Memo Second Reading Ordiance 94-750
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To: Hopkins City Council
From: Jim Genellie, City Clerk
Date: December 12, 1994
Subject Second Reading of Ordinance #94-750
Staff recommends the following motion: Move that the Hopkins City Council approve
Ordinance #94-750 for second readinq and approve the summary of Ordinance
#94-750 and order the publication of the summary.
This action will continue the process of amending Section 440 of the Hopkins City Code
to authorize the inspections' department to approve contractor's licenses.
There have been no changes to the ordinance since the first reading.
. The summary of the ordinance must be approved by a four -fifths vote.
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CI TY OF HOPKINS COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
. ORDINANCE NO. 94-750
AN' ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 440 OF THE HOPKINS CITY CODE
TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF
CONTRACTORS' LICENSES
The City Council of the City of Hopkins does hereby ordain:
SECTION 1. That Section 440.01, Subdivision 2 be amended to read as follows:
Subd. 2. License required. Except as otherwise provided in this
section, every main or independent building contractor shall register with and
obtain a license from the city building inspector for the performance of any
work or improvement for which a city building perIni t is required and shall pay
the required fee established by resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 2. That Section 440.01, Subdivision 5 be amended to read as follows:
Subd. 5. License application. A license may be issued to a contractor
by the building inspector upon written application therefor which shall require
and contain proof of such applicant's qualifications and which shall contain but
shall not be limited to the information required by this subsection.
. SECTION 3. That Section 440.01, Subdivision 5 (al be amended to read as
follows:
(a) A written re::J\.Hf\e statement of the experience and abiE ty in the
building trades of the main applicant including such references as the
city may from time to time require. Evidence of qualifications may
include any permit, a similar license or certificate issued by a-HY-~
city, county or agency of the state of Minnesota to the applicant and
-wH-d- ~be considered as prima facie evidence of the contractor's
competency under this section. Whenever any agency of the state of
Minnesota imposes licensing or registration requirements for any trade
license under this section, proof of satisfaction of all state
requirements shall be provided with the license application.
SECTION 4. That Section 440.03 be amended to read as follows:
440.03. Oil and gas installers. Subdivision 1. Installation of oil burning
heaters; license required. No person, firm or corporation shall install in the
city any oil burning device for heating purposes or equipment connected
therewith, without procuring a license to install oil burners from the city
building inspector and paying the required fee established by resolution of the
City Council.
Subd. 2. Installation of gas burning heaters; license required. No
person, firm or corporation shall install in the city any gas burning device for
heating purposes or equipment connected therewith, without first procuring a
license to install gas burners from the city building inspector and paying the
. required fee established by resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 5. That Section 440.05, subdivision 2 be amended to read as follows:
. Subd. 2. Permits required. It is unlawful to construct, install, alter
or repair any plumbing, drain, vent, s urnp , water closet, sink, lavatory or any
other plumbing fixture within the city, without first obtaining a permit from
the city building inspector mao.:J.gcr to do such work. Application for such
perrni t shall be made .:J.t the office of the aler]{ to the building inspection
department on forms supplied by the city. The application shall be accompanied
by the respective fees. No permit shall be required in case of repairs not
affecting sanitation, such as mending of leaks in faucets, valves or water
supply pipes, mending of broken fixtures, tanks, kitchen boilers, releasing
frozen pipes or rodding and flushing of any house sewer or drain.
SECTION 6. That Section 440.07, be added to the Hopkins City to read as
follows:
440.07. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by the action of the building
inspector in the denial of a license as provided in Section 440 may appeal to
the City Council. Such appeal shall be taken by filing with the Council within
fourteen (14) days after notice of the action complained of, a written statement
setting forth fully the grounds for the appeal. The Council shall set a time
and place for hearing on such appeal, and notice of such hearing shall be given
to the appellant. No individual may conduct any business regulated hereunder
while an appeal is pending.
SECTION 7. The entire City Code shall be amended to replace the words "fee set
by Chapter X" or similar language, with the words "fee as set by City Council
resolution" , wherever such wording appears.
SECTION 3. The effective date of this ordinance shall be twenty days after
. publication.
First Reading: December 6, 1994
Second Reading: December 20, 1994
Date of Publication: December 23, 1994
Effective Date of Ordinance: January 17, 1995
Charles D. Redepenning, Mayor
ATTEST:
James A. Genellie, City Clerk
APPROVED AS ~FORM AND LEGAL1TY:
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CITY OF HOPKINS COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
. SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 94-750
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 440 OF THE HOPKINS CITY CODE
TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF
CONTRACTORS' LICENSES
This ordinance removes the requirement for City Council approval of contractors'
licenses. The City's building inspector will issue the licenses.
A printed copy of the entire ordinance is available from the City Clerk and at
the Hopkins library.
First Reading: December 6, 1994
Second Reading: December 20, 1994
Date of Publication: Decembe r 28, 1994
Effective Date of Ordinance: January 17, 1995
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Charles D. Redepenning, Mayor
ATTEST:
James A. Genellie, City Clerk
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