilled, fermented,
spirituous, vinous and malt beverages containing in
excess of 3.2% of alcohol by weight.
2. The terms "sale" and "sell" mean and include all
barters_ and all manners or means of furnishing
intoxicating liquor or liquors as above described in
violation or evasion of law.
3. The term "off- sale" means the sale of intoxicating
liquor in the original package in retail stores for
consumption off or away from the premises where sold
4. The term "on -sale liquor" means the sale of
intoxicating liquor by the glass or by the drink for
consumption on the premises only.
5. The term "wholesale" means and includes any sale for
Purposes of resale. The term "wholesaler" means any
Person engaged in the business of selling intoxicating
liquor to retail dealers.
6. The term "manufacturer" includes every person who, by
any process of manufacture, fermenting brewing,
distilling, refining, rectifying blending, or by the
combination of different materials prepares or
Produces intoxicating liquors for sale
7. As used in this ordinance the term "person" includes a
natural person of either sex, partnership, corporation
and association of persons and the agent or manager of
any of the aforesaid. The singular number includes the
Plural and the masculine pronoun includes the feminine
and neuter.
8. The terms "package" or "original package" mean any
corked or sealed container or receptacle holding
intoxicating liquor.
9. The term "restaurant" means any establishment under the
control of a single proprietor or manager, having
appropriate facilities to serve meals and for seating
not less than 75 guests at one time, and where in
consideration o f ayment therefor, meals are regularly
served at tables to the general public, and which
employs an adequate staff to provide the usual and
suitable service to its guests, and a significant part
of the business of which is the serving of foods.
10. The term "wine" means a vinous beverage containing not
more than 14 percent alcohol by volume.
11. The term "on -sale wine" means the sale of wine for
consumption on the premises only.
12. The term "premises" as used in this ordinance, shall
mean the inside of the building or the leased space
inside a building as shown on the plan submitted to the
Chief of Police with the original license. Outside
areas, such as patios or parking lots shall not be
included unless specifically listed on the license or
special permission in writing is obtained for a limited
period of time under certain conditions.
Section 11 -602. LICENSE REQUIRED
1. No person except wholesalers or manufacturers to the
extent authorized under State license, and except the
municipal liquor store, shall directly or indirectly
deal in sell or keep for sale any intoxicating liquor
without first having received a license to do so as
Provided in this ordinance.
2. "On -Sale Wine" licenses shall be granted only to
restaurants which are conducted in such a manner that a
significant part of the revenue for a license year is
the sale of foods. Only the sale of wine not exceeding
14 percent alcohol by volume for consumption on the
licensed premises, in conjunction with the - sale of food
shall be permitted.
a. for wine licenses the term "significant part"
means 50% or more of the applicable revenue
derived from the serving of food.
Section 11 -603. NUMBER OF LICENSES ISSUED. The number of
"on -sale wine" licenses shall be unlimited.
Section 11 -604. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE Every
application for a license to sell intoxicating liquor shall be
verified and filed with the Chief of Police. In addition to the
information which may be required by the State Commissioner of
Public Safety's form, the application shall contain the
following:
1. Whether the applicant is a natural person, corporation
Partnership or other form of organization
2. Type of license applicant seeks
3. If the applicant is a natural person, the following
information:
a. True name, place and date of birth, and street
resident address of applicant.
b. Whether applicant has ever used or been known by a
name other than his true name and if so what was
such name, or names and information concerning
dates and places where used.
C. The name of the business if it is to be conducted
under a designation, name or style other than the
full individual name of the applicant; in such
case a copy of the certification, as required by
Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes, certified by the
Clerk of District Court shall be attached to the
application.
d. Whether the applicant is married or single. If
married, true name, place and date of birth and
street residence address of applicant's present
spouse.
e. Whether applicant and present spouse are
registered voters and if so, where.
f. Street address at which applicant and present
spouse have lived during the preceding ten years.
g_ Kind, name and location of every business or
occupation applicant or present spouse have been
engaged in during the preceding ten years.
h. Names and addresses of applicant's and spouse's
employers and partners, if any, for the preceding
ten years.
i. Whether applicant or his spouse, or a parent,
brother, sister or child of either of them, has
ever been convicted of any felony, crime, or
violation of any ordinance, other than traffic.
If so, the applicant shall furnish information as
to the time, place and offense for which
convictions were had.
j_ Whether applicant or his spouse, or a parent,
brother, sister or child of either of them has
ever been engaged as an employee or in operating a
saloon, hotel, restaurant, cafe, tavern or other
business of a similar nature. If so, applicant
shall furnish information as to the time, place
and length of time.
k. Whether applicant has ever been in military
service. If so, applicant shall, upon request,
exhibit all discharges.
1. The name, address and business address of each
person who is engaged in Minnesota in the business
of selling, manufacturing or distributing
intoxicating liquor and who is nearer of kin to
the applicant or his spouse than second cousin
whether of the whole or half blood, computed by
the rules of civil law, or who is a brother -in -law
or sister -in -law of the applicant or his spouse.
4. If the applicant is a partnership, the names and
addresses of all partners and all information
concerning each partner as is required of a single
applicant in Subsection 3 above. A managing_ partner,
or partners shall be designated. The interest of each
partner in the business shall be disclosed. A true
copy of the partnership agreement shall be submitted
with the application and if the partnership is required
to file a certificate as to a trade name under the
Provisions of Chapter 333 Minnesota Statues a copy of
such certificate certified by the Clerk of District
Court shall be attached to the application
5. If the applicant is a corporation or other organization
and is applying for an "on -sale wine" license the
following:
a. Name, and if incorporated, the state of
incorporation.
b. A true copy of Certificate of Incorporation,
Articles of Incorporation or Association Agreement
and Bylaws and if a foreign corporation, a
Certificate of Authority as described in Chapter
303, Minnesota Statutes.
C. The name of the manager or proprietor or other
agent in charge of the premises to be licensed,
giving all the information about said person as is
required of a single applicant in Subsection 3
above.
d. The application shall contain a list of all
Persons-,- who, singly or together with their
spouse, or a parent, brother, sister of child of
either of them own - or control an interest in said
_corporation or association in excess of 5% or who
are officers or directors of said corporation or
association together with their addresses and all
information as is required of a single e applicant
in Subsection 3 above.
6. The exact legal description of the premises to be
licensed together with a plot plan of the area showing
dimensions and location of buildings.
7. An applicant for "On -Sale Wine" license shall submit a
floor plan of the dining room, or dining rooms, which
shall be open to the public, shall show dimensions and
shall indicate the number of persons intended to be
served in each of said rooms.
8. If a permit from the Federal government is required by
the Laws of the United States indicate whether or not
such permit has been issued and if so, required in
what name issued and the nature of the permit.
9. The amount of the investment that the applicant has in
the business, building, premises, fixtures, furniture,
stock in trade, et cetera and proof of the source of
such money.
10. The names and addresses of all persons, other than the
applicant, who have any financial interest in the
business, buildings, premises, fixtures, furniture,
stock in trade; the nature of such interest amount
thereof, terms for payment or other reimbursement
This shall include but not be limited to any lessees,
lessors, mortgagees, mortgagors, lenders, lien holders
trustees, trustors, and persons who have cosigned notes
or otherwise loaned pledged, or extended security for
any indebtedness of the applicant, but shall not
include persons owning or controlling less than a 5%
interest in the business, if a corporation -.
11. The names, residences and business addresses of three
Persons, residents of the State of Minnesota, of good
moral character, not related to the applicant or
financially interested in the premises or business who
may be referred to as to the applicant's character or,
in the case where information is required for a
manager, manager's character.
12. Whether or not all real estate and personal property
taxes for the premises to be licensed which are due and
Payable have been paid and if not paid, the years and
amounts which are unpaid
13. Whenever the application for an "on -sale wine" license
or for transfer thereof _ is for premises either planned
or under construction or undergoing substantial
alteration the application shall be accompanied by a
set of preliminary plans showing the design of the
proposed premises to be licensed
14. Such other information as the Chief of Police shall
require.
Section 11 -605. RENEWAL APPLICATIONS Applications for
renewal of an existing license shall be made at least 60 days
prior to the date of expiration of the license If in the
judgment of the City Council good and sufficient cause is shown
by an applicant for his failure to file for a renewal within the
time provided, the City Council may, if the other provisions of
this ordinance are complied with grant the application
At the earliest practicable time after application is made
for a renewal of an "on -sale wine" license, and in any event
prior to the time that the application is considered by the City
Council, the applicant shall file with the Chief of Police a
statement prepared by a certified public accountant that shows
the total gross sales and the total food sales of the restaurant
for the twelve month period immediately preceding the date for
filing renewal applications A foreign corporation shall file a
current Certificate of Authority.
Section 11 -606. EXECUTION OF APPLICATION. If the
application is by a natural person, it shall be signed and sworn
to by such person; if by a corporation, by an officer thereof; if
by a partnership, by one of the partners; if by an unincorporated
association, by the manager or managing officer thereof. If the
applicant is a partnership, the application, license and bond (or
insurance policy) shall be made and issued in the name of all
partners.
Section 11 -607. LICENSE FEES.
1. The annual license fee for "on -sale wine" - license shall
be in an amount as set forth by City Council
resolution.
2. The. initial license fee shall be paid in full before
the application for a license is accepted Renewal
license fees shall be paid in full at the time of
application for renewal All fees shall be paid into
the general fund of the City. All licenses shall
expire on the last day of December of each year. Upon
resection of any application for a license or upon
withdrawal of application before approval of the
issuance by the City Council the license fee shall be
refunded to the applicant
3. The fee for an "on -sale wine" license granted after the
commencement of the license year shall be prorated on a
daily basis.
4. When the license is for a premise where the building is
not ready for occupancy, the-commencement date for
computation of the license fee for the initial license
Period shall be the date on which a certificate or
occupancy is issued.
5. No transfer of a license shall be ermitted from lace
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to place or person to person without complying with the
reciuirements of an original application except as
Provided by Subdivision 9 of this section. For
purposes of this subdivision a change in the
controlling interest of the licensee is deemed a
transfer of the license.
6. No part of the fee paid for any license issued under
this ordinance shall be refunded except in the
following instances upon application to the Council
within 30 days from the happening of the event. The
Council may in its judgment refund a pro rata portion
of the fee for the unexpired period of the license
computed on a monthly basis, when operation of the
licensed business ceases not less than one month before
expiration of the license because of:
a. destruction or damage of the licensed premises by
fire or other catastrophe.
b. the licensee's illness.
C. the licensee's death.
d. a change in the legal status of the municipality
making it unlawful for a licensed business to
continue.
7. At the time of each original application for a license,
the applicant shall pay in full an investigation fee,
the amount of which is set by City Council resolution.
8. At any time that an additional investigation is
required because of a license renewal a change in the
ownership or control of the licensee or because of an
enlargement, alteration, or extension of premises
previously licensed, the licensee shall pay an
investigation fee as set forth in subdivision 7 of this
section. The investigation fee shall accompany the
application.
9. Where a new application is filed as a result of
incorporation by an existing licensee and the
ownership, control and interest in the license are
unchanged, no additional license fee will be required
Section 11 -608. INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATIONS. All
applications for a license shall be referred to the Chief of
Police and to such other City departments as the City Manager
shall deem necessary for verification and investigation of the
facts set forth in the application. The Chief of Police shall
cause to be made such investigation of the information requested
in this ordinance as shall be necessary and shall make a written
recommendation and report to the City Council. The City Council
may authorize such additional investigation as it shall deem
necessary.
Section 11 -609. PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE. No license
shall be granted to or held by any of the following persons. The
characteristics of any owners, officers, managers, employees or
others who require investigation under this ordinance hereof
shall be attributed to the licensee:
1. Under 21 years of age. (For purposes of this
ordinance, persons born before 9/1/67 shall be
considered 21 years of acme.)
2. Who is not of good moral character.
3. Who, is not a citizen of the United States or a
resident alien, or upon whom it is impractical to
conduct a background and financial investigation due to
the unavailability of information.
4. Who has been convicted of any willful violation of any
law of the United States the State of Minnesota or
any other state or territory, or of any local ordinance
regarding the manufacture, sale, distribution or
Possession for sale or distribution of intoxicating
liquor, drugs or prohibited substance, or whose liquor
license has been revoked for any willful violation of
any law or ordinance.
5. Who is a manufacturer or wholesaler of intoxicating
liquor and no manufacturer or wholesaler shall either
directly or indirectly own or control o have any
financial interest in any retail business selling
intoxicating liquor.
6. Who is directly or indirectly interested in any other
establishment in the City of Brooklyn Center to which
an "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale wine" license has
been issued under this ordinance.
7. Who, if a corporation, does not have a manager who is
eligible pursuant to the provisions of this section.
8. Who is the spouse of a person ineligible for a license
Pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 4, 5, or 6 of
this section or who, in the judgment of the City
Council, is not the real party in interest or
beneficial owner of the business operated, or to be
operated, under the license.
9. An "on -sale wine" license will not be renewed if, in
the case of an individual the licensee is not a
resident of the Twin Cities metropolitan area at the
time of the date for renewal; if, in the case of a
partnership, the managing_ partner is not a resident of
the Twin Cities metropolitan area at the time of
renewal; or in the case of a corporation, if the
manager is not a resident of the Twin Cities
metropolitan area at the time of the date of renewal.
The TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA is defined as being
comprised of the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota,
Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington.
10. No person shall own an interest in more than one
establishment or business within Brooklyn Center for
which an "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale wine" license
has been granted. The term "interest" as used in this
section includes any pecuniary interest in the
ownership, operation, management or profits of a retail
liquor establishment, but does not include bona fide
loans; bona fide fixed sum rental agreements; bona fide
open accounts or other obligations held with or without
security arising out of the ordinary and regular course
of business of selling or leasing merchandise, fixtures
or supplies to such establishment; or an interest of 10
percent or less in any corporation holding a license
A person who received monies from time to time directly
or indirectly from a licensee in the absence of a bona
fide consideration therefor and excluding bona fide
gifts or donations shall be deemed to have a pecuniary
interest in such retail license. In determining "bona
fide" the reasonable value of the goods or things
received as consideration for any payment by the
licensee and all other facts reasonably tending to
prove or disprove the existence of any purposeful
scheme or arrangement to evade the prohibitions of this
section shall be considered.
Section 11 -610. PLACES INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE.
1. No license shall be granted, or renewed, or operation
on any premises, on which taxes assessments or other
financial claims of the City or of the Slate are due
delinquent or unpaid. In the event an action has been
commenced pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 278
Minnesota Statutes questioning the amount or validity
of taxes the Council may, on application by the
licensee, waive strict compliance with this provision;
no waiver may be granted however, for taxes or any
Portion thereof, which remain unpaid for a period
exceeding one year after becoming due
2. No license shall be issued for the premises owned by a
person to whom a license may not be granted under this
ordinance, except any owner who is a minor, nonresident
alien,_ or a person who has been convicted of a crime
other than a violation of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter
340A.
3. No "on -sale wine" license shall be granted for a
restaurant that does not have a minimum seating area in
the dining area, open to the general public, of at
least 75 seats.
4. No license shall be granted for any place which has a
common entrance or exit between any two establishments
except that a public concourse or public lobby shall
not be construed as a common entrance or exit.
Section 11 -611. CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.
1. Every license shall be granted subiect to the
conditions of the following subdivisions and all other
_subdivisions of this ordinance and of any other
applicable ordinance of the City or State law.
2. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in
the licensed establishment at all times.
3. Any police officer, building inspector, or any employee
so designated by the City Manager shall have the
unctualified right to enter, inspect, and search the
Premises of the licensee during business hours without
a warrant. Business hours shall be deemed any time
when licensee or employees are present on the premises
Refusal to permit such inspection is a violation of
this ordinance and grounds for revocation of the
license.
4. Every licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of
his place of business and the conditions of sobriety
and order in the place of business and on the premises
5. No "on -sale wine" licenses shall sell intoxicating
liquor "off- sale ".
6. No license shall be effective beyond the space named in
the license for which it was granted
7. No intoxicating liquor shall be sold or furnished or
delivered to any intoxicated person, to any habitual
drunkard, to any person under 21 years of age, or to
any person to whom sale is prohibited by State law.
8. No person under 18 years of age shall be employed in
any room constituting the place in which "on -sale wine"
is sold at retail except that persons under 18 years of
age may be employed to perform the duties of a busboy
or dishwashing services in places defined as a
restaurant serving food in rooms in which "on -sale
wine" is sold at retail.
9. No equipment or fixture in any licensed place shall be
owned in whole or in part by any manufacturer or
distiller of intoxicating liquor except such as shall
be expressly permitted by State law.
10. No licensee shall sell, offer for sale, or keep for
sale, intoxicating liquors from any original package
which has been refilled or partly refilled. No
licensee shall directly or through any other person
delete or in any manner tamper with the contents of any
original package so as to chancre its composition or
alcoholic content while in the original package
Possession on the premises by the licensee of any
intoxicating_ liquor in the original package differing
in composition or alcoholic content in the liquor when
received from the manufacturer or wholesaler from whom
it was purchased, shall be prima facie evidence that
the contents of the original package have been diluted,
changed or tampered with.
11. No licensee shall apply for or possess a Federal
Wholesale Liquor Dealer's special tax stamp or Federal
gambling stamp.
12. No licensee shall keep ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits
on his licensed premises or permit their use on the
premises as a beverage or mixed with a beverage.
13. The business records of the licensee, including Federal
and State tax returns shall be available for
inspection by the City Manager, or other duly
authorized representative of the City at all reasonable
times. - Business records for accounting functions
required to demonstrate compliance with the provisions
of this ordinance shall be prepared in accordance with
standard accounting practices as determined by the City
Manager or his designees.
14. Changes in the corporate or association officers
corporate charter, articles of incorporation, bylaws or
Partnership agreement as the case may bet shall be
submitted to the Chief of Police within 30 days after
such changes are made In the case of a corporation
the licensee shall notify the Chief of Police when a
person not listed in the application acquires an
interest which, together with that of his spouse,
parent, brother, sister or child, exceeds 5 %, and shall
give all information about said person as is required
of a person pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-
604, subdivision 3, of this ordinance.
15. At the time a licensee submits his application for
renewal of a license he shall state the nature and
amount of any contribution he has made in the preceding
five years for state and local campaign or political
Purposes, the person to whom the contribution was made
and the person or organization for whom intended.
16. A licensed restaurant shall be conducted in such a
manner that a significant part of the business for a
license year is the serving of foods.
17. No licensee shall keep, possess, or operate or permit
the keeping, possession, or operation of any gambling
device or apparatus on the licensed premises, and he
shall not permit any cambling therein.
18. No licensee shall knowingly permit the licensed
Premises or any room in those premises or any adjoining
building directly or indirectly under his control to be
used as a resort for prostitutes.
Section 11 -612 HOURS OF OPERATION No intoxicating liquor
shall be sold nor consumed nor permitted to be consumed within
the licensed premises after 1.00 a.m. on Sunday nor until 8
a.m. on Monday. No intoxicating liquor shall be sold nor
consumed nor permitted to be consumed within a licensed premise
between the hours of 1.00 a.m. and 8.00 a.m. on any weekday. No
"on- sale" shall be made after 8.00 p.m. on December - 24
On Sundays, wine may be sold without a special license under
the authority of an "on -sale wine" license between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 12.00 midnight in conjunction with the serving of
food.
Section 11 -613. RESTRICTION PURCHASE AN CONSUMPTION.
S ON D TION .
1. No person under 21 years of age shall misrepresent his
age for the purpose of obtaining intoxicating liquor
nor shall he enter any premises licensed for the retail
sale of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of
Purchasing or having served or delivered to him for
consuming any such intoxicating liquor, nor shall any
such person purchase, attempt to purchase, consume, or
have another person purchase for him any intoxicating
liquor.
2. No person under 21 years of age shall receive delivery
of intoxicating liquor.
3. No person shall induce a person under the age of 21
years to purchase or procure or obtain intoxicating
liquor.
4. Any person who may appear to the licensee, his
employees or agents to be under the age of 21 years,
shall, upon demand of the licensee, his employee or
agent, produce and permit to be examined a valid
driver's license or identification card.
5. In every prosecution for a violation of the provisions
of this ordinance relating to the sale or furnishing of
intoxicating liquor to persons under the age of 21
ears, and in every proceeding before the City Council
with respect thereto the fact that the minor involved
has obtained and presented -to the licensee his
employee or agent, a verified identification from which
it appears that said person was 21 years of age and was
regularly issued such identification card, shall be
Prima facie evidence that the licensee his agent or
employee is not guilty of a violation of such a
Provision and shall be conclusive evidence that a
violation, if one has occurred, was not willful or
intentional.
6. No person _ p shall give, sell, procure or purchase
intoxicating liquor to or for any person to whom the
sale of intoxicating liquor is forbidden by law.
7. No intoxicating liquor shall be consumed on a public
highway or in an automobile.
Section 11 -614. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Subdivision 1. Insurance Required At the time of filing
an application for any on -sale intoxicating liquor license, the
applicant shall file with the Chief of Police proof of financial
responsibility for liability which shall be subject to the
approval of the City Council The issuer or surety on any
liability insurance policy or bond shall be duly licensed to do
business in the State of Minnesota and all documents shall be
approved as to content form and execution by the City Attorney.
The licensee and the City shall be named as joint insureds on the
liability insurance policy. The policy shall be effective for
the entire license year.
Subdivision 2. Form of Proof of Financial Responsibility.
Proof of financial responsibility may be provided by supplying to
the Chief of Police any of the following proofs:
a. A certificate that there is in effect an annual
aggregate insurance policy for dram shop insurance of
not less than $300,000.00 per policy year; or
b. A bond of a surety company with minimum coverages as
Provided in clause (a); or
C. A certificate of the State Treasurer that the licensee
has deposited with him $300,000.00 in cash or
securities which may legally be purchased by savings
banks or for trust funds having a market value of
$300,000.00.
Subdivision 3. Any liability insurance required by this
section must provide that it may not be canceled for any cause by
either the insured or the insurer unless the canceling party has
first given ten days' notice in writing to the issuing authority
of intent to cancel the policy
Subdivision 4. The insurance. limits outlined in this
section become effective on 1987 license renewals and any new
licenses applied for after this ordinance change becomes
effective.
Section 11 -615. REVOCATION The City Council may suspend
or revoke any intoxicating liquor license and may impose a civil
fine not to exceed $2,000.00 pursuant to M S 340A.465 for the
violation of any provision or condition of this ordinance or of
any State law or Federal law regulating the sale of intoxicating
liquor, and shall revoke such license for any willful violation
which, under the laws of the State, is grounds for mandatory
revocation, and shall revoke for failure to keep the insurance
required by Section 11 -614 in full force and effect
Nonmandatory revocation or suspension by the Council shall
be Preceded b written o licensee and u
p v n otice to the a public
hearing. The notice shall give at least 10 days' notice of the
time and place of the hearing and shall state the nature of the
charges against the licensee The notice may be served upon the
licensee personally or by leaving the same at the licensed
Premises with the person in charge thereof. No suspension after
Public hearing shall exceed 60 days
Section 11 -616. PENALTIES Any person violating any
Provision of this ordinance shall be uc� ilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than seven hundred dollars ($700.00) and imprisonment for not
more than 90 days or both together with the cost of
Prosecution.
CHAPTER 11 - LIQUOR ORDINANCES
INTOXICATING LIQUOR LICENSES
Section 11 -701. DEFINITION OF TERMS.
1. The term "intoxicating liquor" shall mean and include
ethyl alcohol and include distilled, fermented,
Spirituous, vinous, and malt beverages containing in
excess of 3.2% of alcohol by weight.
2. The terms "sale" and "sell" mean and include all
barters and all manners or means of furnishing
intoxicating liquor or liquors as above described in
violation or evasion of law.
3. The term "off- sale" means the sale of intoxicating
liquor in the original package in retail stores for
consumption off or away from the premises where sold.
4. The term "on -sale liquor" means the sale of
intoxicating liquor by the glass, or by the drink for
consumption on the premises only.
5. The term "wholesale" means and includes any sale for
purposes of resale. The term "wholesaler" means any
Person engaged in the business of selling intoxicating
liquor to retail dealers.
6. The term "manufacturer" includes every person who, by
any process of manufacture fermenting brewing,
distilling, refining, rectifying blending, or by the
combination of different materials prepares or
Produces intoxicating liquors for sale
7. As used in this ordinance, the term "person" includes a
natural person of either sex, partnership, corporation
and association of persons and the agent or manager of
any of the aforesaid. The singular number includes the
plural and the masculine pronoun includes the feminine
and neuter.
8. The terms ' 1 package" or "original package" mean any
corked or sealed container or receptacle holding
intoxicating liquor.
9. The term "hotel" means and includes any establishment
having a resident proprietor or manager, where, in
consideration of payment therefor, food and lodging are
regularly furnished to transients, which maintains for
the use of its quests not less than 100 guest rooms
is with bedding and other usual suitable and necessary
furnishings in each room, which is provided at the main
entrance with a suitable lobby, desk, and office for
the registration of its guests on the ground floor,
which employs an adequate staff to provide suitable and
usual service and which maintains under the same
management and control as the rest of the establishment
and has, as an integral part thereof, a dining room
with appropriate facilities for seating not less than
100 guests at one time, where the general public are
in consideration of payment therefor, served with meals
at tables.
10. The term "restaurant" means any establishment under the
control of a single proprietor or manager, having
appropriate facilities to serve meals and for seating
not less than 150 guests at one time, and where in
consideration of payment therefor, meals are regularly
served at tables to the general public, and which
employs an adequate staff to provide the usual and
suitable service to its guests, and a significant part
of the business of which is the serving of foods.
11. The term "premises" as used in this ordinance, shall
mean the inside of the building or the leased space
inside a building as shown on the plan submitted to the
Chief of Police with the original license. Outside
areas, such as patios or parking lots, shall not be
included unless specifically listed on the license or
special permission in writing is obtained for a limited
Period of time under certain conditions.
Section 11 -702. LICENSE REQUIRED
1. No person except wholesalers or manufacturers to the
extent authorized under State license and except the
municipal liquor store, shall directly or indirectly
deal in, sell or keep for sale any intoxicating liquor
without first having received a license to do so as
provided in this ordinance.
2. "On -Sale Liquor" licenses shall be issued only to
restaurants which are conducted in such a manager that
a significant part of the revenue for a license year is
the sale of foods, and to hotels conducted in such a
manner that of that part of the total revenue derived
from the serving of foods and intoxicating liquors a
significant part thereof for the license year is
derived from the serving of foods. The term
"significant part" is defined under each license class
3. The following are the types of "on -sale liquor"
licenses which
h c n be issued under this section:
a. On -Sale Class A Liquor License: 80% or more of
the applicable revenue derived from the serving of
foods; Class A licenses are available to all
hotels and restaurants.
b. On -Sale Class B Liquor License: 50% through 79%
of the applicable revenue derived from the serving
of foods; Class B licenses are available to all
hotels and restaurants.
C. On -Sale Class C Liquor License: 40% through 49%
of the applicable revenue derived from the serving
of foods; Class C licenses are available only to
hotels and to restaurants which derive a
considerable part of their revenue from sources
other than liquor and food.
d. On -Sale Class D Liquor License: This is a
Probationary license for new applicants who have
not established a ratio between food and liquor
for the licensed premises. Twelve months of
documentation of food and liquor sales shall be
Presented to the Chief of Police on or before
renewal time to determine the appropriate license
class for the following year. If such
documentation is not available the probationary
license shall be extended for no more than one
additional year. Otherwise, a Class A, B, or C
license will be assigned based on established
ratio.
e. Sunday On -Sale Liquor License: Establishments to
which "on -sale liquor" licenses have been issued
may file an application with the Chief of Police
to serve intoxicating liquor during set hours on
Sundays in conjunction with the sale of food.
f. Temporary On -Sale Liquor License: Any club, or
charitable, religious or other nonprofit
organization in existence for at least three
years, may be issued a temporary license for the
on -sale of intoxicating liquor in connection with
a social event within the city sponsored by the
licensee. The license may authorize the on -sale
of intoxicating liquor for not more than three
consecutive days, and may authorize on -sales on
Premises other than premises the licensee owns or
Permanently occupies. The license may provide
that the licensee may contract for intoxicating
liquor catering services with the holder of a
full -year on -sale intoxicating liquor license
issued by a municipality. Licenses under this
subdivision are not valid unless first approved by
the commissioner of public safety.
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. g.- Special Provision; sports, conventions, or
cultural facilities: The City Council may
authorize a holder of a retail on - sale
intoxicating liquor license to dispense
intoxicating liquor at any convention, banquet,
conference, meeting or social affair conducted on
the premises of a sports, convention, or cultural
facility owned by the municipality and located
within the municipality. The licensee must be
engaged to dispense intoxicating liquor at an
event held by a person or organization permitted
to use the premises, and may dispense intoxicating
liquor only to persons attending the event. The
licensee may not dispense intoxicating liquor to
any person attending or participating in an
amateur athletic event held on the premises.
Section 11 -703. NUMBER OF LICENSES ISSUED. The number of
"on -sale liquor" licenses issued by the City of Brooklyn Center
shall be limited to 18.
Section 11 -704. APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSE Every
application for a license to sell intoxicating liquor shall be
verified and filed with the Chief of Police. In addition to the
information which may be recuired by the State Commissioner of
Public Safety's form the application shall contain the
• following:
1. Whether the applicant is a natural person, corporation,
partnership or other form of organization.
2. Type of license applicant seeks.
3. If the applicant is a natural person, the following
information:
a. True name, place and date of birth, and street
resident address of applicant.
b. Whether applicant has ever used or been known by a
name other than his true name and if so what was
such name, or names and information concerning
dates and places where used.
C. The name of the business if it is to be conducted
under a designation, name or style other than the
full individual name of the applicant; in such
case a copy of the certification, as required by
Chapter 333, Minnesota Statutes, certified by the
Clerk of District Court, shall be attached to the
application.
• d. Whether the applicant is married or single If
married, true name place and date of birth and
street residence address of applicant's present
spouse.
e. Whether applicant and present spouse are
registered voters and if so, where.
f. Street address at which applicant and present
spouse have lived during the preceding ten years.
cr. Kind, name and location of every business or
occupation applicant or present spouse have been
engaged in during the preceding ten years.
h. Names and addresses of applicant's and spouse's
employers and partners, if any, for the preceding
ten years.
i. _Whether applicant or his spouse, or a parent,
brother, sister or child of either of them, has
ever been convicted of any felony, crime, or
violation of any ordinance, other than traffic.
If so, the applicant shall furnish information as
to the time, place and offense for which
convictions were had.
j_ Whether applicant or his spouse, or a parent,
• brother, sister or child of either of them has
ever been engaged as an employee or in operating a
saloon, hotel, restaurant, cafe, tavern or other
business of a similar nature. If so applicant
shall furnish information as to the time, place
and length of time.
k. Whether applicant has ever been in military
service. If so, applicant shall upon request,
exhibit all discharges.
1. The name, address and business address of each
person who is engaged in Minnesota in the business
of selling, manufacturing or distributing
intoxicating liquor and who is nearer of kin to
the applicant or his spouse than second cousin
whether of the whole or half blood computed by
the rules of civil law, or who is a brother -in -law
or sister -in -law of the applicant or his spouse.
4. If the applicant is a partnership, the names and
addresses of all partners and all information
concerning each partner as is required of a single
applicant in Subsection 3 above A managing partner,
or partners shall be designated The interest of each
'Partner in the business shall be disclosed A true
® coPy of the partnership agreement shall be submitted
with the application and if the partnership is required
to file a certificate as to a trade name under the
Provisions of Chapter 333, Minnesota Statues, a copy of
such certificate certified by the Clerk of District
Court shall be attached to the application.
5. if the applicant is a corporation or other organization
and is applying for an "on -sale liquor" license, the
following:
a. Name, and if incorporated, the state of
incorporation.
b. A true copy of Certificate of Incorporation,
Articles of Incorporation or Association Agreement
and Bylaws and if a foreign corporation, a
Certificate of Authority as described in Chapter
303, Minnesota Statutes:
C. The name of the manager or proprietor or other
agent in charge of the premises to be licensed,
giving all the information about said person as is
required of a single applicant in Subsection 3
above.
d. The application _ n shall contain a list of all
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persons, who, singly or together with their
• spouse, or a parent, brother, sister of child of
either of them, own or control an interest in said
corporation or association in excess of 5% or who
are officers or directors of said corporation or
association together with their addresses and all
information as is required of a single applicant
in Subsection 3 above.
6. The exact legal description of the premises to be
licensed together with a plot plan of the area showing
dimensions and location of buildings.
7. An applicant for "On -Sale Liquor" license shall submit
a floor plan of the dining room, or dining rooms which
shall be open to the public, shall show dimensions and
shall indicate the number of persons intended to be
served in each of said rooms.
8. If a permit from the Federal government is required by
the Laws of the United States, indicate whether or not
such permit has been issued, and if so, required in
what name issued and the nature of the permit
9. The amount of the investment that the applicant has in
the business, building, premises, fixtures, furniture
stock in trade, et cetera, and proof of the source of
such money.
10. The names and addresses of all persons, other than the
• applicant, who have any financial interest in the
business, buildings, premises, fixtures, furniture,
stock in trade: the nature of such interest, amount
thereof, terms for payment or other reimbursement.
This shall include, but not be limited to any lessees
lessors, mortgagees, mortgagors, lenders, lien holders
trustees, trustors, and persons who have cosigned notes
or otherwise loaned, pledged, or extended security for
any indebtedness of the applicant, but shall not
include persons owning or controlling less than a 5%
interest in the business, if a corporation.
11. The names. residences and business addresses of three
Persons, residents of the State of Minnesota, of good
moral character, not related to the applicant or
financially interested in the premises or business, who
may be referred to as to the applicant's character or,
in the case where information is required for a
manager, the manager's character.
12. Whether or not all real estate and personal property
taxes for the premises to be licensed which are due and
Payable have been paid, and if not paid, the years and
amounts which are unpaid
13. Whenever the application for an "on -sale liquor"
license or for transfer thereof is for premises either
Planned or under construction or undergoing substantial
alteration, the application shall be accompanied by a
set of preliminary plans showing the design of the
Proposed premises to be licensed.
14. Such other information as the Chief of Police shall
require.
Section 11 -705. RENEWAL APPLICATIONS Applications for
renewal of an existing license shall be made at least 60 days
prior to the date of expiration of the license If in the
judgment of the City Council good and sufficient cause is shown
by an applicant for his failure to file for a renewal within the
time provided, the City Council maV, if the other provisions of
this ordinance are complied with, grant the application
At the earliest practicable time after application is made
for a renewal of an "on -sale liquor" license, and in any event
prior to the time that the application is considered by the City
Council the applicant shall file with the Chief of Police a
statement prepared by a certified public accountant that shows
the total gross sales and the total food sales of the restaurant
for the twelve month period immediately preceding the date for
filing renewal a lications. A foreign corporation shall file a
• current Certificate of Authority
• Section 11 -706. EXECUTION OF APPLICATION. If the
application is by a natural person it shall be signed and sworn
to by such person; if by a corporation, by an officer thereof; if
by a partnership, by one of the partners; if by an unincorporated
association, by the manager or managing officer thereof. If the
applicant is a partnership, the application, license and bond or
insurance policy) shall be made and issued in the name of all
partners.
Section 11 -707. LICENSE FEES.
1. The annual license fee for "on -sale liquor" licenses
shall be in an amount as set forth by City Council
resolution. The fee for a "temporary on -sale liquor"
license shall be in an amount set forth by City Council
resolution.
2. The initial license fee shall be paid in full before
the application for a license is accepted. Renewal
license fees shall be paid in full at the time of
application for renewal. All fees shall be paid into
the general fund of the City. All licenses shall
expire on the last day of December of each year. Upon
rejection of any application for a license, or upon
withdrawal of application before approval of the
issuance by the City Council, the license fee shall be
• refunded to the applicant. All "temporary on -sale
liquor" licenses shall be good only for the dates,
times and location specifically named on the license
itself.
3. The fee for an "on -sale liquor" license granted after
the commencement of the license year shall be prorated
on a daily basis.
4. When the license is for a premise where the building is
not ready for occupancy, the commencement date for
computation of the license fee for the initial license
period shall be the date on which a certificate or
occupancy is issued.
5. No transfer of a license shall be permitted from place
to Place or person to person without complying with the
re_c;uirements of an original application except as
provided by Subdivision 9 of this section. For
Purposes of this subdivision, a change in the
controlling interest of the licensee is deemed a
transfer of the license.
6. No part of the fee paid for any license issued under
this ordinance shall be refunded except in the
following instances upon application to the Council
• within 30 days from the happening of the event The
Council may in its judgment refund a pro rata portion
of the fee for the unexpired period of the license,
• computed on a monthly basis, when operation of the
licensed business ceases not less than one month before
expiration of the license because of:
a. destruction or damage of the licensed premises by
fire or other catastrophe.
b. the licensee's illness.
C. the licensee's death.
d. a change in the legal status of the municipality
making it unlawful for a licensed business to
continue.
7. At the time of each original application for a license
the applicant shall pay in full an investigation fee,
in an amount set by City Council resolution. All
investigation fees are nonrefundable.
R. At any time that an additional investigation is
required because of a license renewal a change in the
ownership or control of the licensee or because of an
enlargement, alteration, or extension of premises
previously licensed the licensee shall pay an
• investigation fee as set forth in subdivision 7 of this
section. The investigation fee shall accompany the
application.
9. Where a new application is filed as a result of
incorporation by an existing licensee and the
ownership, control and interest in the license are
unchanged no additional license fee will be required
Section 11 -708. INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATIONS. All
applications for a license shall be referred to the Chief of
Police and to such other City departments as the City Manager
shall deem necessary for verification and investigation of the
facts set forth in the application The Chief of Police shall
cause to be made such investigation of the information requested
in this ordinance as shall be necessary and shall make a written
recommendation and report to the City Council The City Council
may authorize such additional investigation as it shall deem
necessary.
Section 11 -709. PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE. No license
shall be granted to or held by any of the following persons The
characteristics of any owners officers, managers, employees or
others who require investigation under this ordinance hereof
shall be attributed to the licensee:
1. Under years of age. (For purposes of this ordinances,
• persons born before 9/1/67 shall be considered 21 years
of age.)
2. Who is not of good moral character.
3. Who, is not a citizen of the United States or a
resident alien, or upon whom it is impractical to
conduct a background and financial investigation due to
the unavailability of information.
4. Who has been convicted of any willful violation of any
law of the United States, the State of Minnesota, or
any other state or territory, or of any local ordinance
regarding the manufacture, sale, distribution or
Possession for sale or distribution of intoxicating
liquor, drugs or prohibited substance, or whose liquor
license has been revoked for any willful violation of
any law or ordinance.
5. Who is a manufacturer or wholesaler of intoxicating
liquor and no manufacturer or wholesaler shall either
directly or indirectly own or control o have any
financial interest in any retail business selling
intoxicating liquor.
• 6. Who is directly or indirectly interested in any other
establishment in the City of Brooklyn Center to which
an "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale wine" license has
been issued under this ordinance.
7. Who, if a corporation, does not have a manager who is
eligible pursuant to the provisions of this section.
8. Who is the spouse of a person ineligible for a license
pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 4, 5, or 6 of
this section or who, in the judgment of the City
Council, is not the real party in interest or
beneficial owner of the business operated, or to be
operated, under the license.
9. An "on -sale liquor" license will not be renewed if, in
the case of an individual the licensee is not a
resident of the Twin Cities metropolitan area at the
time of the date for renewal; if, in the case of a
Partnership, the managing partner is not a resident of
the Twin Cities metropolitan area at the time of
renewal; or in the case of a corporation if the
manager is not a resident of the Twin Cities
metropolitan area at the time of the date of renewal
The TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA is defined as being
comprised of the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota
• Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington
10. No person shall own an interest in more than one
establishment or business within Brooklyn Center for
which an "on -sale liquor" or an "on -sale wine" license
has been granted. The term "interest" as used in this
section includes any pecuniary interest in the
ownership, operation, management or profits of a retail
liquor establishment, but does not include bona fide
loans; bona fide fixed sum rental agreements; bona fide
_open accounts or other obligations held with or without
security arising out of the ordinary and regular course
of business of selling or leasing merchandise, fixtures
or supplies to such establishment; or an interest of 10
percent or less in any corporation holding a license.
A person who received monies from time to time directly
or indirectly from a licensee, in the absence of a bona
fide consideration therefor• and excluding bona fide
gifts or donations, shall be deemed to have a pecuniary
interest in such retail license. In determining "bona
fide" the reasonable value of the goods or things
received as consideration for any payment by the
licensee and all other facts reasonably tending to
prove or disprove the existence of any purposeful
scheme or arrangement to evade the prohibitions of this
section shall be considered.
• Section 11 -710. PLACES INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE.
1. No license shall be granted, or renewed, or operation
on any premises, on which taxes, assessments or other
financial claims of the City or of the State are due,
delinquent or unpaid. In the event an action has been
commenced pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 278
Minnesota Statutes questioning the amount or validity
of taxes, the Council may, on application by the
licensee, waive strict compliance with this provision;
no waiver may be granted, however, for taxes or any
lortion thereof, which remain unpaid for a period
exceeding one year after becoming due.
2. No license shall be issued for the premises owned by a
person to whom a license may not be granted under this
ordinance, except any owner who is a minor, nonresident
alien, or a person who has been convicted of a crime
other than a violation of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter
340A.
3. No "on -sale liquor" license shall be granted for a
restaurant that does not have a dining room, open to
the general public, with a total minimum floor area of
1,800 square feet and seating for 150 people; or for a
• hotel that does not have a dining area, open to the
general public, with a total minimum floor area of
1,200 s are feet and seating for 100 peop le.
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• 4. No license shall be granted for any place which has a
common entrance or exit between any two establishments
except that a public concourse or public lobby shall
not be construed as a common entrance or exit.
Section 11 -711. CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.
1. Every license shall be granted subject to the
conditions of the following subdivisions and all other
subdivisions of this ordinance and of any other
applicable ordinance of the City or State law.
2. The license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in
the licensed establishment at all times.
3. Any police officer, building inspector, or any employee
so designated by the City Manager shall have the
unqualified right to enter, inspect, and search the
Premises of the licensee during business hours without
a warrant. Business hours shall be deemed any time
when licensee or employees are present on the premises
Refusal to permit such inspection is a violation of
this ordinance and grounds for revocation of the
license.
• 4. Every licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of
his place of business and the conditions of sobriety
and order in the place of business and on the premises
5. No "on -sale liquor" licenses shall sell intoxicating
liquor "off- sale ".
6. No license shall be effective beyond the space named in
the license for which it was granted
7. No intoxicating liquor shall be sold or furnished or
delivered to any intoxicated person to any habitual
drunkard, to any person under 21 years of age, or to
any person to whom sale is prohibited by State law
8. No person under 18 years of acre shall be employed in
any room constituting the place in which "on -sale
liquor" is sold at retail except that persons under 18
years of age may be employed to perform the duties of a
busboy or dishwashing services in places defined as a
restaurant serving food in rooms in which "on -sale
liquor" is sold at retail
9. No equipment or fixture in any licensed place shall be
owned in whole or in part by any manufacturer or
. distiller of intoxicating liquor except such as shall
be expressly permitted by State law
• 10. No licensee shall sell offer for sale or keep for
sale, intoxicating liquors from any original package
which has been refilled or partly refilled. No
licensee shall directly or through any other person
delete or in any manner tamper with the contents of any
original package so as to chancre its composition or
alcoholic content while in the original package.
Possession on the premises by the licensee of any
intoxicating liquor in the original package differing
in composition or alcoholic content in the liquor when
received from the manufacturer or wholesaler from whom
it was purchased, shall be prima facie evidence that
the contents of the original package have been diluted
changed or tampered with.
11. No licensee shall apply for or possess a Federal
_Wholesale Liquor Dealer's special tax stamp or Federal
gambling stamp.
12. No licensee shall keep ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits
on his licensed premises or permit their use on the
Premises as a beverage or mixed with a beverage.
13. The business records of the licensee, including Federal
• and State tax returns shall be available for
inspection by the City Manager, or other duly
authorized representative of the City at all reasonable
times. Business records for accounting functions
required to demonstrate compliance with the provisions
of this ordinance shall be prepared in accordance with
_standard accounting_ practices as determined by the City
Manager or his designees
14. Changes in the corporate or association officers,
corporate charter, articles of incorporation, bylaws or
Partnership agreement as the case may be, shall be
submitted to the Chief of Police within 30 days after
such changes are made In the case of a corporation
the licensee shall notify the Chief of Police when a
person not listed in the application acquires an
interest which, together with that of his spouse,
parent, brother, sister or child, exceeds 5 %, and shall
give all information about said person as is required
of a person pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-
604, subdivision 3 of this ordinance
15. At the time a licensee submits his application for
renewal of a license he shall state the nature and
amount of any contribution he has made in the preceding
five years for state and local campaign or political
• purposes, the person to whom the contribution was made
and the person or organization for whom intended
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16. A licensed restaurant shall be conducted in such a
manner that a significant part of the business for a
license year is the serving of foods.
17. No licensee shall keep, possess, or operate or permit
the keeping, possession, or operation of any gambling
device or apparatus on the licensed premises, and he
shall not permit any gambling therein.
18. No licensee shall knowingly permit the licensed
Premises or any room in those premises or any adjoining
building directly or indirectly under his control to be
used as a resort for prostitutes.
Section 11 -712. HOURS OF OPERATION No intoxicating liquor
shall be sold nor consumed nor permitted to be consumed within
the licensed premises after 1.00 a.m. on Sunday nor until 8.00
a.m. on Monday. No intoxicating liquor shall be sold nor
consumed nor permitted to be consumed within a licensed premise
between the hours of 1.00 a.m. and 8.00 a.m. on any weekday. No
"on- sale" shall be made after 8.00 p.m. on December 24
Establishments to which "on -sale liquor" licenses have been
issued for the sale of intoxicating liquors may serve
• intoxicating liquor between the hours of 10.00 a.m. and 12.00
midnight on Sundays in conjunction with the serving of food
Section 11 -713. RESTRICTIONS ON PURCHASE AND CONSUMPTION.
1. No person under 21 years of age shall misrepresent his
age for the purpose of obtaining intoxicating liquor
nor shall he enter any premises licensed for the retail
sale of intoxicating liquor for the purpose of
Purchasing or having served or delivered to him for
consuming any such intoxicating liquor, nor shall any
such person purchase attempt to purchase, consume or
have another person purchase for him any intoxicating
liquor.
2. No person under 21 years of age shall receive delivery
of intoxicating liquor.
3. No person shall induce a person under the age of 21
years to purchase or procure or obtain intoxicating
liquor.
4. Any person who may appear to the licensee, his
employees or agents to be under the age of 21 years,
shall, upon demand of the licensee, his employee or
agent, produce and permit to be examined a valid
• driver's license or identification card.
5. In every prosecution for a violation of the provisions
i of this ordinance relating to the sale or furnishing of
intoxicating liquor to persons under the age of 21
years, and in every proceeding before the City Council
with respect thereto the fact that the person involved
has obtained and presented to the licensee, his
employee or agent, a verified identification from which
it appears that said person was 21 years of age and was
regularly issued such identification card, shall be
prima facie evidence that the licensee, his agent or
employee is not guilty of a violation of such a
Provision and shall be conclusive evidence that a
violation if one has occurred was not willful or
intentional.
6. No person shall give, sell, procure or purchase
intoxicating liquor to or for any person to whom the
sale of intoxicating liquor is forbidden by law.
7. No intoxicating liquor shall be consumed on a public
highway or in an automobile.
Section 11 -714. LIABILITY INSURANCE.
Subdivision 1 Insurance Required At the time of filing
an application for any on -sale intoxicating liquor license, the
• applicant shall file with the Chief of Police goof of financial
responsibility for liability which shall be subiect to the
approval of the City Council The issuer or surety on any
liability insurance policy or bond shall be duly licensed to do
business in the State of Minnesota and all documents shall be
approved as to content, form and execution by the City Attorney.
The licensee and the City shall be named as joint insureds on the
liability insurance policy. The policy shall be effective for
the entire license year.
Subdivision 2. Form of Proof of Financial Responsibility.
Proof of financial responsibility may be provided by supplying to
the Chief of Police any of the following proofs:
a. A certificate that there is in effect an annual
aggregate insurance policy for dram shop insurance of
not less than $300,000.00 per policy year; or
b. A bond of a surety company with minimum coverages as
Provided in clause (a); or
c. A certificate of the State Treasurer that the licensee
has deposited with him $300,000.00 in cash or
securities which may legally be purchased by savings
banks or for trust funds having a market value of
$300,000.00.
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Subdivision 3. Any liability insurance required by this
• _section must provide that it may not be canceled for any cause by
either the insured or the insurer unless the canceling party has
first given ten days' notice in writinct to the issuing authority
of intent to cancel the polite
Subdivision 4. The insurance limits outlined in this
section become effective on 1987 license renewals and any new
licenses applied for after this ordinance change becomes
effective.
Subdivision 5 "Temporary On -Sale Liquor" license holders
are subject to the provisions of subdivisions 1 through 4 of this
section, with the exception of minimum insurance requirements for
licenses issued for City -owned property such as parks Minimum
dram shop insurance for events held on City -owned property is
$500,000.00.
Subdivision 6. "On -Sale Liquor" license holders, must
Provide a corporate surety bond in the amount of at least
$3,000.00 at application or renewal time
Section 11 -715. REVOCATION The City Council may suspend
or revoke any intoxicating liquor license and may impose a civil
fine not to exceed $2,000.00 pursuant to M S 340A.465 for the
violation of any provision or condition of this ordinance or of
• any State law or Federal law regulating the sale of intoxicating
liquor, and shall revoke such license for any willful violation
which, under the laws of the State is grounds for mandatory
revocation, and shall revoke for failure to keep the insurance
required by Section 11 -614 in full force and effect
Nonmandatory revocation or suspension by the Council shall
be preceded by written notice to the licensee and a public
hearing. The notice shall give at least 10 days' notice of the
time and place of the hearing and shall state the nature of the
charges against the licensee The notice may be served upon the
licensee personally or by leaving the same at the licensed
remises with the person in charge thereof. No suspension after
u is hearing shall exceed s.
60 days.
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Section 11 -716. PENALTIES Any person violating any
Provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than seven hundred dollars ($700.00) and imprisonment for not
more than 90 days, or both together with the cost of
prosecution.
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This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and
upon thirty (30) days following its legal publication.
Adopted this day of , 1986.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
Date of Publication
Effective Date
(Underline indicates new matter, brackets indicate matter to be
deleted.) j
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
Notice is hereby given that a public hearin g will be held on the
day of , 1986 at p.m. at City
Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider an amendment to
Chapter 19 regarding the control of noxious weeds pertaining to
natural preserves.
Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request
at least 96 hours in advance. Please contact the Personnel
Coordinator at 561 -5440 to make arrangements.
ORDINANCE -NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19 REGARDING THE CONTROL OF
NOXIOUS WEEDS PERTAINING TO NATURAL PRESERVES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 19 -1601 of the City Ordinances is hereby
amended in the following manner:
Section 19 -1601. CONTROL OF NOXIOUS WEEDS. It shall be the
duty of every occupant of land or, if the land is unoccupied, the
owner thereof, or his agent, or the public official in charge
thereof, to cut down, otherwise destroy, or eradicate all noxious
weeds as hereinafter defined, standing, being, or growing upon
such land, except for areas within natural preserves, in such
manner and at such times as may be directed or ordered by the
Brooklyn Center Weed Inspector. Natural preserves shall be
Publicly owned lands designated as park or open space or private
Properties approved by the City.
Section 2. This ordinance shall become effective after
adoption and upon thirty (30) days following its legal
publication.
Adopted this day of , 1986.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
II I Date of Publication
Effective Date
(Underline indicates new matter)
MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
REGULAR SESSION
SEPTEMBER 11, 1986
CITY HALL
CALL TO ORDER
The Planning Commission met in regular session and was called to order by Chairman
Pro tem Mike Nelson at 7:31 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Chairman Pro tem Mike Nelson, Commissioners Molly Malecki, Carl Sandstrom, Lowell
Ainas, Wallace Bernards and Ann Wallerstedt. Also present were Director of
Planning and Inspection Ronald Warren, City Engineer Bo Spurrier, and Planner Gary
Shallcross. Chairman Pro tem Nelson explained that Chairman Lucht had stated that
he would be unable to attend and was excused.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES - August 28, 1986
Motion by Commissioner Sandstrom seconded by Commissioner Malecki to approve the
minutes of the August 28, 1986 Planning Commission meeting as submitted. Voting in
favor: Chairman Pro tem Nelson, Commissioners Malecki, Sandstrom, Bernards and
Wallerstedt. Voting against: none. Not voting: Commissioner Ainas. The
motion passed.
APPLICATION NO. 86035 (Plaza Investments)
Following the Chairman's explanation, the Secretary introduced the first item of
business, a request for special use permit approval to operate an eating
establishment offering live entertainment in the Ramada Hotel at 2200 Freeway
Boulevard. The Secretary reviewed the contents of the staff report (See Planning
Commission Information Sheet for Application No. 86035 attached). The Secretary
also noted that the establishment would need a public dance license and recommended
a condition of approval that the special use permit be subject to all applicable
codes, ordinances and regulations including the need for a dance license.
Commissioner Bernards asked whether the City codes defined "live entertainment."
The Secretary answered in the negative. Commissioner Bernards asked whether
negligee shows would be included. The Secretary stated that nudity was covered by
other ordinances than the Zoning Ordinance.
PUBLIC HEARING (Application No. 86035)
Chairman Pro tem Nelson then opened the meeting for a public hearing and asked
whether anyone wished to speak regarding the application. Hearing no one, he
called for a motion to close the public hearing.
CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING
Motion by Commissioner Sandstrom seconded by Commissioner Malecki to close the
public hearing. The motion passed unanimously.
The Secretary noted that a representative of the applicant was not present at the
Planning Commission meeting. Commissioner Malecki asked what the difference would
be between occasional and regular live entertainment. The Secretary stated that it
was his understanding that piped music would be provided in the night club area and
that live entertainment would not be a regular feature. He stated that occasional
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convention business and other events might have live entertainment. Commissioner
Sandstrom asked whether regular live entertainment would be permitted under'
approval of the application. The Secretary responded in the affirmative and stated
that the frequency of such entertainment would not be limited by the approval.
ACTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF APPLICATION NO. 86035 (Plaza Investments)
Motion by Commissioner Sandstrom seconded by Commissioner Malecki to recommend
approval of Application No. 86035, subject to the following conditions:
1. The permit is subject to all applicable codes, ordinances and
regulations including the requirement for a public dance
license, and any violation thereof shall be grounds for
revocation.
Voting in favor: Chairman Pro tern Nelson, Commissioners Malecki, Sandstrom,
Ainas, Bernards and Wallerstedt. Voting against: none. The motion passed.
APPLICATION NO. 86036 (Osseo School District)
The Secretary then introduced the next item of business, a request for site and
building plan and special use permit approval to construct an addition for a
gymnasium and storage rooms to the north side of the Willow Lane School at 7020 Perry
Avenue North. The Secretary reviewed the contents of the staff report (See
Planning Commission Information Sheet for Application No. 86036 attached). The
Secretary also noted that the bid opening for the construction project was that day
and that information about the feasibility of including the site improvements in
this budget year would be available probably by the Council meeting. The Secretary
also recommended that the requirement for a financial guarantee be waived, but that
the City have a performance agreement with the school district for completion of
site improvements.
Chairman Pro tem Nelson then asked the applicant whether he had anything to add.
Mr. Jim Rydeen, the architect for the project, asked whether the greenstrip referred
to in the staff report is the island. The Secretary responded in the affirmative.
Mr. Rydeen noted that landscaping had been provided in the greenstrip in accordance
with the recommendations of the staff and the City ordinance. He stated that he was
concerned for his client, the school district, for possible liability in case an
accident resulted because of visibility problems arising from the landscape
screening. H
e stated that he f
g preferred to put no plantings at all within the
greenstrip so that visibility would be maximized. He asked that if plantings were
required, that they be designated as a City directive and not as something proposed
by the school district.
Commissioner Bernards asked Mr. Rydeen if low shrubbery would be acceptable. Mr.
Rydeen answered that small shrubs grow into large ones and that the burden would be
on the school district to keep them trimmed down to a safe level. The Secretary
suggested that taller shade trees could be provided in the greenstrip so that
visibility at the sidewalk level would be preserved.
Commissioner Sandstrom stated that he was concerned about the possible liability
that would be born by the school district and possibly even the City if sight
visibility were impaired by the landscaping. The Secretary acknowledged this and
noted the requirement for a sight triangle at the interesection of public streets.
He suggested again that deciduous trees be used to keep the visual impairment above
the pedestrian level. Commissioner Sandstrom asked the applicant whether he
agreed with this idea for deciduous trees. Mr. Rydeen still stated that he
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preferred no landscaping at all. He stated that the school district could put in
the landscaping, but that there would always be increased visibility problems and,
therefore, increased liability problems.
PUBLIC HEARING (Application No. 86036)
Chairman Pro tem Nelson then opened the meeting for a public hearing on the special
use permit application. He asked whether anyone present wished to speak regarding
the application.
Mr. Dale Magnuson of 1 4037 71st Avenue North briefly addressed the Commission. He
asked how far the screening on the north side of the parking lot would go relative to
the lots to the north facing 71st Avenue North. The Secretary showed the area in
question on a map of this portion of the City. The Planner stated that the parking
lot extends eastward for about three residential lots.
Mr. Magnuson also had a question as to the greenstrip being debated. The Secretary
pointed out the location of the greenstrip and the proposed landscaping on a
transparency of the site plan. Mr. Magnuson thanked the Commission for the
information and stated that he had no other concern or objection regarding the
application.
Chairman Pro tem Nelson asked whether anyone else wished to speak. Seeing no one,
he called for a motion to close the public hearing.
CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING
Motion by Commissioner Malecki seconded by Commissioner Sandstrom to close the
public hearing. The motion passed unanimously.
Commissioner Ainas commented on the screening issue. He stated that he had lived in
the neighborhood for eight years across the street - from the school. He stated that
he agreed that screening of the parking lot was unnecessary in this case. He noted
that neighbors that live in the area wish to be able to see their children playing
across the street and that the shrubbery would impair their visibility to supervise
the activity of their children. He asked how this requirement might be eliminated.
The Secretary stated that he felt that shade trees would not be detrimental to the
visibility concerns expressed by Commissioner Ainas and the applicant.
Commissioner Ainas stated that he felt that such trees would be adverse from a safety
standpoint and that neighbors would still object regarding the visibility
impairment. He recommended that the requirement be waived in this case.
Commissioner Sandstrom concurred. He pointed out other schools in the City and
asked whether their parking lots had also been screened as required. He noted in
particular, Northport School. The Secretary answered that Northport School is not
located directly off a public street and that the addition that was built a couple of
years ago to Northport School did not involve any changes to the parking lot. He
stated that in this case the access to the parking lot violated ordinance standards
and needed to be corrected. As part of that correction, he explained, the
greenstrip and parking lot screening requirements were taken into account. The
Secretary also noted the example of the Brooklyn Center Baptist Church at 59th and
Humboldt Avenues North. He pointed out that this was an institutional use in a
residential neighborhood that was required -to provide curb and gutter around the
entire parking lot and parking lot screening. Commissioner Sandstrom pointed out
that the City is concerned about sight visibility at the intersections of public
streets and that shrubbery must be removed from the sight triangle at those
intersections. He stated that just such a visibility problem would be created in
this case if landscaping were required. The Secretary answered that taller
overstorey shade trees would not be a violation of that sight triangle requirement.
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Chairman Pro tem Nelson then asked the rest of the Commission how they felt.
Commissioner Malecki and Bernards both agreed with the concern on visibility, but
suggested that perhaps shade trees would be acceptable.
ACTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF APPLICATION NO. 86036 (Osseo School District)
Motion by Commissioner Sandstrom seconded by Commissioner Ainas to recommend
approval of Application No. 86036, subject to the following conditions:
1. Building plans are subject to review and approval by the Building
Official with respect to applicable codes prior to the issuance
of permits.
2. Grading, drainage, utility and berming plans are subject to
review and approval by the City Engineer, prior to the issuance of
permits.
3. A site performance agreement shall be submitted prior to the
issuance of permits.
4. Any outside trash disposal facilities and rooftop mechanical
equipment shall be appropriately screened from view.
5. Plan approval is exclusive of all signery which is subject to
Chapter 34 of the City Ordinances.
6. B612 curb and gutter shall be provided around the newly
established greenstrip adjacent to Perry Avenue North.
7. The standards for a special use permit are deemed to be met by the
virtue of the following:
a) the proposed use enhances the public welfare.
b) screening of the parking lot will improve the relationship of
the school use to adjacent residences.
c) there will be no adverse impact on development of adjacent
parcels.
d) the provision of greenstrip, boulevard, sidewalk, and
defined access along Perry Avenue North will better control
traffic movements into and out of the site.
8. The plans shall be modified to replace low - lying shrubs with
deciduous trees in the greenstrip to be established on Perry
Avenue and 25' sight triangles shall be maintained at the new
parking lot entrances.
Voting in favor: Chairman Pro tem Nelson, Commissioners Malecki, Sandstrom,
Ainas, Bernards and Wallerstedt. Voting against: none. The motion passed. = --
ADJOURNMENT
Following a brief review of upcoming business items, there was a motion by
Commissioner Sandstrom seconded by Commissioner Ainas to adjourn the meeting of the
Planning Commission. The motion passed unanimously. The Planning Commission
adjourned at 8:12 p.m.
9 -11 -86 -4- C ai rroian Pro ten.
Planning Commission Information Sheet
Application No. 86035
Applicant: Plaza Investments
Location: 2200 Freeway Boulevard
Request: Special Use Permit
The applicant requests special use permit approval to operate an eating and drinking
establishment offering live entertainment in the Ramada Hotel at 2200 Freeway
Boulevard. The hotel is located in the I -1 zoning district and is bounded by
Shingle Creek on the west, by vacant I -1 zoned land on the north, by the Shingle Creek
Business Center central parking lot on the northeast, by vacant I -1 zoned land on the
east, and by Freeway Boulevard on the south. Restaurants offering live
entertainment are allowed by special use permit in the I -1 district under Sections
35 -330 subsection 3f and Section 35- 322.3d of the Zoning Ordinance (attached).
Mr. Steve Anderson, the manager of the new Ramada Hotel has explained to staff that
the application has been filed to comprehend what he expects to be occasional live
entertainment at the hotel. There is a space within the nightclub set aside for
dancing if there is recorded music played. This area can serve as "stage" for any
live acts, including bands, trios, comediens, magicians, etc. Live entertainment
may also be provided in banquet or meeting rooms within the hotel. This is a rather
open -ended description of live entertainment within the hotel, but it should be kept
in mind that the entertainment would be on an occasional basis, rather than on a
regular basis throughout the first two floors of the hotel.
Staff see no conflict with the special use standards posed by the live entertainment
use in this location. It is in keeping with the principal use on the site of a hotel.
Approval is recommended.
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Planning Commission Information Sheet
Application No. 86036
Applicant: Osseo School District
Location: 7020 Perry Avenue North
Request: Site and Building Plan /Special Use
Location /Zoning
The applicant requests site and building plan and special use permit approval to
construct a 76' x 80' addition to contain a gymnasium and storage space on the north
side of the existing Willow Lane School at 7020 Perry Avenue North. The property in
question is zoned Rl and is bounded by single - family homes and vacant R4 zoned
property on the north, by Brooklyn Boulevard and the Willow Lane Apartments on the
east, by Willow Lane Park on the south, and by Perry Avenue North on the west.
Elementary and secondary schools are classified as special uses in the R1 zoning
district as per Section 35- 310.2b of the Zoning Ordinance.
Access /Parking
Access to the site is presently gained via an approximate 130' wide opening on Perry
Avenue North. There is, in fact, no delineated access. The parking lot is
entirely open to the street. The site plan proposes two 30' wide driveway openings
within this space separated by a 70' wide landscape island, boulevard and sidewalk.
The access proposed satisfies the requirement of Section 35 -703 that driveway
openings not exceed 30' in width. The proposed plan provides 58 parking stalls on
the site. The Zoning Ordinance lists no specific formula for school uses. The
normal number of staff in the school during work is approximately 25 persons. The
58 stalls would, therefore, appear more than adequate for normal usage. Special
events at the school may occasionally require some on- street parking. We are not
aware at this time that on- street parking has been a problem in this neighborhood.
Landscaping /Screening
The proposed plan calls for a 6' high Redwood vertical board fence along the north
line to screen the parking lot from adjacent property P g acent residences to the north in J
accordance with Section 35 -711. Landscape plantings are also proposed north of the
parking lot and in the greenstrip to be established along Perry Avenue North (15'
wide in accordance with Section 35 -700). Plantings include 12 Emerald Mound
Honeysuckle in the front greenstrip, 5 Globe Arborvitae and 2 Little Leaf Lindens
also in the front green area, and 13 Techny Arborvitae in the northerly greenstrip.
Curbing
There is no curb surrounding the lot at present. The plan does not show any new
curbing. However, in discussions with the applicant, it has been agreed that at
least the new greenstrip area would be protected by B612 concrete curb and gutter.
No additional site utilities are proposed. The City will pay for the cost of
connecting the sidewalk in the Perry Avenue North boulevard from south of the
parking lot to north of the lot.
Building
The proposed addition will include a gymnasium and storage rooms. The exterior
will be brick to match the existing building. The purpose of the addition is to
provide space within Willow Lane school to provide programs that are provided in
other elementary schools throughout the district.
Special Use Standards
As a special use, the expansion of the school is subject to the standards contained
in Section 35 -220 Subsection 2 of the Zoning Ordinance (attached). Staff certainly
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Application No. 86036 continued
feel the school is a benefit to the public welfare. The aspects of the plan to
provide parking lot screening certainly improve the relationship to other
properties in the area. There is vacant land adjacent to the school site on
Brooklyn Boulevard. This proposed addition should have no adverse impact on the
future development of that property. Finally, the provision of a proper
greenstrip, boulevard, sidewalk and defined accesses will improve the control of
traffic movements into and out of the parking lot. We, therefore, conclude that the
proposed expansion will further compliance with the special use standards.
Timing
The project is scheduled to commence this fall. Site improvements, however, may
not commence until the next budget year because they have not been comprehended in
the budget for this project. A performance agreement to guarantee the completion
of the site improvements should be executed prior to the issuance of permits. By
that time the school district will have a better idea as to the timing of the
improvements.
Recommendation
Approval is recommended, subject to at least the following conditions:
1. Building plans are subject to review and approval by the Building
Official with respect to applicable codes prior to the issuance
of permits.
2. Grading, drainage, utility and berming plans are subject to
review and approval by the City Engineer, prior to the issuance of
permits.
3. A site performance agreement and supporting financial guarantee .
(in an amount to be determined by the City Manager) shall be
submitted prior to the issuance of permits.
4. Any outside trash disposal facilities and rooftop mechanical
equipment shall be appropriately screened from view.
5. Plan approval is exclusive of all signery which is subject to
Chapter 34 of the City Ordinances.
6. B612 curb and gutter shall be provided around the newly
established greenstrip adjacent to Perry Avenue North.
7. The standards for a special use permit are deemed to be met by
virtue of the following:
a) the proposed use enhances the public welfare.
b) screening of the parking lot will improve the relationship of
the school use to adjacent residences.
c) There will be no adverse impact on development of adjacent
parcels.
d) the provision of greenstrip, boulevard, sidewalk, and
defined access along Perry Avenue North will better control
traffic movements into and out of the site.
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M & C No. 86 -16
September 18, 1986
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: Additional Documentation of the 1987 Proposed City
Manager's Budget
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council:
At your budget review meeting on September 15, 1986 you asked a
number of questions regarding the 1987 Proposed City Manager's
Budget. In the following paragraphs I will attempt to answer
those questions raised during this session.
In the City Council's budget the Councilmembers requested an
explanation of the services of various memberships provided for
in this budget. The following is a brief description of the
functions of each of these organizations:
1. League of Minnesota Cities. This organization is the
state organization of municipalities which is
responsible for the major lobbying effort on behalf of
cities before the Legislature. I
g n addition to the
lobbying effort they provide other services such as the
League Insurance Trust, and they are the base for a
number of joint information systems such as
clearinghouse on legal questions relating to
municipalities, labor relations, salary data, and other
similar functions. They also provide a number of
handbook services such as City Clerk's Handbook,
Election Handbooks, Budget Handbooks and other types
ypes
of handbooks ks in specific targeted areas. They also
keep city clerks, city managers, police chiefs and
public works directors apprised of legislation that
might affect their various functions, and keep an
information service and newsletter during the
legislative session and during the interims.
2. The Association of Metropolitan Municipalities. This
is an organization of metro cities that is an effective
lobbying force in the Legislature relating to state and
metropolitan issues, and they are very capable in the
area of keeping abreast of metropolitan issues,
especially as it relates to Metro Council activities.
There is no way that the City of Brooklyn Center could
use their annual dues, which $4800, to buy the kind
of service and watchdog activities they provide.
M & C No. 86 -16 -2- September 18, 1986
3. The Labor Relations
Consulting Service program has a
cost of $4200 a year. This provides for a contract
with Labor Relations Associates in which some 50 or 60
communities are involved in this subscriber service to
advise us on labor relation problems, conduct joint
bargaining arrangements in the metro area, and provide
assistance on grievance and arbitration of master
contract issues of Local 49, provide an information
service on salaries in a detail level which can be used
in arbitration cases, and generally advise the city
managers' MAMA committees on labor issues.
4. Northwest Human Services. The Northwest Human Services
is a coalition of Northwest Hennepin County communities
which use this organization to work with and relate to
the welfare and social services departments at the
County level and federal level. They are an
information source and lobbying source with these
organizations to see that suburban areas receive a
proper level of these services, and that the services
are as much as possible brought out to the suburbs so
they are available to the suburban constituency. This
organization over the years has fought very hard to
avoid centralizing everything in downtown Minneapolis,
and they have been successful at steadily making
• available these types of services in suburban Hennepin
County. Additional information is attached.
5. The U. S. Conference of Mayors is an organization which
Mayor Nyquist belongs to and is the only national
organization of which we have an affiliation. We
receive various newsletters which keep us abreast of
federal legislation and national concerns, and we also
receive information from the various flyers and
newsletters they send out on varying municipal
subjects.
6. The Shingle Creek and West Mississippi Watershed
Management Commissions are both joint powers agreements
set up as an alternate to County appointed watershed
boards. These organizations, either the County
appointed or the joint powers, were mandated under
state law about three years ago. They are in the
process of developing plans and regulations for the
control of runoff water and the quality of that water
in our watershed areas. If this organization, and it
appears to be doing a good job, completes its mission
by requiring new development to control its runoff, we
can eliminate the potential of flooding in Brooklyn
Center in the future. While it may not be a perfect
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organization, it is an effective one if local units
control its operation. Under the joint powers
agreement the local units of government control the
operation, and it does have a chance of achieving its
goal.
7. Senior Transportation Program. Attached are some
statistics on the program. It appears the project is
at too early of a stage to make a final judgment on its
feasibility and effectiveness.
Regarding the Elections
ro osed budget, the he Coun '
P g Council had a number
of questions. The first being why the professional services
account was higher than other "off year" election budgets. This
account has sufficient funds to cover a primary and general
election judges expense. If the Council believes the odds are
against the "happening" of a primary in 1987, you could reduce
this account b 5 "happen",
y $ ,400. If a primary should
P z'Y
then you
could use your contingency fund to finance it. Attached is a
memo from Darlene Weeks, City Clerk, which covers other questions
asked by the City Council. Because, under,the new system, the
County will "setup" (program) the electronic system, we will save
substantially on the setup costs of $800 to $1,300 per election
(varies with the number of voting machines needed). We should
also save money on handling, storage and moving costs of the
voting equipment.
The Council asked other questions regarding the Legal budget.
The questions relating to the history of hourly rate charges, use
of paralegal personnel, length of service and experience of
prosecutors have been referred to Dick Schieffer and are answered
in an attached memo or will be answered in person Monday evening.
Regarding the question of "splitting" civil and criminal work, I
offer the following opinion. There are disadvantages to dividing
the work which lie mainly in the area of problems coordinating
between lawyers handling criminal and the civil work to avoid
duplication and conflict. However, if separating one from the
other can get us - better continuity among prosecutors and more
experienced personnel, I believe separation would offer more
advantages than disadvantages.
In the Government Buildings budget an explanation of what was
involved in the "caulking" project was asked for. This project
calls for the caulking of the windows on the Civic Center and the
caulking of the building joints and windows on the West Fire
Station. Last year we caulked all the building joints on the
Civic Center, but didn't include the windows on that project. We
estimate $7,000 to caulk the Civic Center windows and $3,300 for
the West Fire Station.
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In the Data Processing budget the Council requested information
regarding the "benefits" of using microcomputers. A listing of
current microcomputer projects and uses will be made available to
you on Monday evening.
The Council questioned why the Fire Department didn't respond to
medical calls during weekdays. The Fire Department ceased
answering weekday medical calls about five years ago for the
following reasons:
1. The frequency of the calls were rising to a
point where volunteers couldn't effectively
respond to the total number of fire and
medical calls and still get enough sleep to
be effective at their full -time jobs on
weekdays.
2. About that time North Memorial established a
24 -hour paramedic ambulance station in
Brooklyn Park and it improved their response
time for Brooklyn Center medical calls.
All members of both the Fire and Police Departments are qualified
• Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) . They initially receive 26
hours of training to qualify for the EMT certificate and must
have periodic training to keep qualified. Approximately 10
members of each department are certified instructors having
completed 81 hours of training. They also must periodically
update their training. The regular nonparamedic ambulance
drivers are required to have a current EMT certificate.
Should you have further questions, please do not hesitate to give
me a call.
Respectfull submitted,
1�G
Gerald G. Sp l nter
City Manager
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1986
NORTHWEST SUBURBAN HENNEPIN COUNTY .'
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COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES ACT
HUMAN SERVICES PRIORITIES
SUMMARY REPORT
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Prepared August 13, 1986 by: NORTHWEST HENNEPIN
HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL
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NORTHWEST HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP
CITY EXECUTIVE BOARD ADVISORY COMMISSION
Brooklyn Center Geralyn Barone, Fran Gunberg, Secretary
Secretary - Treas. John Casey
Brooklyn Park William Dix Steven Lundell
Champlin Joan Molenaar Linda O'Brian
James Ickler
Crystal Jack Irving Elsa Skogerboe, Chair
, Paul Schulte
Dayton Shirley later Mercedes Kirk
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Golden Valley Mary Anderson, Syrile Ellison
Vice -Chair Sally Strand
Maple Grove Lee Mehrkens :Charlotte Sadlak µ
Donald Baird, Vice -Chair
New Hope Daniel Donahue, Dr. Donna Carter
Chair Chris Bates
Osseo Marge Wiley Dorothy Clarke
Plymouth Robert Zitur Linda Dieleman
Karen Musech
Robbinsdale Ryan Schroeder Karen Friederich
Hennepin County Representative Bob Ansel PL
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1. 1986 Northwest Hennepin Human
Services Council Membership ................... 1
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2. Table of Contents.. 2
3 3. Introduction... 3
4. Council Mission Statement.. .... 4
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5. What is the Northwest Hennepin -
Human Services Council ?.... ..... 6
6. What is the Community
Social Services Act ? .......................... 7
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7. 1986 Citizen Participation Process............. 10
8. Citizen Participation........ .............. 12
9. 1986 Community Social Services
Act Priorities ............................... 13
10. Future Council Community Social
Services Act Activities ....................._ 14
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11. Comment Sheet ................................ 15
12. 1986 Northwest Hennepin Human
Services Council Staff..... ... ...... 16
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INTRODUCTION
The following pages reflect the Northwest Hennepin Human
Services Council's 1986 Citizen participation activities
and human service prioritization process for Northwest f
Hennepin County. The Northwest Hennepin Human Services 1
Council has existed as a forum for citizen participation
human services planning for the past fourteen years.
The Council itself, operates with an Executive Board, and
Advisory Commission, and a small paid staff. An import-
ant part of the Council's citizen participation and ser-
vice prioritization process is.the work of the Council's
Advisory Commission. The Advisory Commission, made up
of citizen representatives appointed by their respective
municipalities gather and review information about area
human service needs. This is done through surveys, fo-
cus groups, public hearings, and committee meetings held
throughout the year.
The human service priorities found in this report ' reflect
the Council's year -long analysis and represent what we
believe are the most important human services needs in
the Northwest Hennepin County.
In 1987, the Council will continue this citizen parti-
cipation process through various surveys and focus groups.
We invite you to contact the Council and participate in f
this human service prioritization process. L
If you have comments or suggestions regarding this report
please fill out the evaluation form found in this report t
or feel free to call the Council office at 536 -0327.
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Northwest Hennepin
Human Services Council
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7323 - 58th Avenue No. Crystal, MN 55428
(612) 536 -0327
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council
is to make possible effective involvement in Human Services
within the communities of Northwest Hennepin County.
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1. Members of the Council believe that:
Municipalities share in the responsibility of
seeing that the human needs of residents are met.
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Residents /Consumers should play a critical role
in defining their own needs and problems, and in
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Suburban residents should have access and avail-
ability of human services within their own communities.
2. The Council provides planning and coordination serv-
ices to these segments of the community:
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Municipalities (city councils, commissions and
departments); and to Hennepin County.
Human Service professionals and providers of ser-
vice.
3. The Council engages in the following activities, in
this priority manner:
Activities to promote effective links of commun-
ication and planning between governmental units,
consumers, and providers.
Activities to promote effective coordination and
cooperation among those providing human services.
Activities to promote effective identification
and provision for needed services to improve the
existing service system.
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Activities to promote effective community aware-
ness of services.
Activities to promote community awareness of spec-
ial needs groups.
Administers special programs on a time limited
basis, when there is no more appropriate agency to
do so, and effective access to residents is at stake.
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WHAT IS THE NORTHWEST HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL?
The Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council has operated as
a human service planning and coordinating agency representing
the 14 municipalities of northwest suburban Hennepin County
since 1972.
Goals of the Council include (1) promoting and initiating the
establishment of necessary human services such as the .North-
west Mental Health Center, Home Free Shelter for Women and
Children, the Emergency Energy.Assistance Program, the
Community Action Agency of Suburban Hennepin, and two Senior
Transportation Programs,(2) coordinating services and
reducing duplication through the establishment of the North-
west Network, the Mental Health Aftercare Network, the
Northwest Child Abuse Network, the Emergency Service Providers
Network, the Energy Concerns Task Force, and the Group Home
Deconcentration Task Force, (3) promoting effective community
awareness of services and special needs groups through the
publication and dissemination of 75,000 human service directories,
5,000 family violence directories, 1,500 chemical dependency
directories, 500 directories of services for the mentally
3. retarded, and 500 directories of services for the physically
disabled.
The Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council operates with a
small paid staff, an Executive Board made up of elected
officials or administrative staff representing the member
communities, and an Advisory Commission consisting of one or
- two city- appointed citizens from each of the member communities.
This structure provides the necessary balance and input from
city governments and area citizens.
Additional input is invited and encouraged both at public
meetings held by the Council throughout the year as well as
f through less formal avenues of phone oolls arid
inquiries.
Please feel free to contact the Northwest Hennepin Human
- Services Council - office at 536 -0327 with your questions,
concerns, or suggestions regarding human service needs in the
northwest suburban area.
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WHAT IS THE COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES ACT?
The Community Social Services Act (CSSA), was passed by the
State Legislature in 1979, and makes the County Board the
responsible agent for ensuring that the necessary human ser-
vices are provided and that State funds for this purpose are
effectively distributed. j
The County must include the following in the annual Community t
Social Services Act Plan:
- a statement of goals
- a statement regarding the used to identify
persons in need of services
- an inventory of services
- a description of proposed services
- the dollar amount allocated to each service
- a description of monitoring and evaluating procedures
The CSSA legislation also requires that the County provide for
citizen input into the planning and budget process of the County
involving human service programs. Hennepin County has contract -
ed with Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council to provide
for citizen participation in the Community Social Services Act
process for our area.
HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL'S ROLE
The role of the Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council and
the 7 other Human Services Councils in Hennepin County, is to
review, solicit input, and make recommendations regarding the
planning, development, and delivery of human services in
Hennepin County.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS?
The Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council will work with IL
new and existing committees and organizations to ensure that
their recommendations are passed on to Hennepin County as
part of the Community Social Services Act planning process. The
Council will seek the involvement of existing committees or
organizations in the areas of mental health, mental retard-
ation, chemical dependency, child care, domestic abuse, ser-
vices to seniors, services to the handicapped, and others as
needed. Where no existing committees exist, the Council will
work to form them.
Some of the specific activities and - responsibilities of the
Council regarding the Community Social Services Act process
are as follows:
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1. Collect demographic data, survey results, and ser-
vices utilization data concerning the human service
delivery system in the northwest Hennepin County
area.
2. Hold meetings with Hennepin County Community Services
Department managers and staff in order to be aware of
current and future levels of County - funded human ser-
vices for the northwest suburbs.
3. Meet with local human service agency directors and
staff to gather information regarding the perceived
current and future needs of those they serve.
4. Provide for citizen input through a series of public
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5. Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council committees
and the full Advisory Commission will review the in-
formation gathered by activities 1 - 4. Based on that
review, the Advisory Commission will formulate prior-
ities for attention from Hennepin County and make re-
commendations to be included in the annual Community
Social Services Act Report. The Advisory Commission
will then recommend approval of
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Services Act priorities by the Executive Board.
6. The Executive Board will review and approve the annual
Community Social Services Act Report.
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7. The Community Social Services Act Report will be sub-
mitted to the Coordinating Council, Hennepin County
Community Services Department, and to the Hennepin
{ County Board of Commissioners.
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1986 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PROCESS
IN NORTHWEST HENNEPIN COUNTY
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_ October 24, 1985: Northwest Hennepin Human Services
Council sponsors a Community Resource
Fair and surveys 200 -300 participants
January 7, 1986: The Council's Community Social Services
Act (CSSA) Committee meets to review
CSSA materials
January 10, 1986: The Council completes a mail question -
naire survey of 40 area human service
providers
January 25, 1986: The Council participates in the Champlin
Information Fair and collects 119
surveys
January 30, 1986: Council's CSSA Committee meets to review
_ materials and complete the CSSA
Worksheet
February 4, 1986: Council's CSSA Committee establishes
preliminary CSSA priorities
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February 5, 1986: Council begins collecting the Coordina-
ting Council mail survey results
February 6, 1986: Council's Executive Board passes motion
to approve the preliminary CSSA priorities
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March 12, 1986: Council's CSSA Committee meets to review
CSSA materials
March 18, 1986: Council collects the County Mental
Health Division Information Survey
1 March 24, 1986: Hennepin County Community Services
Department staff meet with the eight
Human Services Councils to respond to
the preliminary CSSA priorities
March 26, 1986: Council receives the United Way Needs
Statement and Priorities
April 8, 1986: Council's CSSA Committee meets
April 29, 1986: Emergency Services focus group held
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May 8, 1986: CSSA Public Hearing held
may 9, 1986: Council's CSSA Committee meets to review
CSSA materials
May 20, 1986: Family Counseling focus group held
June 3, 1986: Council's CSSA Committee meets to review
CSSA materials
June 10, 1986: Chemical Dependency focus group held
June 24, 1986: Council's CSSA Committee meets to review
CSSA materials, establish final CSSA
priorities, and draft final CSSA Report
August 12, 1986: Coordinating Council gives CSSA priority
presentation to the Hennepin County
Board of Commissioners
August 13, 1986: Council's Executive Board passes motion
to approve the final 1986 CSSA priorities
August 21, 1986: Council's CSSA Committee meets to review
CSSA materials and plan for the 1987
citizen participation process
September 4, 1986: Council makes CSSA presentation to the
Hennepin County Ways & Means Committee
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The Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council represents the
communities mmu ties of Brooklyn Center Brooklyn Park Champlin,
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Corcoran, Crystal, Dayton, Golden Valley, Hanover, Hassan,
Maple Grove, New Hope, Osseo, Plymouth, Robbinsdale and
Rogers. `
The human service needs listed on the following page are the
result of the Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council's
1986 citizen participation and prioritization activities.
These activities involved over 570 individuals - voluntarily
contributing over 1,700 hours to define and prioritize the
human service needs of northwest Hennepin County. The pro-
cess consisted of 3 citizen surveys, 1 service - provider sur-
vey, 3 service- provider focus groups, 1 public hearing, 23
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committee meetings, input from area municipalities and school
districts, and over 8,000 public information flyers being dis-
tributed.
We believe the following human service priorities reflect the
opinions of our residents as well as the observations of our
area service- providers.
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NORTHWEST HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICE COUNCIL'S
1986 COMMUNITY SOCIAL SERVICES ACT PRIORITIES
PRIORITIES TARGET GROUP
1. Affordable, Quality, Low and Moderate - Income [
Family Counseling Families and
Individuals
2. Drug and Alcohol Abuse Services Adults and Adolescents
3. Emergency Food, Shelter, and Low- Income Families
Clothing and Individuals
4. Physical and Sexual Abuse or Adults and Adolescents
Neglect of Children
5. Shelters for Battered Women Battered Women and
their Children
6. Low -Cost Health Care Low and Moderate- Income
Families and
Individuals
7. Parenting Education and Families and Individuals
Support Services
8. Subsidized Child Care Low and Moderate- Income
Families
9. Transportation for Seniors Seniors and Disabled
and /or the Disabled Persons
10. Programs and Support Services Seniors
for Seniors
11. Residential and Support Services Mentally Ill Persons
for the Mentally Ill and their Families
12. Residential and Support Services Mentally Retarded Persons
for the Mentally Retarded and their Families
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of 800 -900 northwest suburban residents December 1986 - February
1987. The purpose of this survey will be to solicit citizen
input about the human service needs of the area. This tele-
phone survey will be repeated every three years in order to
provide an overall citizen view of the service needs for
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the northwest area and to allow for comparison over time.
The Council will also implement a series of service -
' provider focus groups in order to determine gaps in services
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and develop recommendations to be presented to the Hennepin
County Community Services Department and the Hennepin County
` Board of Commissioners. Service areas to be studied include
mental illness /mental retardation services, chemical health
services, senior services, and services for the handicapped.
Additional input will be solicited throughout the year
from area churches and local police departments.
If you would like to know more about these future acti-
vities or would like to be involved in these activities, please
L feel free to call or write to the Northwest Hennepin Human
Services Council office.
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To ensure that the Council meets your information needs, the
Council would like to get your feedback on this summary report.
Please take a few minutes to answer the questions below, tear
out this page, fold and staple, and mail to the Northwest Henn-
' epin Human Services Councils office. Comments by phone can be
directed to David Wagner at 536 - 0327.
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1. Were you aware of the Northwest Hennepin
Human Services Council before reading this report? yes no
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pation process before reading this report ? - yes no
3. Were you aware of the State Community Social Ser-
vices Act(CSSA) before reading this report? yes no
4. Before reading this report, did you know that the
Council publishes an annual human service prior-
ities report? yes no
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in this report: too eneral too specific appropriate
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8. Is there information you would have liked to have seen
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NORTHWEST HENNEPIN HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL STAFF
Mary E. Cayan
Executive Director
David A. Wagner
Planner /Emergency Services Coordinator
Vangie E. Gramsted
Secretary /Bookkeeper
` ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STAFF
- Linda J. Terrell
Rural and Suburban.Area Program Coordinator
Cindy L. Whelan
Northwest Area Program Coordinator
Eleanor R. Schmeltzer
Northwest Area Program Assistant
Dian Whelan
Verifier
Joanne Schmeltzer
Telephone Room Supervisor
Sherri Mize _
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Intake Worker
Calvin Kimmons
Intake Worker
Ramona Horr
Surplus Commodities Coordinator
This summary report was prepared August 13, 1986 by
David A. Wagner, Planner /Emergency Services Coordinator.
Additional copies of this summary report are available by
calling the Northwest Hennepin Human Services Council's
office at (612) 536 -0327.
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Requests for the complete 1986 Community Social Services Act
Report which includes 1986 priorities, recommendations, and
survey results can also be made by calling the Council office
at (612) 536 -0327.
This agency is funded by Hennepin County and the member
municipalities of northwest Hennepin County
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Gerald G. Splinter, City Manager
FROM: Geralyn R. Barone, Personnel Coordinator
DATE: September.19, 1986
SUBJECT: Usage Statistics for Five Cities Senior Transportation Project
The Five Cities Senior Transportation Project initiated its ridership program in
November, 1985. Below you will find the number of Brooklyn Center residents served
each month, the number of one -way trips, the total number of one -way trips for the
entire program, and the percentage of Brooklyn Center residents making those one -way
trips. The other cities participating in this joint- powers project are Crystal, New
Hope, Golden Valley and Robbinsdale. Further details are available upon request.
Number of Percent of
Brooklyn Center One -Way Trips Brooklyn Center
Residents by Brooklyn Total Residents Making
Month Served Center Residents _One-Way Trips One -Way Trips
November, 1985 6 12 78 15%
December, 1985 7 26 294 9%
January, 1986 4 8 352 2%
February, 1986 3 14 266 5%
March, 1986 3 16 b18 3%
April, 1986 22 46 424 11%
May, 1986 1 6 258 2%
June, 1986 34 78 389 20%
July, 1986 1 10 338 3%
August, 1986 3 12 370 3%
MEMO
TO: Gerald G. Splinter City Manager
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FROM: Darlene Weeks, City Clerk
SUBJECT: 1987 Proposed Elections Budget
DATE: September 18, 1986
Today I talked with Marge Christianson, Supervisor of Elections
at Hennepin County, regarding pricing and financing information
for the OPTEC III P voting system. She gave me the following
information.
The County has a proposal from Otto Johannes of Business Records
Corporation stating that quantity purchase discounts on this new
equipment will be available to Ramsey and Hennepin County on a
combined basis. Individual city purchase orders must be given to
them by December 12, 1986.
Financing is available through BRC as follows:
-Cash price 30 days after delivery
-20% deposit - 36 monthly payments after day of delivery at
8.96
-30% deposit - 60 monthly installments after day of delivery
at 8.64%
-lease with option to buy
-Any down payment required must be made by January 15, 1987.
If equipment is needed for 1987 elections, delivery of equipment
will be in plenty of time for necessary training of judges, etc.
If equipment is not needed until 1988 elections, then delivery
will be sometime in January, February or March of 1988.
Prices for the Optec III P voting equipment per unit are as
follows: (ten needed)
100 $4800 /unit
101 - 200 4704
201 - 300 4608
302 - 400 4512
401 - 500 4368
501 - 4176
Gerald G. Splinter -2- September 18, 1986
The urchase order
p must be written for the full amount
($4800 /unit). However, after it is determined how many units are
sold, the quantity discount for the County will be determined and
BRC will send a letter stating the discount price, which,
according to the County, looks like it will be $4176 per unit.
Duplicate prompt paks are $235 each -- totaling $2,350.
I have no firm prices for the transfer cases.
Voting booth prices are as follows: (This company bought out the
only other company that manufactured voting booths.)
1 - 9 $190
10 - 249' 181
250 - 499 173.80
500 - 999 166.80
over 1,000 163.00
In talking with Marge regarding the setup of the ballot on our
lever machines, she mentioned that we are now at full capacity on
the machines. If we had one more local office running, or if our
County Commissioner was up for election or one more judge was on
the ballot, we would be going to a paper ballot. This would
require buying voting booths and ballot boxes, plus hand counting
of this gray ballot. This is a very expensive proposition and
there is no alternative. Edina has lever machines and they have
experienced this problem.
Any real appreciative savings resulting from no primary in 1987
would be in the areas of Professional Services and Rentals and
would amount to approximately $5,400.
Study Session
May 12, 1986
TO: City Council
THROUGH: James L. Brimeyer
FROM: Carmen J. Kaplan
SUBJECT: Organization of Legal Staffin
BACKGROUND
Prior to 1970, the City of St. Louis Park
retained an
inhouse attorney who handled the routine civil matters and
all criminal prosecution. In addition,--a contractual
arrangement existed with a private l
law firm for prosecuting
special cases. Beginning in 1970, the City contra
two separate law firms to handle civil and crimin with
The firm of Popham, 1na1 matters.
P , Haik, Schnobrich, Kaufman and Doty, Ltd.
has been retained as City Counselor while the
firm
of Katz
Lange, Davis and Manken �
, Ltd. has served as City Prosecutor.
This change in 1970 was the result of some dissatisfaction
on the City Council's part with the previous arrangement and
concern over the rising legal costs at that time.
The City Charter (Section 5.04
provides that there be a
City Attorney, but does not specify the form or manner in
which the duties of the City Attorney are to be handled.
This would appear to leave the City Council sufficient
latitude in providing for legal services
as it sees fit.
Alternatives
There are three basic alternatives for the provision of City
legal services. They are as follows:
I. Contract with private law firm(s) for all legal services.
2. Maintain a legal department within the City staff
structure.
3. Combine inhouse and contractual legal departments.
Each of these alternatives can then be evaluated on the
basis of four criteria. These criteria are as follows:
1. Cost The main factors involved in this criterion are
the total cost of providing legal services and the level of
service received for the cost of the service.
2. Availability An essential element of any method of
providing legal services is the availability of legal staff
to meet with and advise other City staff members. This is
pertinent to both routine matters and emergency situations.
3. Expertise Expertise pertains to the quality of the
advice and opinions rendered by the legal staff to the City
Council
and other city staff members. tubers. This criteria may
vary among municipalities depending upon the legal needs.
4. Workload The level of work involved in providing
legal services has important implications for needs and
costs. The volume of work may be a determining factor in
staffing considerations for a legal department.
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The three basic alterntives for the provision of legal services
are examined. The
following is an examination and analysis of the
respective advantages and disadvantages of each of the previously
stated alternatives:
1. Contracting with Private Legal Firms for all City Legal
Services.
The City of St. Louis Park currently contracts with two
private firms for the provision of legal services. The
information provided for this alternative is based on the
current method for the provision for legal services.
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A. Cost
Total legal costs for legal services provided
since 1981 are shown below: (Also See Appendix A).
1981 $183,953
1982 $189,048
1983 378
$ ,701
1984 $363,219
1985 $346,085
In this five year period, the hourly rate charged by the
City Prosecutor increased by 15 percent and the average
hourly rate for the City Counselor has increased by 34
percent. This increase contrasts with adjustments to the
City's pay plan totaling 24 percent for the same period.
This would indicate that the hourly rate is not the
significant factor in the rise of legal costs, rather the
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salient factor is the increased workload. The cost of
legal services peaked in 1983 and have been declining since
1983.
The retainer for the City Counselor for 1985 is $4,700 per
month or $56,400 annually. Based on a report prepared by
the city counselor, a total of 2072.2 hours has been billed
against the retainer for 1985 resulting in an effective rate
of $29.40 per hour. For special cases outside the scope of
the retainer, the average hourly rate for 1985 is $73.10.
(See Appendix B). The total legal costs also include
expenses incurred as a result of the Reilly Tar and Chemical
litigation. For 1985, legal fees related to Reilly amounted
to $76,864 or 22 percent of 1985 total legal expenses.
The fee for the City Prosecutor is $55 per hour. Based on a
report prepared by the prosecuting attorney, a total of
2424.1 hours were billed to the city for 1985. This
represents 902 hours for DWI cases, or 37% of the total
hours. The retainer and special cases account for 1532
hours, or 63% of the total hours. (See Appendix C).
B. Availability of Legal Staff
At the present time, the two firms that the City contracts
with maintain offices in downtown Minneapolis. The criminal
attorneys are available to the City staff on an appointment
basis. The primary department interacting with the criminal
attorney s
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counsel deals with almost every department within the city.
Office hours were established in January 1985 for the
general counsel.
The lack of legal staff present at City Hall produces a
concern that there is a lack of personal day -to -day contact,
which does not permit immediate staff consultation with the
City's attorneys. There is also concern with the lack of
one City Attorney. There are several attorneys assigned to
the City. This produces some confusion as to whom to deal
with as well as inconsistencies in legal opinions. What may
have been a previously acceptable practice, may be deemed
inappropriate by a different attorney. Conversely, a
variety of attorneys are available, with specialized areaa
of expertise.
C. Expertise of the Legal Staff
The law firms of Popham, Haik (Civil) and Katz, Lange
(criminal) by all- accounts have supplied the City with a
high level of expertise in legal affairs. The firm of Katz,
Lange uses three different attorneys for handling criminal
cases and has a high conviction rate. Popham, Haik has a
large component of attorneys working for their firm which
provides for expertise in a wide range of areas. This has
been especially beneficial icial to the City in dealing with
special cases ases where it is important to have someone who is a
specialist as opposed d to
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g ralist in municipal law.
However, this flexibility may create a delay in the turn
around time for legal opinions.
D. Workload
An analysis has been done of time reports submitted by the
two private law firms from 1981 to 1985. (See Appendix D).
A city employee is paid for 1703 hours or 212 days a year.
Based on this information, 2.4 attorneys would be required
to fulfill the general counsel workload and 1.4 persons for
the prosecuting attorneys workload. This is somwhat
misleading, since a multitude of cases can occcur
simultanously.
2. An Inhouse Legal Services Department for both Civil and
Criminal cases
A. Cost -
An inhouse legal department that handles all civil and
criminal cases, would require four full time attorneys, with
a staff complement of general counselor, prosecuting
attorney, an assistant attorney a law clerk, two legal
secretaries. the cost of personnel and other costs associated
with this alternative would total approximately $306,800.
(See Appendix E). This alternative would involve initial
capital outlay of $14,800 for the establishment of a legal
department as follows:
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Computer $8,000
5 Desks $2,500
5 Chairs $1,200
4 Cradenzas $1,000 --
Library $1,000
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TOTAL $14,200
Based on 1985 legal costs, this alternative would save an
estimated $39,285 per year, or $196,425 over a five year
period as compared to the current method, alternative 1.
The initial capital outlay would be saved in the first year.
B. Availability
This alternative would provide immediate availability to any
staff member or City council member in need of legal
information or advice. This would tend to reduce or
eliminate any hesitancy that staff members may have
concerning the costs involved in seeking information or
advice from the city attorney, since the costs would be
standardized. However, the availability of the legal staff
within City Hall may result in increased workload.
Increased availability would also allow for the City to
develop an education program for the staff and the Council
on the best means of preventing litigation and other forms
of legal difficulties. This may result
y in changes in staff
procedures, legal documents such as resolutions, ordinances
or contracts.
C. Expertise
The expertise of an inhouse legal department would be
somewhat limited. The level of expertise for the
prosecuting attorney does not present any difficulty. The
problem of expertise would come in civil matters and the
handling of special cases. The City would want to hire an
individual to handle civil cases who has a strong generalist
background in
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law a
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in one particular area. This type of background would be
sufficient to handle the items which are presently covered
by the civil attorneys legal retainer fees and some special
areas, i.e. labor relations. More complex cases would
involve contracting for services.
D. Workload
The current demand for the need of legal services is
substantial enough to accommodate the recommended personnel.
However, there may be peak times when the staffing levels
may not be sufficient to accommodate the city's need.
Therefore this alternative would require special cases be
contracted out for service.
3. Combination Inbouse Legal Staff and Contractual Agreement
with a Private Law Firm,
A. Cost
There are many variations to a combination inhouse and
contractual legal staff arrangement. This alternative would
require that the inhouse legal department handle all
criminal cases and all the cases presently handled under the
civil retainer and some civil special cases. It would
require that two full time attorneys be hired, with one
secretary. In addition, a private. law firm would be
retained to handle the more complex and time consuming
special cases. It is estimated that the total budget costs
for this alternative would be $207,525. (See Appendix F).
Based on 1985 general counsel legal costs, this alternative
would provide legal services for approximently $4,685 less
per year, or $23,425 over a five year period.
B. Availability
This alternative would provide on -site legal services to
City staff and the City Council. Thus, the difficulty
associated with the need of making contact with the City
Attorney would be greatly reduced. The presence of two
attorneys, would ensure backup for one another in various
situations.
C. Expertise
This alternative would meet the need of having an inhouse
attorney who is a generatlist in municipal law to deal with
the routing legal matters now covered under the retainer and
a private legal firm with specialists in a variety of areas
to handle the more specific cases.
D. Workload
Given the number of general counsel hours recorded annuallly
since 1981, two attorneys could easily be productive 100$ of
the time.
ANALYSIS OF ST. LOUIS PARK
An analysis of the three alternatives for providing legal
services using the four stated criteria produces the
following generalizations concerning the options available
.to the city.
1. Alernative No. 1 - Contracting for legal services - is
the most costly of the three alternatives and allows for
limited control over total costs. The civil attorneys are
presently on a retainer for basic municipal work but have
varying hourly rates for special case work.
2. Alternative No. 2 - In -House legal department - would
provide legal services for the lowest costs to the city.
This alternative involves contracting with a private firm
for special cases. The costs associated with contracting
for service is based on previous experiences, however it is
a projection.
3. Alternative No. 3 - Combination of an In -House legal
staff and a contractual arrangement - would provide legal
services at a lower cost than the current method, but the
projected annual savings is minimal.
4. The issue of availability to meet with staff members on
a timely and regular basis is considered an important issue.
Both Alternative No. 2 and 3 would address this concern.
5. Contracting with private legal firm(s) would provide the
city with the greatest level of expertise. Although both
Alternatives No. 2 and 3 provide for contracting with a
private firm for special cases. This would ensure the
availability of expertise when it is needed. A major
consideration is to what extent does the city need the high
level of expertise i.e., for handling routine civil matters
and misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors.
6. One additional consideration for an in -house legal
department would be the need for additional office space.
This would involve futher consideration but could be
accomplished through relocation of existing personnel to
best utilize existing space.
OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN MINNESOTA
Twelve cities in the metropolitan area and out -state
Minnesota were contacted. The cities have populations
ranging from 20,000 to 80,000. Six of the cities
contacted, Bloomington, Minnetonka, Coon Rapids, Albert Lea,
Mankato and Rochester have in -house legal staff. Five of the
cities contacted, Winona, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park,
Edina and Plymouth contract with either one or two firms for
legal services. One city, Richfield; has an in -house general
counsel and contracts with one firm. (See Appendicies G and
H) .
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1. Cities with an in -house legal staff appear to have
better cost control over legal expenses. The annual
increase for inhouse legal servicess is less than legal
services that are contracted.
2. The average annual increase for the City of Richfield,
which combines an in -house legal staff and contracting for
services is 15 %, or 3.75% lower than the average for
contracting for legal services.
3. The City of St. Louis Park has experienced the highest
average annual increase in legal cost of the twelve cities
contacted.
4. The average 1985 legal costs for St. Louis Park and the
twelve cities surveyed is $213,313.25. The 1985 legal costs
for St. Louis Park was $346,085, or 63$ above the average.
5. St. Louis Park has the second highest 1985 legal costs
of the twelve cities surveyed. The City of Bloomington has
the highest.
6. The average 1985 legal per capita cost is $5.37 per
person. St. Louis Park is $8.24 per person, the second
highest of the twelve cities and 53% above the average.
7. Cities with a population of 50,000 or more and central
city communities tend to opt for an in -house legal staff to
accommodate their needs.
8. Suburban communities may have the need for an in -house
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legal department, but also have a wide selection of private
law firms to choose
from for the provision of legal
services.
CONCLUSIONS
The choice on how to provide legal services for a
municipality in a cost- effective manner and a way that
protects the best interest of the city is not an easy one.
It is apparent that legal services provided in other
municipalities best meet their need without a consistent
pattern on how legal departments are organized. Cities with
an in -house legal department have realized lower cost
increases than cities who contact for the provision of legal
services.
The primary factor of consideration in the selection the
provision of legal services is to meet the needs of the
municipality. The needs that were identified in this report
include a level of expertise, availability, and workload.
These factors need to be weighted for importance and the
applied to the three outlined alternatives.
The provision of legal services through a contractual
arrangement with a private firm provides a high level of
expertise, but the availability and response time are
limited. An in -house attorney would sacrifice a certain
i3
level of expertise but would provide a high degree of
availability and a quick response time. A combination of
in -house and contracting with a private firm for legal
services- would best address the three identified needs.
While the cost is comparable to the present method,
expertise would be available through a contractual agreement
for specialized cases. In addition, an in -house city
attorney would be available to city staff and city council
members to responds to legal issues and concerns. An in-
house city attorney would provide better control over rising
legal costs.
APPENDIX A
HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS PARK LEGAL COSTS
PROSECUTOR AND COUNSELOR
LEGAL COSTS NOT
YEAR INCLUDING REILLY TOTAL
1976 $97,484
1977 $118,564
1978 $127,552
1979 $178,394
1980 $169,938 $191,777
1981 $160,842 $183,953
1982 $125,631 $189,048
1983 $185,887 $378,701
1984 $254,936 $363,219
1985 $269,222 $346,085
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APPENDIX B
HISTORY OF LEGAL COSTS IN ST. LOUIS PARR
COUNSELOR
SPECIAL
YEAR RETAINER CASES REILLY TOTAL
1976 $34,800 $22,126
$3,704 $60,630
1977 $34,800 $38,348
$1,414 $74,562
1978 $37,200 $25,774
$18,411 $81,385
1979 $42,000 $39,657
$26,745 $108,402
1980 $46,800 $50,540
$21,839 $119,179.
1981 $51,604 $31,017
$21,111 $105,732
1982 $53,994 $12,828
$63,417 $130,239
1983 $54,006 $31,146
$192,814 $227,926
1984 $54,406 $60,832
$108,284 $225,522
1985 $60,923 $74,424
$ 76, $212,211
• APPENDIX C
HISTORY OF ST. LOUIS PARR LEGAL COSTS
PROSECUTOR
RETAINER AND HOURLY
YEAR SPECIAL CASES DWI RATE TOTAL
1976 $22,898 $13,956 $37.00 $36,854
1977 $27,186 $16,816 $37.00 $44,002
1978 $27,529 $18,638 $39.00 $46,167
1979 $39,236 $30,756 $43.00 $69,992
1980 $36,826 $35,772 $48.00 $72,598
1981 $54,422 $23,798 $48.00 $78,221
1982 $32,840 $25,970- $50.00 $58,810
1983 $54,060 $46,675 $50.00 $100,735
1984 $72,451 $65,247 $55.00 $137,698
1985 $84,238 $49,637 $55.00 $133,875
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APPENDIX D
LEGAL SERVICES WORKLOAD
COUNSELOR
AVG.
RETAINER DAYS/ SPECIAL CASE DAYS/ TOTAL TOTAL HOUR
YEAR HOURS YEAR HOURS YEAR HOURS DAYS RATE
1981 1379.8 172 1423.3 178 2803.1 350 $38
1982 1311.8 164 1450.9 181 2762.7 345 $47
1983 1521.3 190 3873.4 484 5394.7 674 $42
1984 1250.4 156 2537 317 °3787.4 473 $60
1985 2072.2 259 2069.6 259 4141.8 518 $51
PROSECUTOR
RETAINER DAYS/ DWI DAYS/ TOTAL TOTAL HOURLY
YEAR HOURS YEAR HOURS YEAR HOURS DAYS FEE
1981 1133.8 142 495.8 62 1629.6 204 $48
1982 656.8 82 519.4 65 1176.2 147 $50
1983 1081.2 135 933.5 117 2014.7 252 $50
1984 1317.3 - 165 1186.3 148 2503.6 313 $55
1985 1531.6 191 902 113 2434.1 304 $55
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APPENDIX E
PROPOSED BUDGET FOR IN -HOUSE LEGAL STAFF
ANNUAL SALARY
General Counsel $45,000
Prosecutor $35,000
Assistant Attorney $25,000
Law Clerk $15,000
Secretary (2) $36,000
Fringe Benefits $48,300
TOTAL PERSONNEL SERVICES $204,300
Supplies $2,000
Filing Fees /Transcripts $1,000
Memberships $1,000
Subscriptions $ 500
Training $2,000
Special Cases, $100,000
TOTAL OTHER SERVICES $106,500
TOTAL BUDGET $306,800
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APPENDIX F
LEGAL COSTS FOR IN -HOUSE GENERAL COUNSEL
ANNUAL SALARY - --
City Attorney $45,000
Assistant Attorney $25,000
One Secretary $13,500
Fringe Benefits $29,225
TOTAL PERSONNEL SERVICES $102,725
Supplies $1,500
Filing Fees /Transcripts $ 300
Memberships $1,000
Subscriptions $ 500
Training $1,000
Special Cases $100,000
TOTAL OTHER SERVICES $104,300
TOTAL BUDGET $207,025 -
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tI APPENDIX 6
VZ YZAR 8I /TORY Of 1X CITISS rN XIXIR8OTA
CITY /POPULATION METHOD LEGAL COSTS STAFFING
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
1. Bloomington /81,831 In -house 238,000 275,000 293,000 328,000 372,000 9 employees: 1 City At'
5 Ass't. City Atty., 2
secretary; 1 clerk
2. Minnetonka /38,683 In -house 168,200 203,200 184,900 202,400 216,500 4 employees: 2 attorne,
(one for prosecution);
1 paralegal; 1 clerk
3. Coon Rapids /35,826 In -house 74,867 74,201 84,730 89,343 75,849 (est) 2 attorneys: 1: clerici
i law clerk
4. Albert Lea /19,200 In -house 32,005 34,566 39,672 43,437 46,776 1 City Attorney;
} secretary
5. Mankato /28,651 In -house 133,784 171,081 173,235 214,059 231,481 1 City Attorney; 2
Asst. City Attorney;
1 secretary; 1 clerk
6. Rochester /57,906 In -house 205,710 192,134 210,987 295,427 209,000 3 Attorneys;
2 clerical
7. Winona /25,075 Contract 78.126 79,800 72,579 82,591 85,601 1 firm
8. Brooklyn Center /31,230 Contract 71,387 106.407 134,218 127,003 145,301 1 firm
9. Brooklyn Park/43,332 Contract N/A 316,327 186,175 226,503 242,266 1 firm
10. Edina /46,073 Contract 159,703 175,803 243,747 235,462 245,597 1 firm criminal
1 firm civil
11. Richfield /37,851 I In -house 25,488 27,583 36.025 39,766 41,820 1 in- house:general cou
Contract 135,348 148,631 153,252 240,461 226,951 sel, Council meetings
TS0;83b T76;3Td
189177 Z8U,ZZ7 Z68,771 Firm: special cases,
litigation
12. Plymouth /31,615 Contract 111,175 173,562 197,346 234,461 288,535 1 firm
13. St. Louis Park /42.600 1 firm civil
(not including Reilly) Contract 183,953 189,948 378,701 363,219 346,085 1 firm criminal
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APPENDIX H
SUMMARY OF 1985 LEGAL COSTS AND PER CAPITA COSTS FOR
THIRTEEN MINNESOTA CITIES
CITY /POPULATION 1985 LEGAL COSTS PER CAPITA COST
Bloomington/ $372,000 $4.55
81,831
St. Louis Park $346,000 $8.24
42,000 -
Plymouth $288,535 $9.13
31,615
Richfield $268,771 $7.10
37,851
Edina $245,000 $5.33
46,073
Brooklyn Park _...$242 _� $5.59
43,332
Mankato $231,481 $8.08
28,651
Minnetonka $216,500 $5.59
38,683
Rochester $209,000 $3.60
57,906
Brooklyn Center $145,301 $4.65
31,230
Winona $ 85,601 $3.41
25,075
Coon Rapids $ 75,849 $2.12
35,826
Albert Lea $ 46,776 $2.40 _ --
19,200
Average 1985 Legal Costs ......................$213,31
Average Per Capita Costs ..........................$5.37
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DETAIL OF STREET MAINTENANCE MATERIALS
I 1985 ACTUAL I 1986 ADOPTED I 1987 PROPOSED
TOTAL UNIT TOTAL I UNIT TOTAL I
DESCRIPTION I PRICE I QUANTITY UNIT PRICE PRICE ( QUANTITY UNIT PRICE PRICE I
---------------- I------------------------- I------- ----------------------------- - i -------- ---------- --- --- - - - - --I
CLASS 5 I $1,196.67 + 300 TON $2.35 $705.00 I 300 TON $2.45 $735.00 I
BUCKSHOT I $0.00 I 0 TON $0.00 ( 0 TON $0.00 $0.00 I
SALT SAND I $5,147.83 I 2200 TON $2.35 $5,170.00 I 2200 TON $2.45 $5,390.00 I
HOT MIX ! $25,536.70 I 1200 TON $26.25 $31,500.00 I 1200 TON $25.00 $30,000.00 '
ROAD OIL I $6,298.23 I 6000 GAL $0.70 $4,200.00 I 6000 GAL $0.75 $4,500.00 I
SALT I $22,751.86 i 1000 TON $22.50 $22,500.00 1000 TON $24.00 $24,000.00 I
WINTER MIX I $1,986.00 I 200 TON $26.25 $5,250.00 I 200 TON $25.00 $5,000.00 I
CATCH BASINS, I $3,930.51 $6,000.00 I $7,000.00
ADJUST RINGS,
PAINT, ETC. I I
SIDEWALK I $2,684.00 I $7,500.00 I $8,000.00 I
CONC CURB REPAIRI $100.00 I $400.00 I $600.00 I
- --------- -- - - -- I -------- ----------- - - - - -- I -------- -- ------- ------- -- ---- --- -- -- I -------------------------------------
TOTAL I $69,631.80 I $83,225.00 I $85,225.00 I
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OBJECT 4220 I I ( I
MISC SUPPLIES I $1,895.94 I I $2,100.00
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OBJECT 4375 I
WASTE DISPOSAL I $3,412.44 i i $3,800.00
--- ----- -- - - ---- I ----- -- -------- ---- - - -- -- I ---------- ------- ------- ----- -- - - - - -- I -------------------------------------
OBJECT 4420
OTHER CONTRACT i $1,927.00 I I $2,200.00
---------- -- -- -- I -- --- ---------- ---- - - - --- I ------ -- --- ----- ---- -- ------ --- - - -- -- i -------------------------------------
TOTAL 4234 I $76,867.18 I $83,225.00 I $93,325.00
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DEPARTMENT
CITY OF
OF
ROOKLYN
FINANCE
.CENTER
� MEMORANDUM
TO: Gerald G. Splinter, City Manager
FROM: Director of Finance
DATE: September 22, 1986
SUBJECT: MICRO COMPUTER USES
The City Council, at its September 15 Budget Meeting, asked about the City's
current use of micro computers.
Micro computers are currently being used in six City departments. They are
the City Manager's office, Finance, Assessing, Planning, Public Works, and
the Police Department. Their uses are as follows:
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
This department's use of the micro computer has been primarily for word pro-
cessing. Some of the word processing uses are:
Council Agenda Training Manuals
Minutes Rules and Regulations (Fire Dept.)
Ordinances Bylaws (Fire Department)
Resolutions Preplans (Fire Department)
Labor Contracts Job descriptions
Letters /Memos Programs
Mailing Labels Indexes for minutes, etc.
City Charter Vehicle license listing
The department has just begun to use the Lotus system in the comparable worth
study and a salary study. It is anticipated that Brad Hoffman will eventually
use special programs that are available for projections on development projects.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
This department's use of the micro cumputer has been primarily for spread
sheet applications (VisiCalc). Some of the spread sheet applications are:
Annual Report Department Personnel Records
Annual Budget Capital Projects Reporting
Payroll Classification Plan Cash Flow
Life Insurance Records Bonded Indebtedness
"7`ce So.xetluKg 1fZNte (� •,
Memorandum to Gerald G. Splinter
Re: Micro Computer Uses
September 22, 1986
Page two
FINANCE DEPARTMENT continued
Investment Records Risk Management Records
Liquor Stores Financial Golf Course Projections
Statements Graphics
Tax Collection Distribution
ASSESSING
This department has used the micro computer primarily as an intelligent
terminal for the Logis Property Data System. This system has completely
modernized the City's assessing function. The department also uses the
micro computer for word processing and some spread sheet applications.
The spread sheet applications are currently used for tax estimates, apart-
ment valuation, and cash equivalency calculations. Graphics and mail
messages are also used.
Future uses for the micro in the department are expected to be as follows
for the spread sheet applications: Land valuation system, tax comparison
charts, mill rate history, valuation comparison charts, and commercial-
industrial tenant mix data. Other projected future uses of the micro in
the department are: Computer aided appraisal package for commercial - industrial
property, field data collection, storage of property photos and building dia-
grams on hard disc, and local processing after off loading segments of data
base from LOGIS to local system.
PLANNING AND INSPECTION
This department just started to use the micro in April of 1986. Currently, the
department is using the word processing feature only. Their word processing
uses are: Agendas and minutes, general correspondence, reports, bond list,
form letters and reports, ordinances, and resolutions. The department intends
to use spread sheet applications in the near future.
PUBLIC WORKS
This department's use of the micro computer is listed on the attached.
PUBLIC WORKS MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Payment Vouchers
Lotus 123 - Standard voucher form retained on disc for each contract,
updated each month with new quantities
Specification Manuals
Wordstar Standard specifications are retained on disc for each type of
project. A copy of the "master" is run for editing by the Engineer. A
disc with the specifications, bid tab, payment voucher and all
correspondence is maintained until the project is completed and accepted b
P P
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City Council.
Correspondence
Wordstar - All internal and external correspondence including letters,
memos, reports, etc.
City Council Resolutions and Memos
Wordstar /Lotus 123 - Standard resolution forms are retained on disc. A
copy of the "master" is run for editing by the Engineer in addition to all
accompanying memos and reports.
Easements and Agreements
Wordstar - Standard easement and agreement forms are retained on disc and
edited as needed.
Mailmerge Property Owner Notices
Wordstar / Mailmerge - Letters and notices drafted on computer and set up for
addressing by mailmerge. This allows personalized addressing and
customized letters for each situation.
Assessment Rolls
Lotus 123 - The standard assessment roll format as accepted b Hennepin
P Y in P
County is retained on disc and edited for each new levy along with the
informational cover sheets for Council.
Spreadsheets
Lotus 123 - Miscellaneous engineering, financial and analytical
spreadsheets and graphic representations
Watershed Treasurer's Reports
Lotus 123 /Wordstar - Monthly breakdowns of various financial aspects of the
Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission
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Bid Tabulations
Lotus 123 - An itemized listing of all bids submitted for each contract;
maintained on the individual contract disc until contract is completed.
Budget Worksheets
Lotus 123/Wordstar - All worksheets submitted to the Director of Finance
for budget approval
Diseased Tree Program
DBase II - Diseased Tree information is entered into a data base from which
standard reports are automatically generated. The menu operated program
generates removal agreements, followup letters, work lists, inspection
reports, affidavits of mailing, liquidated damage reports, completed work
lists and weekly summary reports.
Fuel System Interface
Basic /DBase II - Fuel reports are downloaded from the TEC21 Fuel Management
Computer to the HP150 by a basic program. At month end a DBase II program
manipulates the fuel file into a format that is electronically loaded into
the City's VMS program at LOGIS.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
The department uses the micro computer for word processing. It is used extensively
for Police reports, which were previously typed on pre - printed forms, and also for
the department's general correspondence. The department is also using the Lotus
system for the compilation of statistical data which generates reports on a weekly,
monthly, and annual basis.
Paul W. Holmlund
Licenses to be approved by the City Council on September 22, 1986: 15
CIGARATTE LICENSE
C.O.M.B. Company 5425 Xerxes Avenue N.
Theisen Vending Company 3804 Nicollet Avenue S.
Ramada Hotel 2200 Freeway Blvd.
City Clerk ZZ
COMMERCIAL KENNEL LICENSE
Brooklyn Pet Hospital 4902 France Avenue N.
Daisy Mae Dog Grooming 6830 Humboldt Avenue N. ;
Snyder Bros., Inc. Brookdale Center
Sanitarian
ITINERANT FOOD ESTABLISHMENT LICENSE
Earle Brown PTA 5900 Humboldt Avenue N.
Korean Presbyterian Church 6830•Quail Avenue N.
Willow Lane Elementary School 7107 Major Avenue North
Sanitarian Z
MECHANICAL SYSTEMS LICENSE
Aer, Inc. Box 1146
B & C Heating, Inc. P.O. Box 385
Royalton Heating & Cooling Co. 4120 85th Avenue N.
Buildi g Official
NONPERISHABLE VENDING MACHINE LICENSE
Theisen Vending Co. 3804 Nicollet Avenue N. a, --
Ramada Hotel 2200 Freeway Blvd.
Sanitarian
RENTAL DWELLING LICENSE
Initial:
Bruce Beroloehr 4207 Lakeside Ave. N. #120
Dr. Akbar Sajady 4207 Lakeside Ave. N. #131
Dr. Akbar Sajady 4207 Lakeside Ave. N. #224
Dr. Akbar Sajady Y 4207 Lakeside Ave. N. #326
William and Linda Bjerke 3614, 16 50th Ave. N.
Douglas and JoMarie Hentges 5206 63rd Ave. N.
Renewal:
Tower Investments 5100 Drew Avenue N.
Dion Properties, Inc. 5740 Dupont Avenue N.
Roland Scherber 5243 Ewing Avenue N.
Gary D. Anakkala 5412 & 5412 1/2 Fremont Ave. N.
Mahmud & Mahmud 5843 Fremont Avenue N.
Kenneth W. Kunz 5601 Lyndale Avenue N.
Raymond and Grace Harr 6406 Scott Avenue N.
Irwin Ketroser 6525, 27, 29 Willow Lane N.
Milton R. Carlson 610 53rd Avenue N.
Jack & Elizabeth Fahrenholz 620 53rd Avenue N.
John and Patty DeVries 2801 66th Avenue N.
Director of Planning
and Inspection
*GENERAL APPROVAL:o
D. K. Weeks, City Clerk