City of Saint Paul - File #: Ord 14-18

• File #: Ord 14-18
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 4/23/2014
• Title: Creating Chapter 95 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code to establish a procedure to amend District Council boundaries.
• Sponsors: Amy Brendmoen

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/30/2014	1	Mayor's Office	Signed
4/23/2014	1	City Council	Adopted	Pass
4/16/2014	1	City Council	Public Hearing Closed; Laid Over to Fourth Reading/Final Adoption	Pass
4/9/2014	1	City Council	Amended and Laid Over for Third Reading	Pass
4/2/2014	1	City Council	Laid Over to Second Reading

Title
Creating Chapter 95 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code to establish a procedure to amend District Council boundaries.

Body
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:

Section 1

Section 95.01 the Saint Paul Administrative Code is hereby created to read as follows:

Sec. 95.01 Definitions

The following terms, if used within this Chapter 95 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code, shall be defined as follows:

A. One Block Face shall mean one (1) side of a street for one (1) block.
B. Department shall mean the Department of Planning and Economic Development.
C. District Council shall mean a City recognized organization that enters into a contract with and receives funding from the City to represent a specific geographic area and to provide public input on City matters.
D. Occupant shall mean the tenant or tenants of residential and commercial property, the manager or person having care, custody or control of the building, commercial businesses, industrial premises, or unoccupied buildings.
E. Owner shall mean the fee owner of the building as listed on the records of the Ramsey County Department of Property Taxation.

Section 2

Section 95.02 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code is hereby created to read as follows:

Section 95.02 Council Authority

The council, after following the procedures in this chapter, may, by resolution, modify Boundaries.

Section 3

Section 95.03 of the Saint Paul Administrative Code is hereby created to read as follows:

Section 95.03 Application for Modification of Boundary.

All requests for modification of a boundary shall be initiated by filing an application with the Department. The application shall include the following:

A. Threshold Consent Requirement.
1. A petition signed by persons representing a minimum of 75 % of properties in the proposed area of change approving the proposed boundary change. The petiti...