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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />This is required for liquor -license fees, and it is a good idea for other types <br />of business -license fees as well. <br />The hearing on the ordinance adopting the fee schedule can be held at the <br />same time as the hearing on the adoption of the code. If not held at that <br />time, it should be held soon after the hearing on the ordinance adopting the <br />code. The ordinance adopting the code should also provide that until the fee <br />schedule is adopted, existing fees continue until they are amended. <br />Minn. Stat. § 415.021. <br />The city may print and publish a code in book, pamphlet, or newspaper <br />form. Newspaper publication is not necessary if the city prints a substantial <br />number of copies of the code for general distribution to the public. A copy <br />of any ordinances adopted by the city must be furnished to the county law <br />library or its designated depository. A city, upon request, shall be <br />reimbursed a reasonable charge by the county library for a copy furnished. <br />Minn. Stat. § 415.02. <br />A city council may declare, by ordinance, that the codification is prima <br />Minn. Stat. § 599.13. <br />facie evidence of the city's law. After three years, the compilation and <br />publication of any codification book or pamphlet is conclusive proof of the <br />regularity of the ordinances' adoption and publication. <br />8. Prosecution responsibilities <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.231. <br />The city council has the power to declare the violation of any ordinance to <br />Minn. Stat. § 609.02, subds. <br />3, 4a. Minn. Stat. § <br />be a crime and to prescribe penalties. The maximum penalty for a <br />609.034. Minn. Stat. § <br />misdemeanor is a fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for 90 days, or both. The <br />609.0332. <br />maximum penalty for a petty misdemeanor is a fine of $300. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.861, <br />All prosecutions for ordinance violations are brought in the name of the city <br />subd. 1. Minn. Stat. § <br />484.87, subd. 3. <br />upon complaint and warrant as in other criminal cases. The city may hire an <br />attorney, including the county attorney, for this purpose. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.861, <br />If the accused is arrested without a warrant, a written complaint must be <br />subd. 1. <br />made. The accused must then plead guilty or not guilty, and a warrant shall <br />be issued and served by either the sheriff or a police officer. <br />The city may have the sheriff or a city police officer serve an ordinance <br />violator with a warrant for the arrest. City police officers, however, cannot <br />serve criminal warrants outside the city limits. <br />Minn. Stat. § 412.861, <br />The complaint must describe the violated ordinance at least by section and <br />subd. 2. <br />number or chapter. When the complaint describes ordinances in this <br />manner, the court considers them general laws that do not need proof in <br />evidence. <br />League of Minnesota Cities Handbook for Minnesota Cities 8/30/2022 <br />Meetings, Motions, Resolutions, and Ordinances Chapter 7 1 Page 54 <br />