2005-959
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CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2005-959
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1200
OF THE HOPKINS CITY CODE
The City Council of the City of Hopkins does hereby ordain:
Section 1. The Hopkins City Code, Section 1200, is hereby amended to read as follows:
1200.42 Subd. 5. Training. Each licensee must have at least one representative attend all mandatory
liquor license training seminars conducted by the city. The representative need not be the same
person each time but must hold a position of responsibility in either the ownership or management
of the licensee. Any licensee who fails to meet this requirement may be charged an administrative
penalty.
1200.52. Hearing Notice. }Jo suspension or revocation \vill take effect until the licensee has
been afforded an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to ,,^...dministrative Procedure ,,^...ct 1ftJ Statute
Section 11.57 to 11.70.
1200.54 Subd 2. BEST PRACTICES PENALTY GRID:
1 st Violation 2nd Violation 3rd Violation 4th Violation 5th Violation
$500 $1,000 plus Return to regular $2.000 plus Revocation
5 days suspension, penalty grid and 10 days
stayed off Best Practices suspenSIon
for 1 year. $1.500
plus
5 days
suspenSIon
1200.54 Subd.3. First Violations would be handled by an administrative hearing with the
Police Chief or his/her designee with the presumptive penalty given to license holders. For Best
Practices establishments first and second violations 'would be handled by an administrative hearing
\vith the Police Chief or his/her designee. Hearings shall take place immediately follo\ving the
violation. License holders have the right to request a hearing before the City Council if not in
agreement with the presumptive penalty. The Police Chief also has the right to request a hearing
before the Council if he/she believes there exists substantial reason making it appropriate to deviate
from the presumptive penalty. If the Police Chief and the licensee agree on the presumptive penalty,
these will be reported to the City Council in a staff report.
1200.54 Subd. 5. Computation of Time. For the purpose of determining the number of
occurrences of ".'iolations, the Council shall consider a violation as a second occurrence if it
occurred \vithin 21 calendar months of the first violation; and shall consider a violation as a third
occurrence if it occurred ".vithin 3 6 calendar months of the second yiolation. Multiple violations are
computed by checking the time period of the three years immediately prior to the date of the most
current violation.
Section 2. The effective date of this ordinance shall be the date of publication.
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of Publication:
Date Ordinance Takes Effect:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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October 18, 2005
November 1,2005
November 10, 2005
November 10,2005
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