2003 Minnesota Statutes

CHAPTER 415. Various city powers

     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. 

    HIST: (1103) RL s 692; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 2003 c 64 s 1 

     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.  

    HIST: (1837) RL s 771; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7 

     415.021 Codification of ordinances. 

    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. 

    HIST: 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 

  415.03 Repealed, 1949 c 119 s 110 

  415.031 Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70 

  415.032 Repealed, 1951 c 174 s 1 

  415.033 Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70 

  415.035 Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70 

  415.04 Repealed, 1945 c 464 s 2 

  415.045 Repealed, 1949 c 119 s 110 

  415.05 Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70 

  415.06 Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70 

  415.07 Repealed, 1976 c 44 s 70 

  415.08 Repealed, 1961 c 561 s 17 

     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.  

    HIST: 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 

     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. 

    HIST: Ex1967 c 42 s 1,2; 1976 c 44 s 34 

     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.  

    HIST: 1974 c 36 s 1 

     415.16 Employment; 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. 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. 

    HIST: 1981 c 181 s 1; 1984 c 585 s 1; 1985 c 197 s 1 

     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. 

    HIST: 1996 c 430 s 1