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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2407-11 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 2011/12/19• • • ORDINANCE NO. 2407-11 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE ST. LOUIS PARK CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING LICENSING TO CLARIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROCESS THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: SECTION 1. Section 8-331 of the City Code is hereby amended by adding the following subsection: Qj The owner may appeal the Notice of Violation of the Subsection (c) Crime Free/Drug Free lease language or the Subsection (f) Notice of Disorderly Use Violation by making a written request to the City Manager for a hearing within ten (10) days of receipt of the Notice. The owner shall have the right to appear at the hearing andpresent any relevant evidence, including the right to challenge the validity of all three incidents forming the basis for a disorderly use notice pursuant to Subsection (f). The City Manager or designee shall promptly conduct the hearing and issue the decision either affirming or reversing the Notice of Violation. If the Notice of Violation is affirmed, the owner will have ten (10) days from receipt of the decision to proceed with termination of the tenancy as required by Subsection (c) or (f). SECTION 2. Section 8-332 of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows: An owner failing to proceed with an action to terminate the tenancy after Police Department notification in accordance with a Crime Free/Drug Free violation or the third Disorderly Use violation shall pay an administrative license violation fee of $750.00 for each calendar month that the owner fails to proceed. Any outstanding fees must be paid prior to the city renewing a rental license for the licensed premises. The owner may appeal the imposition of the fee to the City Manager or designee by making a written request for a hearing within ten (10) days of receipt of the Notice of Imposition of the administrative fee. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. First Reading December 5, 2011 Second Reading December 19, 2011 Date of Publication December 29, 2011 Date Ordinance takes effect January 13, 2012 Reviewe inistration: City Man Attest: d by th ity Council December 19, 2011. May A, Anjrblied as to form and ex,@cutioh: C1ty Attorney www.MinnLocal.com MEDIA AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF MINNESOTA ) SS COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) Richard Hendrickson, being duly sworn on an oath, states or affirms that he is the Chief Financial Officer of the newspaper(s) known as St Louts Park Sun -Sailor and has full knowledge of the facts stated below (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualifica- tion as a qualified newspaper as provid- ed by Minn Stat §331A 02, §331A 07, and other applicable laws as amended. (B) The printed public notice that is attached was published in said newspaper(s) once each week, for one successive week(s), it was first published on Thurs- day, the 29 day of December 2011, and was thereafter printed and published on every Thursday to and in- cluding Thursday, the day of , 2011, and printed below is a copy of the lower case alpha- bet from A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of the notice. abcdefghgklmnopgrstuvwxyz City of St. Louis Park (Official Publication) SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO 2407-11 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE ST LOUIS PARK CODE OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING LICENSING TO CLAIRIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PROCESS This ordinance amendment clarifies the administrative appeal process available to the licensee of rental property when a notice of violation requiring termination of tenant(s) due to a crime free/drug free lease violation or repeated disorderly use violation has been issued This ordinance shall take effect 15 days atter publication Adopted by the City Council December 19, 2011 Jeffrey W Jacobs /s/ Mayor A copy of the full text of this ordinance is available for inspection with the City Clerk Published in St Louis Park Sector De- cember 29, 2011 (Dec 29, 2011) A3-Ord2407-11 BY CFO Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before me on this 29 day of December , 2011. (9,614dt, o ! Notary Public JULIA I. HELKENN NOTARY PiJBL1C-MINNESOTA My Comm. Exp. Jan. 31, 2015