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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1086 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1969/11/03Original ONOVEMBER 3, 1969 ORDINANCE NO. 1086 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2:525 THROUGH 2:528 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE ENTITLED "SALE OF CHRISTMAS TREES" THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That Sections 2:525 through 2:528 of the St. Louis Park Ordinance Code entitled "Sale of Christmas Trees" are hereby amended to read as follows and adding thereto Sections 2:529 through 2:531 as follows: Section 2:525. License Required. No person shall sell at retail or wholesale, any cut evergreen fir, spruce, or other tree of like kind for use as what is generally known and described as a "Christmas Tree" or engage in the business of selling any such trees within the corporate limits of the City without first having obtained a license to do so from the City Manager. Section 2:526. Application. The application for such license shall state the correct place of intended sale of such Christmas trees, together with the name of the person from whom and the place from which he intends to cut or secure the Christmas tree intended to be sold by him and such other information as shall be required. Section 2:527. License Fee. The annual fee for such license shall be Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). Section 2:528. Term. Such license shall be issued for the term of the period from November 15 to December 28th. Section 2:529. Inspections. All temporary lighting and heating installations shall be inspected and approved by the Department of Protective Inspection and all fire prevention equipment shall be inspected and approved by the Fire Department prior to use of the licensee premises. No person shall sell such trees prior to such time as these inspections have been completed. Section 2:530. Plot Plan. The application described in Section 2:526 hereof shall be accompanied by a sketch of the site to be licensed showing the location of property lines, buildings, and sales display areas thereof. Section 2:531. Disposal of Unsold Trees. All unsold trees described in Section 2:525 hereof shall be removed from the licensed premises by the licensee and shall not be permitted to remain on the premises after December 28th of any year. No person shall burn any such trees within the City. To insure compliance with this section, the application described in Section 2:526 hereof shall be accompanied by a $100 cash deposit which shall he held by the City Treasurer until released as hereinafter provided. On December 29th, or as soon as possible thereafter, the Supervisor of Protective Inspections shall examine such licensed premises and if he shall find that all trees have been satisfactorily removed from the licensed premises he shall so certify to the City Clerk who shall then refund the said deposit by mailing the same to the licensee at the address given in the application. If the _icensee has failec or neglected to comply with this section the Supervisor of Protective Inspections shall dispose of the trees so remaining on the licensed premises and shall certify the amount of such cost to the City Clerk and the City Clerk shall deduct the cost of such disposal from the deposit amount and the balance, if any, shall be refunded by mail to the licensee. Section 2. Penalty. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars or by imprisonment for not more than ninety days, or both. Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council November 17, 1969. Reviewed. for administration: i City Manager Mayor Approved as to form and legality: City Attorney • SJ • ORDINANCE NO. 1086 „ Entitled: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2:525 THROUGH 2:528 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE ENTITLED "SALE OF CHRISTMAS TREES" Introduced by nate :ea di ng -Date 11/3/69 Waived :;•cord lneathng- 'ate 11/17/69 ;Na ved Vote: Ayo 7 "= y Tufl1 lshe_? Date 11/20/69 Effective Date 12/4/69 Code Reference SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUISPARKSUN 6601 W. 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota State of Minnesota County of Hennepin SS. W JOHN BERTRAM, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows• (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-class matter in its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to rve the City of St Louis Park in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of 0.o ue in the City of Bloomington in said county, estabhshed and open during its regular business urs for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main- tained by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and con- trol during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto (6) Said news- paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said news- paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1. 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed Ordinance hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper. and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for 1 successive weeks; that it was first so published on Mara the 20 day of Nov 19 69 and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z. both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice. to wit• abcdefghi jklmnopgrstuvwxyz a bcdefghiik lm nopq rstu vwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20 (Notarial Seal) day of ea ovem 71 November ALICE J NELSON Notary Public, Hennepin County, Minn, My Commission Expires Dec. 26, 1973 19 69 (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO 1086 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2 525 THROUGH 2 528 OF THE Sr LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE `CODE ENTITLED "SALE OF CHRISTMAS TREES" THE CITY OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES OR- DAIN I Section 1 That Sections 2 525 through 2 528 of the St Louis Park Ordinance Code entitled "Sale of Chnstinas Trees ' are hereby amend- ed to read as follows and adding thereto Sec- tions 2 529 through 2 531 as follows Section 2 525 License Required No per- son shall sell at retail or wholesale, any cut evergreen fir spruce or other tree of like kind for use as what is generally known and described as a- Chnstmas Tree" or engage in the business of selling any such trees with in the corporate lim- its of the City without first having obtain- ed a license to do so from the City Man- ager Section 2 526 Apphcation The applica- tion for such license shall state the cor- rect place of intended sale of such Christ- mas trees together with,the name of the person Irom whom and the place from which he intends to cut pr secure the Chnstmas tree intended to be sold by him and such other information as shall be required , Section 2 527 License ,Fee The annual fee for such license shall be Twenty-five Dollars 1825 001 Section 2 528 Term Such hcense shall be issued for the term of the penod from November 15 to December 28th Section 2 529 Iospectlom All temporary lighting and heating installations shall be inspected and approved by the Depart- ment of Protective Inspection and all fire prevention equipment shall be inspected and approved by the Fire Department pnor to use of the licensed premises No person shall sell such trees pnor to such time as these inspections have been com- pleted Section 2 530 Plot Plan The application descnbed in Section 2 526 hereof shall be accompanied 'by a sketch 'of the site to be licensed showing the location of property lines, buildings and sales dis- play a reas thereof - Secdon 2 531 Disposal of Unsold Trees All unsold trees described in Section 2 525 ' hereof shall be removed from the licensed premises by the licensee and shall not be permitted to remain on the premises at- ter December 28th of any year No person shall burn any such trees within the City To insure comphance with this section the apphcation described in Section 2 526 hereof shall be accompanied by a 8100 cash deposit which shall be held by the City Treasurer until released as herein - alter prowled On December 29th or as soon as possible thereafter the Supervisor of Protective Inspections shall ex- amine such licensed premises and if he shall find that all trees have been satis- factdnlv-removed from the licensed prem- ices he shall so certify to the Cite Clerk who shall then refund the said deposit by maihng the same to the licensee at the ad- dress given in the application 11 the li- censee has failed or neglected to comply with this section the Supervisor of Protec- tive Inspections shall dispose of the trees so remaining on the licensed premises and shall certify the amount of such cost to the City Clerk and the City Clerk shall deduct the cost of such disposal from the deposit amount and the balance if any shall be refunded by mail to the licensee Section 2 Penalty Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction there- of shall be punished by a fine of not more than Three Hundred Dollars or by impnson- ment for not more than ninety days or both Section 3 Effective Dale This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its pub- lication ' Adopted by the City Council November 17 1969 'slLEONARD J THIEL Mayor Attest s! EARL E HANSON City Clerk Reviewed for administration CHRISCHERCHES City Manager Approved as to form and legality H H BURRY City Attorney Nov 20 19691—SLP File No. _ Affidavit of Publication ST. LOUISPARKSUN St. Louis Park, Minnesota In The Matter Of • • o