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Res 1134-21 Page 3 of 5 3 MU210-54-693801.v1 ARTICLE IX. Updated Fee Schedule. As part of the recodification contemplated herein, City staff also reviewed various fees that were previously expressed within the code. References to such fees were replaced with reference to the City of Mounds View’s Fee Schedule, which shall hereby be amended by adding the fees contained on the attached Exhibit A. ARTICLE X. Summary Publication. In accordance with the Mounds View City Charter, section 3.07, the City Council determines that publication of the title and a summary of this ordinance would clearly inform the public of its intent and effect, and so City staff shall have the following summary printed in the official City newspaper in lieu of the complete ordinance: ORDINANCE NO. 976 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE RECODIFICATION OF THE MOUNDS VIEW MUNICIPAL CODE AND UPDATING THE CITY’S 2021 FEE SCHEDULE On July 12, 2021, the Mounds View City Council adopted Ordinance No. 976 which approves and adopts a recodification of the City’s ordinances. City staff and consultants undertook an extensive process to review and update the Mounds View Municipal Code so that the City’s ordinances could be incorporated into a new code book, which was reformatted as a single unified Mounds View Municipal Code. The general purpose of the recodification was to remove outdated and unnecessary code language, reformat the code, update staff titles, and modernize the code to conform to current City practices and state law, as necessary. Additionally, a limited number of substantive revisions were made, which can be summarized as follows: (i) the previous chapter establishing the Mounds View Festivities Commission was repealed; (ii) a new subsection establishing a prohibition on unsafe water connections was added; (iii) the peddlers and solicitors chapter was amended to clarify that persons engaging in door-to-door advocacy are not required to obtain a permit or register with the city as a solicitor; (iv) the curfew chapter was amended to include certain exceptions and impose responsibilities on parents, guardians, and operators of places of amusement, entertainment, or refreshment; (v) section 1103.10 of the previous code related to smoke, dust, and odors was revised to reference the requirements in Minnesota Rules Chapters 7001 through 7028, as amended; (vi) section 1103.11 of the previous code related to noise was revised by replacing the reference to Minnesota’s NPC 1-4 Regulations with a reference to the requirements in Minnesota Rules Chapter 7030, as amended; (vii) the 120-square-foot threshold in section 1106.03, subd. 1(b) of the previous code related to accessory building separation requirements in the R-1 district was modified to a 200-square-foot threshold; (viii) the one-person threshold for boarding or renting of rooms as an allowed accessory use in the R-1 district, contained in section 1106.03, subd. 6 of the previous code, was increased to a two-person threshold; (x) the illustrations related to accessory dwelling units in the R-1 district, contained in sections 1106.03 and 1106.04 of the previous code, were replaced with revised illustrations; (xi) a definition for the term “limiting access” was established in the city’s fire regulations; and (xii) the city’s special ordinance tables were updated to include all such special ordinances. Prior to adoption, a complete copy of the new Mounds View Municipal Code and a separate document summarizing all amendments to the previous code was presented to the City Council and the public and was further on file with the City Clerk and made available for