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ORDINANCE NO. 1014 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER XX OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY CODE REGARDING DISCRIMINATORY COVENANTS THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Mounds View hereby amends Title X, Chapter XX, sections XXXX by adding a new section as follows: § XX.XXX Purpose Discriminatory covenants are restrictions filed in property records that prohibited that property from being sold to persons based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, sexual orientation, or familial status background. These discriminatory covenants are now illegal and are unenforceable, but they remain in property records. In 2019, the Minnesota Legislature passed Minnesota Statutes, section 507.18 allowing property owners to individually discharge or renounce discriminatory covenant by recording a discharge form in the county property records. This ordinance requires property owners to individually discharge or renounce discriminatory covenants from their property at the time of sale of the property. § XX.XXX Definitions "Discriminatory Covenant" means any restrictive covenant filed against any property that restricts to whom property may be conveyed based on racial, ethnic, or religious criteria. § XX.XXX Discharge of Discriminatory Covenants at Point of Sale (A) Required. No person shall sell, advertise for sale, give or transact a change in title or property ownership of real property with one or more buildings or structures, without receiving a certificate of compliance from the city. (B) Application and fees. (1) Unless the property owner already has a certificate of compliance for a property, the owner or owner's representative is required to obtain a certificate of compliance before the property is offered for sale, gifted or transferred, and before the owner or owner's representative enters into any contract for deed or other transaction changing the party responsible for the property. k2) At the time of application, the applicant for a certificate of compliance shall pay the appropriate application fee. The fees shall be set in the city's fee schedule.1 (C) Issuance of Certificate of Compliance (1) A certificate of compliance shall be issued by the city i£ W210\5\960017.v1 Commented 1J571: See comments below. Does the City want to require an application fee upfront for all, offer an inventive to those who discharge covenants early, and/or attempt to impose a fee/penalty.