HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 700ORDINANCE NO. 700
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY
CHARTER BY AMENDING SECTION 3.07 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
MOUNDS VIEW AS TO SIGNING AND PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCES.
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS:
SECTION 1.
The City Council of the City of Mounds View, pursuant to the
recommendation of the City of Mounds View Charter Commission, -deems that
Section 3.07 of the Charter of the City of Mounds View is hereby amended by the
addition of the bold and underlined language and by the deletion of the held
and striGlken language as follows:
Section 3.07. Signing and Publication of Ordinances. Every
ordinance adopted by the Council shall be signed by the mayor, and attested to,
filed and preserved by the Clerk -Administrator. Every ordinance shall be
published at least once in the official newspaper as soon as practicable, either in
its complete form preceded by a summary of its contents or as a title and
summary.
The Ordinance or the Ordinance Title and Summary shall be
published in a body type no smaller than brevier or eight -point type. A
copy of any new ordinance may be obtained from the City at no cost. The
entire text of the ordinance shall be posted on the City's web site, if there is
one, in a manner that can be identifiable by subiect matter or ordinance
number. A copy shall also be available in the community library, if there is
one, or if not, in any other public location which the Council designates.
In the case of lengthy ordinances, or ordinances that include
charts or maps, if the Council determines that publication of the title and a
summary of an ordinance would clearly inform the public of the intent and
effect of the ordinance, the Council may by a four-fifths vote of its
members, direct that only the title of the ordinance and a summary be
published, with notice that a printed copy of the ordinance is available for
inspection during regular office hours at the office of the Clerk -
Administrator. Prior to the publication of the title and summary, the Council
It is the intent of the Charter Commission that the Council will determine which is less costly.
shall approve the text of the summary and determine that it clearly informs
the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance, and shall further state
that the complete text of the ordinance is on file at the office of the Clerk -
Administrator. The publishing of the title and summary shall be deemed to
fulfill all legal publication requirements as completely as if the entire
ordinance had been published. A copy of the publication shall be attached
to and filed with the ordinance for reference. To the extent and in the manner
provided by law an ordinance may incorporate by reference a statute of
Minnesota, a state administrative rule or a regulation, a code or ordinance or part
thereof without publishing the material referred to in full, so long as the
complete reference to the item is included.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance takes effect 90 days after its publication.
Read by the City Council of the City of Mounds View this 12th day of
August, 2002.
Read and adopted by the City Council of the City of Mounds View this
26th day of August, 2002.
Richard Sonterre, ayor
ATTEST
(SEAL)
Far
Motion: Thomas
Second: Stigney
Sonterre: Aye
Stigney: Aye
Quick: Aye
Marty: Aye
Thomas: Aye
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Ka hleen F. Miller, City Clerk -Administrator