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Item 05A; Res 1134-21 <br />Attachment 1 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br /> <br />DOCSOPEN-MU210-54-720885.v2-5/24/21 <br />The follow is a general summary of the amendments to the Mounds View Municipal Code (the <br />“Code”) that are contained in the recodification which has been presented to the City Council <br />for adoption pursuant to Ordinance 976. These amendments were determined necessary based <br />on extensive code review and careful consideration by staff and consultants that has taken <br />numerous months to complete. <br /> <br />1. The Code is proposed to be amended by reorganizing, combining, renaming, and renumbering <br />titles throughout the Code as recommended by the City’s third-party codifier, American Legal <br />Publishing. The proposed new title format, which staff agrees with, is as follows: <br /> <br />Title I General Provisions <br />Title III Administration <br />Title V Public Works <br />Title VII Traffic Code <br />Title IX General Regulations <br />Title XI Business Regulations <br />Title XIII General Offenses <br />Title XV Land Usage <br />Table of Special Ordinance <br /> <br />2. The Code is proposed to be amended with the language “as they may be amended from time <br />to time” after various citations to statutes or rules so that future amendments to such laws or <br />rules will become part of the Code. <br /> <br />3. All monetary figures, e.g. dollar amounts for fees and fines, are proposed to be replaced with the <br />phrase “as approved by ordinance”, and are proposed to be included in the City’s fee schedule <br />moving forward. Said fee schedule is adopted annually by the City and so moving forward, changes <br />to said monetary figures would efficiently occur by amending the fee schedule rather than by <br />amending various sections of the Code. For that same reason, it is further proposed that those <br />instances where the phrase “as approved by resolution” appears be replaced with “per the City's <br />approved fee schedule.” <br /> <br />4. To maintain consistency throughout the City Code, certain titles or departments are proposed to <br />be renamed to establish consistency with current city titles and departments. Although other <br />clean-up might have occurred, said amendments include the following: <br /> <br />a) The terms City Administrator, City Clerk and City Clerk-Administrator are proposed to be <br />replaced with the term City Administrator. <br />b) The terms Finance Director/Treasurer and Treasurer are proposed to be replaced with Finance <br />Director. <br />c) The terms Park and Recreation Department, Parks or Recreation Division are proposed to be <br />replaced with Parks and Recreation Department. <br />d) The terms Public Works Director or Public Works Director/City Engineer are proposed to be <br />replaced with Director of Public Works/Parks and Recreation. <br />e) All references to zoning district designations are proposed to include a hyphen between the <br />letter and number (for example, R-1, R-2, etc.). <br />f) The terms Building Official or Building Inspector are proposed to be replaced with the term <br />Authority Having Jurisdiction. <br />g) All references to the Redemption Fund are proposed to be replaced with the term Debt <br />Service Fund. <br />h) The term Community Service Officer is proposed to be replaced with Police Officer.