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Amending Chapter 310.01 of the Legislative Code to add a table and definition for fees associated with business activities that are referenced but not stipulated within specific ordinance sections and animal fees.
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SECTION 1
WHEREAS, on September 8,2023, the City Council adopted ORD 23-32, herein incorporated as Exhibit 1, which along with other changes included updated Licensing Fee Tables for class R, T and N License types; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections wishes to add the table for animal license fees to Chapter 310, Exhibit 3; and
WHEREAS, it is understood that Animal Fees are not license fees and Animal Fees are not subject to adverse action as defined in this chapter; and .
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections (Department) has defined and created a new Fee Tables to include specific fees associated with business activities that are referenced but not stipulated within specific ordinance sections herein incorporated as Exhibit 4; and
WHEREAS, the Department also wishes to update the fees charged for licenses associated with business activities referenced in Exhibit 4 in support of Mayor Carter’s 2023 budget; and
WHEREAS, the Department believes that the fee increases proposed more accurately reflect the cost of the individual licenses related to investigation, support services, and enforcement; and
WHEREAS, the Department continues to experience substantial growth in personnel costs such as health care and wages; and
WHEREAS, General Fund pressures create the need to decrease the gap between licensing fee revenue and program expenses; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does ordain:
SECTION 2
Chapter 310.01 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended as follows:
Chapter 310. Uniform License Procedures
The procedures in this chapter are meant to govern the issuance of all licenses and certain permits in the City of Saint Paul unless a different process is required by statute. The requirements laid out in this chapter are meant to supersede all requirements laid out in ordinance related to Applications for the Grant or Issuance of a License, New Application Investigation and Review, Application Denial, Notice, Levels of Approval, Objections, and Renewal Procedures.
Sec. 310.01. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, any chapter of the Legislative Code pertaining to licenses as hereinafter mentioned, and subsequently enacted ordinances establishing or relating to the requirements for Class R, for routinely issued licenses, Class T for temporary licenses and Class N for licenses in which neighbors are required to be notified, under authority of the City of Saint Paul, the terms defined in this section have the following meanings.
Adverse action means the revocation or suspension of a license, the imposition of conditions upon a license, the denial of an application for the grant, issuance or renewal of a license, the imposition of a fine, the assessment of the costs of a contested hearing, and any other disciplinary or unfavorable action taken with respect to a license, licensee, or applicant for a license. Adverse action includes any of the foregoing directed at one (1) or more licenses held by a licensee at any location in the city. Adverse action also includes disapproval of licenses issued by the state under statutory provisions which permit the governing body to disapprove the issuance of the license.
Animal Fee Table - means fees contained in the attached Animal Fee Table. Animal Fees are not license fees and not subject to adverse action as defined in this chapter.
INSERT OTHER ANIMAL FEE TABLE FOR 310 - EXHIBIT #3
Bond means a bond meeting the requirements of section 310.05 and indemnifying the city against all claims, judgments or suits caused by, resulting from or in connection with any licensed business, activity, premises, thing, facility, occurrence or otherwise under these chapters.
Building official means the official in the department of safety and inspections charged with the responsibility of enforcement of the building code.
Chapters and these chapters mean this uniform license ordinance, any chapter of the Legislative Code pertaining to licenses as hereinafter mentioned, and subsequently enacted ordinances establishing or relating to the requirements for class R, class T, and class N licenses under authority of the city.
Class R licenses means those licenses and certain permits which can be issued by the Director without council approval if no conditions are imposed upon the license and which do not require a hearing if there is an objection. Class R Licenses follow the Procedures for Application for the Grant or Issuance of a License, New Application Investigation and Review, Application Denial, Notice, Levels of Approval, Objections, and Renewal Procedures laid out in Section 310.02(1). The following licenses are so classified, and the numbers shown opposite them correspond to the chapters in the Legislative Code pertaining to each license:
CLASS R LICENSE FEE TABLE WAS INSERTED HERE
Class T licenses means those licenses which can be approved or denied by the Director if no conditions are imposed upon the license and which do not require a hearing if there is an objection. Class T Licenses follow the Procedures for Application for the Grant or Issuance of the License, New Application Investigation and Review, Application Denial, Notice, Levels of Approval, Objections, and Renewal Procedures laid out in Section 310.02(3). The following licenses are so classified, and the numbers shown opposite them correspond to the chapters in the Legislative Code pertaining to each license:
CLASS T LICENSE FEE TABLE WAS INSERTED HERE
Class N licenses means those licenses which must be approved or denied by the Council. Class N Licenses follow the Procedures for Application for the Grant or Issuance of the License, New Application Investigation and Review, Application Denial, Notice, Levels of Approval, Objections, and Renewal Procedures laid out in Section 310.02(2). The following licenses are so classified, and the numbers shown opposite them correspond to the chapters in the Legislative Code pertaining to each license:
CLASS N LICENSE FEE TABLE WAS INSERTED HERE
Department means the Department of Safety and Inspections.
Director means the Director of the Department of Safety and Inspections and/or the Director’s designee or designees.
Fee means and includes both the license fee and application fee unless otherwise provided.
License means and includes all licenses and permits provided for or covered by these chapters. License also includes licenses issued by the state under statutory provisions which permit the governing body to disapprove the issuance of such licenses, for the purposes of making procedures in chapter 310 of the Legislative Code applicable to the approval or disapproval of such licenses.
Class N License District Council Notification Form means the form, provided by the Department to the license applicant as part of the Class N License application packet, which must be mailed or personally delivered to the District Council by the license/applicant prior to the submission of the application for a license.
Other Non-License Fees means fees contained in the attached Non-License Fees Table. These are not license fees and not subject to adverse action as defined in this chapter.
INSERT OTHER NON-LICENSE FEE TABLE - EXHIBIT #4
Person means and includes any person, firm, corporation, partnership, company, organization, agency, club or any group or association thereof. It shall also include any executor, administrator, trustee, receiver or other representative appointed by law.
Zoning Administrator means the official in the Department of Safety and Inspections charged with responsibility for enforcement of the zoning code.
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This ordinance will take effect and be in force thirty (30) days following passage, approval, and publication.