Chapter 1, Administration
Nowthen City Code · 12 sections · Official Chapter 1 PDF ↗
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A. Repeal of General Ordinances. All general ordinances of the City passed prior to the adoption of this Code are hereby repealed, except such as are included in this Code or are by necessary implication herein reserved from repeal (subject to the saving clauses contained in the following sections), and excluding the following ordinances which are not hereby repealed: tax levy ordinances; appropri…
The City Council hereby establishes the following schedule of fees (Ordinance 2025-11, adopted October 30, 2025): Administration General Labor — $28.00/hour, billed in 15-minute increments; Recording of Deeds — $46.00/description; Returned Check — $25.00/check; Public Office Filing — $5.00; Special Assessment Search — $15.00; Data Access Request — $20 per hour plus $0.25/single-sided copy; Copies;…
A. Purpose 1\. The City regularly receives inquiries from property owners, real estate professionals, developers and proposed purchasers ("Requesting Parties" or each a "Requesting Party") in relation to City requirements and procedures for annexation, land use planning, amendments to the City's comprehensive plan, land subdivision, zoning, land development, environmental review and other land use…
A. The applicant must authorize the Anoka County Sheriff's Office by written consent to the investigation before the investigation is undertaken with such consent fully compliant with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13 regarding the collection, maintenance and use of the information. B. The Anoka County Sheriff's Office is authorized to access data maintained in the Minnesota Bureau o…
A. Except for the positions set forth in Minnesota Statutes Section 364.09, the City will not reject an applicant for employment on the basis of the applicant's prior conviction unless the crime is directly related to the position of employment sought and the conviction is for a felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor with a jail sentence. If the City rejects the applicant's request on this basi…
The city council of Nowthen finds there is a need for additional alternative methods of enforcing the city code. While criminal penalties and civil litigation have been the most frequent enforcement mechanisms, administrative enforcement of the city code will increase compliance, will encourage citizens to become more receptive to enforcement efforts, will be more informal and will keep many viola…
Administrative enforcement is an effective way to promote the health, life, safety, and welfare of Nowthen residents. This method of enforcement shall be in addition to and not exclusive of any other legal remedy for code enforcement, including, without limitation, the filing of criminal charges or other civil remedies for code violations in an effort to achieve compliance.
Administrative offense is any violation of a provision of the Nowthen City Code or any violation of a condition or requirement of a City-issued permit or license, and such violations may be subject to the administrative citation process set forth herein and civil penalties. A flat penalty of $250 per week shall be assessed for each week the violation continues, resulting in a total annual assessme…
(a) Amount. The amount payable for administrative citations shall be established by the fee scheduled as adopted by the city council and, unless an appeal is appropriately requested, shall be due within 10 days of the date of the citation. In the event that this is a second or subsequent administrative citation for the same or substantially similar offense within a twelve (12) month period, the fe…
(a) Any person issued an administrative citation under this chapter shall have the right to appeal such citation by filing a written notice of appeal to the city representative that issued the administrative citation within 10 days of the date of such citation. Upon receipt of such written notice, the city representative shall schedule the administrative hearing as soon as reasonably practical fro…
(a) All penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the City of Nowthen. (b) A late payment fee of 10% can be assessed for each thirty (30) day period, or part there-of, that the fine remains unpaid after the due date. (c) The city council may adopt a schedule of fees to be paid to administrative hearing officers, up to, and including the actual cost to hold the hearing. In the e…
Nothing in this section shall prevent the city from taking such other actions as are permitted under law, and the penalties provided herein shall be cumulative.