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Ordinance No. 0402 09-13-1968ORDINANCE NO. 402 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING AN ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS BUREAU FOR DISPOSING OF VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCES RELATING TO BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE, FIRE AND FIRE PREVENTTON, PUBLIC HSALTH AND SANITATION, ZONING TiIE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY DO ORDAIN AS FOLLdWS: Section 1. The Ordinance Violations Bureau shall be estab- lished and conducted as follaws: Section 1. Establishment. 'l�he Ordinance Violations Bureau of Fridley is hereby authorized and established. The Ordinance Violations Bureau shall be conducted and operated in accordance with rules adopted by the Municipal Court in accordance with Chapter 493 Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 251, Laws of 1961, to assist the Court in disposing of violations of ordinances relating to building con- struction, operation, or maintenance; rire.and £ire prevention, public health and sanitation; and zoning. Section 2. Procedure. The Clerk of the said Court shall be the Director of the Ordinance Violations Bureau and may assign sub- ordinates in his office to perform the worlc of the Ordinance Viola- tions Bureau under his direction. The Court shall clesignate the hours when the ordinance Violations Bureau is to be open and the Ordinance Violations Bureau shall be locate� in the City Hall. Such ordinance violations shall be disposed of as provided in Minne- sota Statutes, Section 492.04 and acts amendatory thereof. � Section 3. Records, Fines and Funds. The Ordinance Violations Bureau shall keep a record of all cases of violations brought ber"ore it, including their final disposition, and also a record o£ the collection and disposition of all fines. Fines and other moneys collected by the Bureau shall be disposed of in the same manner as if guilt had been determined in Court. The Ordinance Violations Bureau shall submit summarized reports at least monthly, to the Court and City Clerk of all complaints processed by the ordinance 4iolations Bureau, of all fines collected by it, and of all �he £inal disposition and present status of every case under its jurisdiction. Such addi- tional records and reports shall be made, filed and kept as shall be prescribed by the court. � �� Section 4. Authorizatic>n to Issue Tickets. The City Council hereby confers the power and authority to issue and serve a written or printed notice, hereinafter referred to as a tag, upon persons charged with ordinance violations, upon the Fire Chief, Health Officer, Building Inspector, Zoning Administrator, and all duly appointed, qualified, and acting inspectors of the several departments of the City charged with enforcing the ordinances referred to in Section 1 hereof, provided, hawever, no inspector shall arrest or otherwise take a violator into custody. Such tag shall be served upon the � person creating the violation, the owner, lessee, or person in charge of the premises alleged to be in violation. � __. =�l Ordinance No. 402 Continued _ Section 5. Contents of Tag. As used herein the term "tag" means a wriiten or printed notice served upon the person charged with a violation. Such tag shall be in a form to be approved by the Court and shall contain the £ollaaing: (a) The name and address of the person creating the violation or the owner or person in charge of the premises at which the violation occurs. (b) The date and place of violation. (c) A short description of the violation followed by the number and section of the ordinance violated. (d) The date and place at which the tagged person shall appear and a notice that if the person tagged does not respond to the tag a warrant may be issued £or such person's arrest. (e) That the person charged may be represented by counsel, - that he may plead guilty or not guilty, and that he has a right to a court hearing. (f) Such other informat3on as the Court may specify. All tags issued pursuant to the terms of this ordinance shall be numbered. No tag shall be cancelled after issuance except by the `.court. Section 6. Payment of Fines. After the service of the taq and within such time as shall be fixed by court rule, the person alleged to be responsible for the violation, or his attorney or agent, shall report to the Ordinance Violations Bureau and may then and there enter a written plea ot guilty and pay the fine prescribed by court rules or such person may plead guilty and request a court appearance, or may plead not quilty and be assigned a date £or a court appearance. Section 7. Failure to Appear. if the person charged with the violation does not appear at the bureau within the time and in the manner specified by court rule, the Clerk of Court, with the assist- ance of the Law Department shall cause a complaint to be prepared, which complaint shall be signed by the issuer of the ticket, and a warrant issued for the arrest of such person and his appearance in court. Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLSY, TIiIS 3RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1968. � ��� � � �<<� � YOR - JACK O. KIRKHI�.M TEST: l �_ • CITY CLERK - MARVIN C. BRUNSELL First Reading : August 19, 1968 Second Reading: September 3, 1968 Publish.......: Sentember 11, 1968 . � , L