ADOPTING ORDINANCES

ORDINANCE NO. 7516

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF LAKELAND, MINNESOTA, AMENDING, RESTATING, REVISING, UPDATING, CODIFYING, AND COMPILING CERTAIN ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LAKELAND DEALING WITH THE SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

   WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes §§ 415.02 and 415.021 authorize the city to cause its ordinances to be codified and printed in a book,

   NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Lakeland, Minnesota ordains:

   Section 1. The general ordinances of the City as amended, restated, revised, updated, codified, and compiled in book form, including penalties for the violations of various provisions thereof, are adopted and shall constitute the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lakeland. This Code of Ordinances also adopts, by reference, certain statutes and administrative rules of the State of Minnesota as named in the Code of Ordinances.

   Section 2. The Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following titles:

            TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

               10.   Rules of Construction; General Penalty

            TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION

               30.   City Government

               31.   City Committees and Organizations

               32.   City Policies

               33.   Fee Schedule

            TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS

               50.   Garbage and Solid Waste

               51.   Solar Energy Systems and Solar Structures

               52.   Water Regulations

            TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

               70.   Traffic Regulations

               71.   Parking Regulations

               72.   Recreational Vehicles

            TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS

               90.   Animals

               91.   Fire Prevention and Safety

               92.   Public Parks and Recreation

               93.   Health and Sanitation; Environment; Nuisances

               94.   Alarm Systems

               95.   Communications Equipment

            TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

               110.   Business Licensing

               111.   Pawnbrokers

               112.   Peddlers and Solicitors

               113.   Alcohol Regulations

               114.   Tobacco Regulations

               115.   Licensing and Regulation of Adult Uses

            TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES

               130.   Public Safety Offenses

            TITLE XV: LAND USAGE

               150.   General Regulations

               151.   hazardous and Substandard Buildings

               152.   Soil Management

               153.   Water Drainage

               154.   Floodplain Regulations

               155.   Lower St. Croix River Bluffland and Shoreland Management Regulations

               156.   Mining Regulations

               157.   Individual Sewage Treatment system Regulations

               158.   Subdivision Regulations

               159.   Zoning Regulations

   Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to subjects treated in the Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance, except as they are included and re-ordained in whole or in part in the Code of Ordinances; provided this repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred, or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall this repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes; appropriating money; annexing or detaching territory; establishing franchises; granting special rights to certain persons; authorizing public improvements; authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money; authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property; granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use; or vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall this repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code of Ordinances. All fees established in prior ordinances shall remain in effect unless amended in this Code of Ordinances, or until an ordinance adopting a fee schedule is adopted or amended.

   Section 4. This ordinance adopting the Code of Ordinances shall be a sufficient publication of any ordinance included in it and not previously published in the city's official newspaper. The City Clerk shall cause a substantial quantity of the Code of Ordinances to be printed for general distribution to the public at actual cost, and shall furnish a copy of the Code of Ordinances to the County Law Library or its designated depository. The official copy of this Code of Ordinances shall be marked and be kept in the office of the City Clerk.

   Section 5. The Code of Ordinances is declared to be prima facie evidence of the law of the city and shall be received in evidence as provided by Minnesota Statutes by the courts of the State of Minnesota.

   Section 6. This ordinance adopting the Code of Ordinances, and the Code of Ordinances itself, shall take effect upon publication of this ordinance in the City's official newspaper.

   PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Lakeland this 20th day of October, 2009.

                              APPROVED:

                               /s/ Brian Zeller

                              Brian Zeller, Mayor

ATTESTED:

/s/ Chris Wallberg

Chris Wallberg, City Clerk