City of Saint Paul - File #: Ord 22-49

• File #: Ord 22-49
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/9/2022
• Title: Amending Chapter 411 of the Legislative Code to eliminate petition requirements, reference and incorporate uniform license procedures as outlined in Section 310 of the Legislative Code and update gender specific language and other outdated terms.
• Sponsors: Rebecca Noecker, Jane L. Prince
• Related files: Ord 22-46, Ord 22-47

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/15/2022	2	Mayor's Office	Signed
11/9/2022	2	City Council	Adopted	Pass
11/2/2022	2	City Council	Laid Over to Final Adoption	Pass
10/26/2022	1	City Council	Laid Over to Second Reading

Title
Amending Chapter 411 of the Legislative Code to eliminate petition requirements, reference and incorporate uniform license procedures as outlined in Section 310 of the Legislative Code and update gender specific language and other outdated terms.

Body
WHEREAS, current individual City Licensing Ordinances contain notification, hearing, and petition requirements for specific business license types; and

WHEREAS, different license processes in different City Licensing Ordinances has created confusion among city staff and prospective license applicants as to the proper process to follow; and

WHEREAS, some of these requirements also unnecessarily increase the time it takes individuals to open a business; and

WHEREAS, the city seeks to improve the process by which community members learn about and provide input to support Council decision making related to business licenses; and

WHEREAS, time costs entrepreneur’s money and impacts their interest and ability to open a business in Saint Paul; and

WHEREAS, throughout the life cycle of a license, the City Council has the same rights, requirements, and abilities to take Adverse License Action (e.g., imposing conditions on a license); and

WHEREAS, after community listening sessions a stakeholder workgroup discussed business and administrative needs and brainstormed/researched solutions; and

WHEREAS, the workgroup recommended uniform license procedures, the removal of petition requirements, a shortened notification process, elimination of the license renewal public hearing provision and retaining the requirement that all Class N License Applications be put before City Council; and

WHEREAS, the City Attorney has determined, based on the opinion of other legal experts, that laws that exclude references to gender do not promote gender equality, and advises that gender-specific words should be replaced with gender-neutral words that have the same meaning when possible; and

WHEREAS, because the city att...