HomeMy WebLinkAbout2215-01 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 2001/11/19ORDINANCE NO. 2215-01
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING PART II, CHAPTER 2
OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK MUNICIPAL CODE
BY ADDING SECTION 2-204: ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTIES
THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN:
Section 2-204. Administrative Penalties
(a) Purpose: Administrative offense procedures established pursuant to this Section
are intended to provide the public and the City with an informal, cost effective and expeditious
alternative to traditional cnminal charges for violations of certain ordinance provisions.
The procedures are intended to be voluntary on the part of those who have been charged with
administrative offenses. At any time prior to the payment of the administrative penalty as is
provided for hereafter, the individual may withdraw from participation in the procedures in
which event the City may bring cnminal charges in accordance with law. Likewise, the City, in
its discretic-i, may choose not to initiate an administrative offense and may bring criminal
charges in the first instance.
In the event a party participates in the administrative offense procedures but does not pay the
monetary penalty which may be imposed, the City will seek to collect the costs of the
administrative offense procedures as part of a subsequent cnminal sentence in the event the party
is charged and is adjudicated guilty of the criminal violation.
(b) Administrative Offense Defined: An administrative offense is a violation of a
piovision of this Code and is subject to the administrative penalties set forth in the schedule of
offenses and penalties referred to in subsection (h), hereafter
(c) Notice: Any person employed by the City, authonzed in writing by the City
Manager, shall, upon determining that there has been a violation, notify the violator, or in the
case of a vehicular violation, attach to the vehicle a notice of the violation. Said notice shall set
forth the nature, date and time of violation, the name of the official issuing the notice and the
amount of the scheduled penalty.
(d) Payment: Once such notice is given, the alleged violator may, within seven (7)
days of the time of issuance of the notice, pay the amount set forth on the schedule of penalties
for the violation. The penalty may be paid in person or by mail and payment shall be deemed to
be an admission of the violation.
(e) Appeal: Any person who is iequired by the City to pay an administrative penalty
may make a written appeal of the penalty to the City Manager, or designee, within 7 days of
notice by the City of the penalty. The City Manager, or designee, will have authority to reduce
the fine or determine whether the appellant is to be charged with a penalty
(0 Failure to Pay: In the event a party charged with an administrative offense fails
to pay the penalty, a misdemeanor or petty misdemeanor charge may be biought against the
alleged violator in accordance with applicable statutes.
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(g) Disposition of Penalties: All penalties collected pursuant to this Section shall be
paid to the City and may be deposited in the City's general fund.
(h) Offenses and Penalties: Offenses which may be charged as administrative
offenses and the penalties for such offenses may be established by resolution of the City Council
from time to time.
(i) Subsequent Offenses: In the event a party is charged with a subsequent
administrative offense within a twelve (12) month penod of paying a penalty for the same or
substantially similar offense, the subsequent administrative penalty shall be increased by $10
above the previous administrative penalty.
Reviewed for Administration:
Attest:
ity Clerk
Adopted by the City Council November 19, 2001
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SUMMARY
ORDINANCE NO 2215-01
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS
PARK ORDINANCE CODE
BY ESTABLISHING ADMINISTRATIVE
PENALTIES PROCEDURES
FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF CITY CODE
This ordinance states that the City may issue administra-
tive citations and charge a fine to persons violating certain
provisions of the St Louis Park Municipal Code The or-
dinance also calls for the adoption of an accompanying res-
olution identifying those violations appropriate for this
process and setting the amount of associated fines
The resolution which accompanies this ordinance calls for
this process to be used for the following code violations
failure to remove snow from sidewalks, failure to allow ac-
cess to water meters and other utilities, and violations of
sprinkling restrictions The fine for each of these viola-
tions will be $25 with an increase of $10 above the fine pre-
viously paid per subsequent violation in a 12 month peri-
od
This ordinance shall take effect December 5, 2001
Adopted by the City Council November 19, 2001
Jeffrey W Jacobs /s/
Mayor
A copy of the full text of this ordinance is available dor in-
spection with the City Clerk.
(November 21, 2001)A3/Ord 2215-01 ,