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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.871 — Fines And Penalties.

412.871 FINES AND PENALTIES.
All fines, forfeitures, and penalties recovered for the violation of any statute or ordinance to which the city is entitled by law shall be paid into the city treasury. Every court or officer receiving such moneys, shall make return thereof under oath in accordance with law, and be entitled to duplicate receipts for the amounts paid. One of the receipts shall be filed with the city clerk.
History:
1949 c 119 s 104; 1967 c 62 s 2; 1974 c 337 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.881 — President And Recorder Defined.

412.881 PRESIDENT AND RECORDER DEFINED.
Whenever the term "president" or "president of the council" is used in a statute applying to any statutory city, the term means the mayor of the city and the term "recorder" as so used means the clerk.
History:
1949 c 119 s 105; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.891 — Inconsistency With Cash Basis Law.

412.891 INCONSISTENCY WITH CASH BASIS LAW.
Any provision in this chapter inconsistent with any provision of Laws 1929, chapter 208, Laws 1933, chapter 211, Laws 1937, chapter 356, or Laws 1943, chapter 526, shall not apply to any city to which any such act applies.
History:
1949 c 119 s 106; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.901 — Application.

412.901 APPLICATION.
This chapter shall apply to every statutory city, irrespective of the law under which it was originally incorporated.
History:
1949 c 119 s 109; 1973 c 123 art 2 s 1 subd 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 412 — Statutory Cities › Section 412.925 — Native Landscapes.

412.925 NATIVE LANDSCAPES.
(a) A statutory city or home rule charter city shall allow an owner, authorized agent, or authorized occupant of any privately owned lands or premises to install and maintain a managed natural landscape. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given:
(1) "managed natural landscape" means a planned, intentional, and maintained planting of native or nonnative grasses, wildflowers, forbs, ferns, shrubs, or trees, including but not limited to rain gardens, meadow vegetation, and ornamental plants. Managed natural landscapes does not include turf-grass lawns left unattended for the purpose of returning to a natural state;
(2) "meadow vegetation" means grasses and flowering broad-leaf plants that are native to, or adapted to, the state of Minnesota, and that are commonly found in meadow and prairie plant communities, not including noxious weeds. "Noxious weed" has the meaning given in section 18.77, subdivision 8;
(3) "ornamental plants" means grasses, perennials, annuals, and groundcovers purposely planted for aesthetic reasons;
(4) "rain garden" means a native plant garden that is designed not only to aesthetically improve properties, but also to reduce the amount of stormwater and accompanying pollutants from entering streams, lakes, and rivers; and
(5) "turf-grass lawn" means a lawn composed mostly of grasses commonly used in regularly cut lawns or play areas, including but not limited to bluegrass, fescue, and ryegrass blends, intended to be maintained at a height of no more than eight inches.
(b) Managed natural landscapes may include plants and grasses that are in excess of eight inches in height and have gone to seed, but may not include any noxious weeds and must be maintained.
(c) Except as part of a managed natural landscape as defined in this section, any weeds or grasses growing upon any lot or parcel of land in a city to a greater height than eight inches or that have gone or are about to go to seed are prohibited.
History:
2023 c 62 art 3 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 413 — Change Of City Name › Section 413.02 — Change Of City Name.

413.02 CHANGE OF CITY NAME.
Subdivision 1.
Procedure.
When 20 percent of the legal voters of any statutory or home rule charter city shall petition the governing body thereof for a change of its name, the question of such change of name may be submitted to the voters of the city at any general or special election; and, if a majority of all the votes cast upon the question are in favor of such change, the governing body may by ordinance change the name of the city.
Subd. 2.
Filing; effect.
Upon the filing of a certified copy of the ordinance with the auditor of the county in which the city is located and with the state auditor and the secretary of state, the name of the city shall be changed as in the ordinance provided. The change in name shall in no way affect any liability, obligation, power, duty, law, or ordinance, or other matter or thing in any way relating to the city, excepting that the new name of the city shall thereafter be substituted for and used in the place of its old name.
Subd. 3.
City to post office; procedure.
The name of any statutory city in this state may be changed to the same name as the post office therein, by an ordinance of the statutory city so declaring, duly and legally adopted by the council thereof, when the name of the statutory city is different from the name of the post office therein as designated by the United States postal authorities.
Subd. 4.
When effective.
Upon the filing of a certified copy of such ordinance with the auditor of the county in which the city is located, and with the state auditor and the secretary of state, the name of the city shall be changed as in such ordinance provided. Such change in name shall in no way affect any liability, obligation, power, duty, law, or ordinance, or other matter or thing in any way relating to the city, excepting that the new name of the city shall thereafter be substituted for and used in place of its old name.
Subd. 5.
Use of term village; procedure.
Any statutory city which was a village or a borough on December 31, 1973, may continue to employ the term "village" or "borough" for any purpose including, but not limited to, internal administration, public communications, and published and posted notices; provided, however, that in all proceedings governed by statute or rule of a state agency and in all legal proceedings to which the city is a party, the term "city" shall be employed. The validity of any proceeding commenced or action taken by a village or borough prior to January 1, 1974 in which the term "village" or "borough" was employed shall not be affected by the provisions of this subdivision.
History:
(1193, 1194, 1850, 1851) 1913 c 431 s 1,2; 1913 c 493 s 1,2; 1973 c 123 art 4 s 3; 1976 c 44 s 32,33; 1985 c 248 s 70
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.011 — Definitions.

414.011 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Application.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them.
Subd. 2.
Municipality.
"Municipality" means any city, however organized.
Subd. 3.
Incorporated land.
"Incorporated land" means land within a municipality; "unincorporated land" means land outside a municipality.
Subd. 4.
Property, area, land.
The terms "property," "area," and "land" mean geographical units of land within or outside a municipality, depending upon the context in which the term is used.
Subd. 5.
Property owner.
"Property owner" means the owner of any fee interest of land, or the beneficial owner of land whose interest is primarily one of possession and enjoyment. The term includes, but is not limited to, vendees under a contract for deed, and mortgagors. Any reference to a percentage of property owners shall mean in number.
Subd. 6.
Abut, abuts, abutting.
The terms "abut," "abuts," and "abutting" refer to areas whose boundaries at least touch one another at a single point, including areas whose boundaries would touch but for an intervening roadway, railroad, waterway or parcel of publicly owned land.
Subd. 7.
Boundary adjustment.
"Boundary adjustment" means any proceeding authorized by this chapter.
Subd. 8.
[Repealed, 2002 c 223 s 29]
Subd. 9.
Corporate boundary map.
"Corporate boundary map" means a map which accurately describes the boundaries of a municipality.
Subd. 10.
Plat map.
"Plat map" means that document recorded in the office of the county recorder in the county where the area is located.
Subd. 11.
[Repealed, 2008 c 196 art 1 s 22]
Subd. 12.
Chief administrative law judge.
"Chief administrative law judge" means the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings or the delegate of the chief administrative law judge under section 14.48.
Subd. 13.
Property description or boundaries of the area.
"Property description" or "boundary of the area" means the legal description of the property.
History:
1969 c 1146 s 7; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 705 s 9,10; 2002 c 223 s 2,3; 2008 c 196 art 1 s 5; 2014 c 220 s 1,2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.012 — Filing Of Maps In Boundary Adjustment Proceedings.

414.012 FILING OF MAPS IN BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT PROCEEDINGS.
Subdivision 1.
Corporate boundary map.
A municipality initiating any boundary adjustment authorized by this chapter shall file with the chief administrative law judge a corporate boundary map. Any proposed boundary adjustment shall be delineated on a copy of the corporate boundary map.
Subd. 2.
Plat maps.
Any party initiating a boundary adjustment, which includes platted land, shall file with the chief administrative law judge maps which are necessary to support and identify the land description. The maps shall include copies of plats.
History:
1978 c 705 s 11; 2002 c 223 s 4; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.0333 — Joint Informational Meeting.

414.0333 JOINT INFORMATIONAL MEETING.
There must be a joint informational meeting of the municipal council of the annexing municipality and the town board of supervisors of the township containing the land proposed to be annexed or included in annexation proceedings under section 414.031. For an annexation under section 414.031, the joint informational meeting must be held after the final mediation meeting or the final meeting held pursuant to section 414.01, subdivision 16, if any, and before the hearing on the matter is held. If no mediation meetings are held, the joint informational meeting must be held after the initiating documents have been filed and before the hearing on the matter. The time, date, and place of the public informational meeting must be determined jointly by the chair of the town board of supervisors and the mayor of the annexing municipality. The chair of the town board of supervisors and the mayor must serve as the cochairs for the informational meeting. Notice of the time, date, place, and purpose of the informational meeting must be posted by the town clerk in the township's designated place for posting notices, and by the municipal clerk in the municipality's designated place for posting notices. In addition, both the city and town shall publish, at their own expense, notice in their respective official newspapers. If the city and town use the same official newspaper, a joint notice may be published and the costs evenly divided. All notice required by this section must be provided at least ten days before the date for the public informational meeting. At the public informational meeting, all persons appearing must have an opportunity to be heard, but the co-chairs may, by mutual agreement, establish the amount of time allowed for each speaker. The municipal council, the town board of supervisors, and any resident or affected property owner may be represented by counsel and may place into the record of the informational meeting documents, expert opinions, or other materials supporting their positions on issues raised by the proposed annexation proceeding. The clerk of the township must record minutes of the proceedings of the informational meeting and the municipal clerk must make an audio recording of the informational meeting. The township must provide the chief administrative law judge and the municipality with a copy of the printed minutes and the municipality must provide the chief administrative law judge and the township with a copy of the audio recording. The record of the informational meeting for a proceeding under section 414.031 is admissible in any proceeding under this chapter and shall be taken into consideration by the chief administrative law judge or the chief administrative law judge's designee.
History:
2006 c 270 art 2 s 10; 2008 c 196 art 1 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.0335 — If Pca-ordered Governmental Service Extension.

414.0335 IF PCA-ORDERED GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE EXTENSION.
Subdivision 1.
Annexation-by-ordinance alternative.
If a determination or order by the Pollution Control Agency, under section 115.49 or other similar statute is made, that cooperation by contract is necessary and feasible between a municipality and an unincorporated area located outside the existing corporate limits of a municipality, the municipality required to provide or extend through a contract a governmental service to an unincorporated area, during the statutory 90-day period provided in section 115.49 to formulate a contract, may in the alternative to formulating a service contract to provide or extend the service, declare the unincorporated area described in the Pollution Control Agency's determination letter or order annexed to the municipality by adopting an ordinance and submitting it to the chief administrative law judge.
Subd. 2.
Chief administrative law judge's role.
The chief administrative law judge may review and comment on the ordinance but shall approve the ordinance within 30 days of receipt. The ordinance is final and the annexation is effective on the date the chief administrative law judge approves the ordinance.
Subd. 3.
City to amend plan and controls.
Thereafter, the city shall amend its comprehensive plan and official controls in accordance with chapter 462.
History:
1997 c 202 art 5 s 6; 2002 c 223 s 13; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.035 — Differential Taxation For Up To Six Years.

414.035 DIFFERENTIAL TAXATION FOR UP TO SIX YEARS.
Whenever an order, under section 414.031, annexes part or all of a township to a municipality, the order may provide that the tax rate of the annexing municipality on the area annexed shall be increased in substantially equal proportions over not more than six years to equality with the tax rate on the property already within the municipality. The appropriate period, if any, shall be based on the time reasonably required to effectively provide property-tax-supported municipal services to the annexed area. Nothing in this section prohibits a differential tax provision from being included in an orderly annexation agreement.
History:
1978 c 705 s 22; 1979 c 50 s 53; 1987 c 50 s 1; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 46; 2002 c 223 s 14; 2008 c 196 art 1 s 14
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.036 — City Reimbursement To Town To Annex Taxable Property.

414.036 CITY REIMBURSEMENT TO TOWN TO ANNEX TAXABLE PROPERTY.
Unless otherwise agreed to by the annexing municipality and the affected town, when an order or other approval under this chapter annexes part of a town to a municipality, the order or other approval must provide a reimbursement from the municipality to the town for all or part of the taxable property annexed as part of the order. The reimbursement shall be completed in substantially equal payments over not less than two nor more than eight years from the time of annexation. The municipality must reimburse the township for all special assessments assigned by the township to the annexed property, and any portion of debt incurred by the town prior to the annexation and attributable to the property to be annexed but for which no special assessments are outstanding, in substantially equal payments over a period of not less than two or no more than eight years.
History:
1981 c 189 s 1; 2002 c 223 s 15; 2006 c 270 art 2 s 11
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.038 — Effect Of Annexation On Township Roads.

414.038 EFFECT OF ANNEXATION ON TOWNSHIP ROADS.
Whenever a municipality annexes property abutting one side of a township road, the segment of road abutting the annexed property must be treated as a line road and is subject to section 164.14. Whenever a municipality annexes the property on both sides of a township road, that portion of road abutting the annexed property ceases to be a town road and becomes the obligation of the annexing municipality. This section does not prohibit the annexing municipality from contracting with the township for continued maintenance of the road. Any portion of a township road that ceases to be a township road pursuant to this section may still be counted as a township road for the road-and-bridge account revenues for the year in which the annexation occurs.
History:
1Sp2003 c 19 art 2 s 60
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.039 — Effect Of Annexation On Easements.

414.039 EFFECT OF ANNEXATION ON EASEMENTS.
If a municipality annexes property in which the affected township holds any easement for the benefit of the public, the township's easement interest continues unless otherwise agreed to by the township.
History:
1Sp2003 c 19 art 2 s 61
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.051 — Townships Of More Than 2,000; Chief Administrative Law Judge Recommendations.

414.051 TOWNSHIPS OF MORE THAN 2,000; CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE RECOMMENDATIONS.
After each federal census the chief administrative law judge may determine the townships which have a population in excess of 2,000 exclusive of any municipality or part of a municipality within the township and make recommendations which the chief administrative law judge considers necessary and reasonable to the board of any such township.
History:
1969 c 1146 s 14; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1981 c 357 s 106; 2002 c 223 s 17; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.063 — Part Of Joint Agreements May Be Put In Orders.

414.063 PART OF JOINT AGREEMENTS MAY BE PUT IN ORDERS.
After notice and hearing as provided in section 414.09, the chief administrative law judge may include provisions of joint agreements between political subdivisions in the orders.
History:
1978 c 705 s 28; 2002 c 223 s 20; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.065 — If State Is Fee Owner Of Proposed Boundary Adjustment Land.

414.065 IF STATE IS FEE OWNER OF PROPOSED BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT LAND.
In any case in which the state is the fee owner of land partly or wholly within any area proposed to be part of a boundary adjustment, the executive council of the state of Minnesota may petition for, or consent to, any action proceeding under this chapter, if the council deems such action to be in the best interests of the state.
History:
1965 c 899 s 16; 1978 c 705 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.07 — Appeals.

414.07 APPEALS.
Subdivision 1.
Orders, time limit.
All orders in proceedings under this chapter shall be issued within one year from the date of the day of the first hearing thereon provided that the time may be extended for a fixed additional period upon consent of all parties of record. Failure to so order shall be deemed to be an order denying the matter. An appeal may be taken from such failure to so order in the same manner as an appeal from an order as provided in subdivision 2.
Subd. 2.
Grounds for appeal.
(a) Any person aggrieved by any order issued under this chapter may appeal to the district court upon the following grounds:
(1) that the order was issued without jurisdiction to act;
(2) that the order exceeded the orderer's jurisdiction;
(3) that the order is arbitrary, fraudulent, capricious or oppressive or in unreasonable disregard of the best interests of the territory affected; or
(4) that the order is based upon an erroneous theory of law.
(b) The appeal shall be taken in the district court in the county in which the majority of the area affected is located. The appeal shall not stay the effect of the order. All notices and other documents shall be served on both the chief administrative law judge and the attorney general's assistant assigned to the chief administrative law judge for purposes of this chapter.
(c) If the court determines that the action involved is unlawful or unreasonable or is not warranted by the evidence in case an issue of fact is involved, the court may vacate or suspend the action involved, in whole or in part, as the case requires. The matter shall then be remanded for further action in conformity with the decision of the court.
(d) To render a review of an order effectual, the aggrieved person shall file with the court administrator of the district court of the county in which the majority of the area is located, within 30 days of the order, an application for review together with the grounds upon which the review is sought.
(e) An appeal lies from the district court as in other civil cases.
History:
1959 c 686 s 7; 1961 c 645 s 7; 1969 c 1146 s 18; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 239 s 42; 1978 c 705 s 31; 1983 c 247 s 150; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1994 c 511 s 10; 2002 c 223 s 23; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 410 - 414 — Cities, Organization › Chapter 414 — Municipal Boundary Adjustments › Section 414.08 — Chief Administrative Law Judge May Appeal From District Court.

414.08 CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE MAY APPEAL FROM DISTRICT COURT.
An appeal may be taken under the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure by the chief administrative law judge from a final order or judgment made or rendered by the district court when the chief administrative law judge determines that the final order or judgment adversely affects the public interest.
History:
1965 c 834 s 1; 1975 c 271 s 6; 1976 c 239 s 43; 1983 c 247 s 151; 2002 c 223 s 24; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 15
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 415 — Various Municipal Powers › Section 415.01 — Town Laws, Application; Use Of Powers By City.

415.01 TOWN LAWS, APPLICATION; USE OF POWERS BY CITY.
Subdivision 1.
General.
A town must not exercise the powers conferred in chapters 365 to 368 within the territory embraced within the limits of any city, but a city has and may exercise within its limits any of the powers conferred by these chapters upon towns.
Subd. 2.
Charges for emergency services.
A city may exercise the power under sections 366.011 and 366.012 relating to charges for emergency services only if the city adopts an ordinance authorizing the manner and amount of charging for those services.
History:
(1103) RL s 692; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2003 c 64 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 415 — Various Municipal Powers › Section 415.02 — Charter, Ordinances; Codification As Evidence.

415.02 CHARTER, ORDINANCES; CODIFICATION AS EVIDENCE.
Any city may cause its charter and all general and special laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules, and bylaws in force therein to be codified, printed, and published and may declare by ordinance such codification to be prima facie evidence of the law of such municipality. It shall thereupon be received in evidence by the courts.
History:
(1837) RL s 771; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 415 — Various Municipal Powers › Section 415.021 — Codification Of Ordinances; City Or Town.

415.021 CODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES; CITY OR TOWN.
A statutory or home rule charter city, or town, may revise and codify and print in book, pamphlet or newspaper form, any ordinances, resolutions, and rules of the city or town and may include therein for reference any applicable general or special laws. Such codification shall be a sufficient publication of any ordinance included in it and not previously published in a newspaper if a substantial quantity of the codification is printed for general distribution to the public. A copy of any ordinances adopted by the city or town must be furnished to the county law library or its designated depository. A city or town, upon request, shall be reimbursed a reasonable charge by the county law library for a copy furnished.
History:
1957 c 115 s 1; 1969 c 73 s 1; 1984 c 543 s 49; 1990 c 361 s 1; 1995 c 105 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 415 — Various Municipal Powers › Section 415.10 — Certain Cities; Officials; Per Diem Payments.

415.10 CERTAIN CITIES; OFFICIALS; PER DIEM PAYMENTS.
The governing body of any city in which the net tax capacity consists in part of iron ore, taconite or semitaconite may pay the members of such governing body a per diem in an amount not to exceed $25 per day nor $250 per year for members of such governing body who are absent from the municipality in the performance of their duty as municipal officials.
History:
1957 c 246 s 1; 1963 c 158 s 1; 1973 c 57 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329 art 13 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 415 — Various Municipal Powers › Section 415.11 — Second To Fourth Class Cities; Governing Body Salaries.

415.11 SECOND TO FOURTH CLASS CITIES; GOVERNING BODY SALARIES.
Subdivision 1.
Set by ordinance.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, charter, or ordinance, the governing body of any statutory or home rule charter city of the second, third or fourth class may by ordinance fix their own salaries as members of such governing body, and the salary of the chief elected executive officer of such city, in such amount as they deem reasonable.
Subd. 2.
After next election.
No change in salary shall take effect until after the next succeeding municipal election.
Subd. 3.
Temporary reductions.
Notwithstanding subdivision 2 or a charter provision to the contrary, the governing body may enact an ordinance to take effect before the next succeeding municipal election that reduces the salaries of the members of the governing body. The ordinance shall be in effect for 12 months, unless another period of time is specified in the ordinance, after which the salary of the members reverts to the salary in effect immediately before the ordinance was enacted.
History:
Ex1967 c 42 s 1,2; 1976 c 44 s 34; 2009 c 152 s 17
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 415 — Various Municipal Powers › Section 415.15 — Resigning Member Cannot Vote For Successor.

415.15 RESIGNING MEMBER CANNOT VOTE FOR SUCCESSOR.
No resigning member of a city council shall participate in a vote of the council to choose a person to replace the resigning member.
History:
1974 c 36 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 415 — Various Municipal Powers › Section 415.16 — Employment; City Or County Residence Requirement.

415.16 EMPLOYMENT; CITY OR COUNTY RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT.
Subdivision 1.
No exception for on-premises residence.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision of other law, home rule charter, ordinance or resolution, no statutory or home rule charter city or county shall require that a person be a resident of the city or county as a condition of employment by the city or county except for positions which by their duties require the employee to live on the premises of the person's place of employment.
Subd. 1a.
Residency incentives for peace officers.
A statutory or home rule charter city or county may offer incentives to encourage a person hired as a peace officer, as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), to be a resident of the city or county.
Subd. 2.
Reasonable area or response time requirement.
A statutory or home rule charter city or county, except if it is located in the area defined in section 473F.02, subdivision 2, may impose a reasonable area or response time residency requirement if there is a demonstrated, job-related necessity.
Subd. 3.
Volunteer or nonprofit firefighters.
A statutory or home rule charter city or county may impose a reasonable residency requirement on persons employed as volunteers or as members of a nonprofit firefighting corporation if there is a demonstrated, job-related necessity. The residency requirement must be related to response time and established without regard to political subdivision boundaries.
History:
1981 c 181 s 1; 1984 c 585 s 1; 1985 c 197 s 1; 2Sp2020 c 1 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 415 — Various Municipal Powers › Section 415.17 — Businesses That Violate Ordinances.

415.17 BUSINESSES THAT VIOLATE ORDINANCES.
The governing body of a home rule charter or statutory city may order that a place of business be closed if it determines that the business conducted at that place was in violation of a city zoning or licensing ordinance at the time the business was established at that location. The city must have in place a proper notification procedure and have followed the procedure prior to requesting the enforcement of this section.
History:
1996 c 430 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 415 — Various Municipal Powers › Section 415.18 — City Unit May Pay For Performance Bonds.

415.18 CITY UNIT MAY PAY FOR PERFORMANCE BONDS.
Subdivision 1.
If bond required.
When an officer or employee of any statutory or home rule charter city is required to furnish a fidelity or faithful performance bond, the governing body of the city, or the board or commission to whom the officer or employee is responsible, may provide for the payment of the premium on the bond from city funds.
Subd. 1a.
Blanket position bond; conditions.
In lieu of individual bonds, the governing body, board or commission may provide for blanket position bonds furnished by a surety company to cover any officer or employee required to furnish a bond if all of the obligations required by law, charter, or ordinance to be assumed by the principal and the principal's sureties by an individual bond are included in the blanket position bond.
Subd. 2.
Adds to, prevails over other law.
This section is supplementary to other statutory and charter provisions and supersedes such provisions only to the extent that they restrict or prohibit action authorized by this section.
History:
1959 c 198 s 1; 1984 c 384 s 2; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 415 — Various Municipal Powers › Section 415.19 — Notice Of Proposed Ordinances.

415.19 NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
For the purposes of this section:
(1) "city" means a statutory or home rule charter city;
(2) "electronic notification system" means an electronic notification system operated by the city that distributes general city information or notices through email; and
(3) "proposed ordinance" means a proposed new ordinance or a proposed amendment to an ordinance.
Subd. 2.
Posting.
(a) If a city posts ordinances on the city's website, the city must also post proposed ordinances on the website at least ten days before the city council meeting at which the proposed ordinance is scheduled for a final vote.
(b) If a city does not have an electronic notification system, the city must post notice of a proposed ordinance in the same location as other public notices are posted at least ten days before the city council meeting at which the proposed ordinance is scheduled for a final vote.
Subd. 3.
Individual notice by email.
(a) If a city has an electronic notification system, the city must notify any person that has signed up for email notification of proposed ordinances at least ten days before the city council meeting at which the proposed ordinance is scheduled for a final vote.
(b) If a city has an electronic notification system, the city must notify a person of the notification procedure at the time the person applies for a new business license or license renewal.
Subd. 4.
Failure to provide notice.
Failure to provide notice described in this section does not invalidate the ordinance or amendment to an ordinance adopted.
Subd. 5.
Minimum requirements.
The requirements in this section are minimum requirements. A city may provide more notice if it has the ability to do so.
Subd. 6.
Interim ordinances exempt.
The requirements in this section do not apply to interim ordinances adopted pursuant to section 462.355, subdivision 4.
History:
2017 c 77 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 416 — Public Buildings › Section 416.01 — Memorials For Veterans.

416.01 MEMORIALS FOR VETERANS.
The governing body of any city of this state, however organized, may adopt an ordinance providing for the erection, equipment, and maintenance of a building or monument or parks in recognition of the services performed by soldiers, sailors, marines, and war veterans of the United States. The ordinance may also provide for the supervision and control of the building or monument or parks after its erection. The estimated cost, as determined by the governing body, of the monument or parks or building must be stated in the minutes of the meeting in which the ordinance is adopted and no sum shall be expended for the monument, park, or building in an amount more than ten percent in excess of the amount so stated in the minutes. The governing body of the city may acquire a site within the city upon which the monument or parks or building may be erected.
History:
(1933-10) 1923 c 325 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2008 c 236 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 416 — Public Buildings › Section 416.02 — Tax Levy.

416.02 TAX LEVY.
For the purpose of meeting the cost of such building or monument or parks, any such city may levy, within the limits permitted by law, amounts sufficient to cover the cost of such building or monument, or parks, but any such sums so levied shall be separately levied, and when collected, shall be paid into a special separate fund and used only for the purpose of paying for the cost of such building or monument or parks.
History:
(1933-10 1/2) 1923 c 325 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 416 — Public Buildings › Section 416.05 — War And Historical Museum.

416.05 WAR AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM.
The governing body of any such city may provide in such building for a war and historical museum, and for such other features as it may determine.
History:
(1933-13) 1923 c 325 s 5; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 416 — Public Buildings › Section 416.06 — Construction.

416.06 CONSTRUCTION.
Insofar as sections 416.01 to 416.06 affect cities of the third class, they shall be deemed as amendatory of and supplemental to Laws 1921, chapter 257, but shall not affect any building, monument, or parks or proceedings heretofore commenced thereunder.
History:
(1933-14) 1923 c 325 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 416 — Public Buildings › Section 416.07 — Second Class Cities; Public Buildings With Parkway.

416.07 SECOND CLASS CITIES; PUBLIC BUILDINGS WITH PARKWAY.
Each city of the second class in the state is hereby authorized to construct and to maintain in the public streets or alleys thereof buildings for use as sewer pumping stations, public restrooms, and other public purposes.
Each such city is authorized to maintain a small parkway around each of such buildings.
No such city shall be liable in damage to anyone suffering injury by reason of the construction or maintenance of such buildings unless such injury was due to a failure on the part of such city to exercise ordinary care in the construction or maintenance of such buildings.
Each such city is hereby authorized to acquire the necessary property rights and easements to construct and maintain such buildings by condemnation proceedings, gifts, devise, or purchase as in other cases of acquiring property for public use.
History:
(1659, 1660, 1661, 1662) 1923 c 9 s 1-4; 1925 c 70
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 415 - 418 — Cities, General Government › Chapter 416 — Public Buildings › Section 416.16 — Condemnation Of Land For Public Buildings.

416.16 CONDEMNATION OF LAND FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Any city in this state now or hereafter having a population of over 50,000 shall have the right, power, and authority to condemn lands under the power of eminent domain for sites and grounds for public school buildings, and for all other municipal or public buildings for such cities, or for any of the departments of its government, and such power and authority shall be exercised under and pursuant to the terms and provisions of chapter 117; provided that any such city shall have the right, upon the filing of the award of the commissioners provided for in chapter 117 and upon giving the notice therein required of the filing of such award, to enter upon and appropriate the lands so condemned, without the giving of any bond, but in case of such entry and appropriation, such city shall be bound absolutely to pay all damages awarded, either by the commissioners or by the court upon appeal therefrom, together with all costs and expenses adjudged against it therein, within the time specified in chapter 117. In case any such city shall appeal from the award of commissioners appointed pursuant to any such condemnation proceedings, such city shall not be required to give or file any appeal bond therein.
History:
(1492) 1907 c 291 s 1; 2006 c 214 s 20
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.01 — Establishment.

419.01 ESTABLISHMENT.
There may be created in every city, except a city of the first class, a police civil service commission with powers and duties as provided in sections 419.01 to 419.18. Any such city which may wish to avail itself of the provisions thereof shall do so by an ordinance expressly accepting the provisions thereof. The ordinance shall be adopted in the same manner as other nonemergency ordinances, but at least 30 days shall elapse between its introduction and final passage by the governing body. Sections 419.01 to 419.18 do not apply to any city until the adoption of such ordinance.
History:
(1933-48) 1929 c 299 s 1; 1933 c 197 s 1; 1935 c 34 s 1; 1959 c 694 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.02 — Membership; Joint Police And Fire Commission.

419.02 MEMBERSHIP; JOINT POLICE AND FIRE COMMISSION.
Subdivision 1.
Number, qualifications, limits.
This commission shall consist of three members who are citizens of the state and residents of such city, and shall be appointed by the council of the city, and when first created one commissioner shall be appointed for the term of one year, who shall be president of the commission, one for the term of two years, and one for the term of three years, and all commissioners shall hold their office until their successors are appointed and qualified. No commissioner shall, at the time of appointment or while serving, hold any elected office under the city, the United States, the state of Minnesota, or any public corporation or political division thereof, or employment under the city, or employment under a police department of any city, other than as a member of a civil service commission for firefighters or other municipal personnel. Each commissioner, before entering upon duties, shall subscribe and file with the city clerk an oath for the faithful discharge of the duties. There shall be appointed each year thereafter by the city council one member of the commission whose term of office shall be for three years, and each member of the commission shall be president of the commission during the last year of the member's term.
Subd. 2.
Transition to joint commission.
In any city establishing or having a firefighters' civil service commission, the city council may, in the ordinance establishing the police or firefighters' civil service commission or in a later ordinance adopted in the same manner, provide that a single commission shall serve as both police and firefighters' civil service commissions. The joint commission shall consist of three members appointed in the same manner, for the same terms, and with the same qualifications as a police civil service commission under sections 419.01 to 419.18. When existing police and firefighters' civil service commissions are combined, all the members of the two commissions shall become the members of the combined commission and shall continue to serve as members of the new commission for the remainder of the terms for which they were originally appointed. No successor shall be appointed for the members whose terms are the first, third, and fifth of the six to end, but at the end of every other term, one member shall be appointed for a three-year term, thus reducing the commission membership to five by the end of the first year, four by the end of the second year, and three by the end of the third year.
History:
(1933-49) 1929 c 299 s 2; 1959 c 694 s 2; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1977 c 429 s 63; 1978 c 585 s 1; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.03 — Meeting.

419.03 MEETING.
The commission shall first meet immediately after its appointment and thereafter on the first Monday in February each year at which meetings it shall select from its members a secretary who shall serve until a successor is elected. The commission shall from time to time fix the times of its meetings, and adopt, amend, and alter rules for its procedure.
History:
(1933-50) 1929 c 299 s 3; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.04 — Commissioners To Serve Without Pay.

419.04 COMMISSIONERS TO SERVE WITHOUT PAY.
Each commissioner shall serve without pay but the council may allow the secretary such compensation, not exceeding $100 per year, as it shall deem commensurate with the additional service rendered. The council shall pay from the municipal treasury all expenses incurred by the commission in connection with the performance of its duties and furnish it with all supplies, stationery, and equipment it may require, but all bills and accounts shall be audited and approved by the president and secretary of the commission before being paid by the council.
History:
(1933-51) 1929 c 299 s 4; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.05 — Duties Of Commission.

419.05 DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
The commission shall have absolute control and supervision over the employment, promotion, discharge, and suspension of all officers and employees of the police department of such city and these powers shall extend to and include all members of the police department. The commission may not, however, prescribe any residency requirements for the positions under its control, unless approved by the city council.
The commission shall, immediately after its appointment and organization, grade and classify all of the employees of the police department of the city and a service register shall be prepared for the purpose, in which shall be entered, in their classes, the names, ages, compensation, period of past employment and such other facts and data with reference to each employee as the commission may deem useful.
The commission shall keep a second register to be known as the application register in which shall be entered the names and addresses, in the order of the date of application, of all applicants for examination and the offices or employments they seek. All applications shall be upon forms prescribed by the commission and contain such data and information as the commission deems necessary and useful.
History:
(1933-52) 1929 c 299 s 5; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1978 c 585 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 419 - 425 — Municipal Personnel, Retirement › Chapter 419 — Police Civil Service Commissions › Section 419.07 — Officers Discharged Only After Hearing.

419.07 OFFICERS DISCHARGED ONLY AFTER HEARING.
No officer or employee other than a peace officer, after six months' continuous employment, shall be removed or discharged except for cause upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges as in this chapter hereinafter provided. No newly appointed peace officer after satisfactory completion of the basic peace officers training course pursuant to sections 626.843 to 626.852 and after a period of no longer than 12 months continuous employment thereafter, shall be removed or discharged except for cause upon written charges and after an opportunity to be heard in defense of the charges as in this chapter hereinafter provided. Such charges shall be investigated by or before such civil service commission. The finding and decision of such commission shall be forthwith certified to the chief or other appointed or superior officer, and will be forthwith enforced by such officer. Nothing in this chapter shall limit the power of any officer to suspend a subordinate for a reasonable period not exceeding 60 days for the purpose of discipline, or pending investigation of charges when the officer deems such suspension advisable. The commission, in any city of the second class situate in two or more counties, may, by resolution adopted by unanimous vote, incorporate in the civil service rules a rule fixing the term of the office of chief of the department at six years from the date of appointment and thereafter the office of chief shall be open to competitive examination for all members of the department qualified to take such examinations. In the event of a new appointment being made to the office of chief as a result of competitive examination, the retiring chief shall be assigned a grade and class in the department as may be determined by the commission. Provided that the limitation of the term of chief as herein provided for shall not affect any person permanently holding the office of chief at the time of the passage of Laws 1947, Chapter 522; provided further that the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons referred to in Minnesota Statutes 1969, Section 299D.03.
History:
(1933-54) 1929 c 299 s 7; 1947 c 522 s 1; 1971 c 839 s 1; 1980 c 509 s 159; 1986 c 444