Consent Business - Cathy Sorensen, City Clerk
Title
Title
Summary Publication - An Ordinance Amending Chapter 42, Health and Sanitation, Article II, Tobacco, Division 1 and 2 and Article X. - Licenses for Rental Dwellings
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Executive Summary
Adopt the proposed resolution allowing for publication of title and summary of Ordinance 23-2522.
Background
Minnesota Statute 412.191, Subd. 4, provides for publication of the title and summary of an ordinance in the case it is lengthy if the City Council determines that publication of the title and a summary would clearly inform the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance. As Ordinance 23-2522 is lengthy, staff is recommending adoption of the proposed summary resolution. The summary resolution requires an affirmative vote of four-fifths of the council and the entire ordinance is available for inspection during regular office hours at city hall and can be forwarded upon request.
Strategic Plan Relationship
This item relates to the effective communication priority in the strategic plan by effectively yet fiscally efficiently communicating amendments to city code.
Board/Commission Review
N/A
Financial Impact
Ordinance publication is included in the annual city budget.
Public Outreach/Input
N/A
Staff Recommendation
Adopt the resolution providing for a summary publication of Ordinance 23-2522.
Attachment List
None.
Body
WHEREAS, City Code states if the City Council of the City of Blaine determines, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 412.191, subd. 4, that publication of the title and a summary of an ordinance would clearly inform the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance, the Council may, by a four-fifths vote of its membership, direct that only the title of the ordinance and a summary be published with notice that a printed copy of the entire ordinance is available for inspection by any person during regular office hours in the office of the City Clerk. The publication of the title and summary shall be deemed to fulfill all legal publication requirements as completely as if the entire ordinance had been published; and
WHEREAS, the following is the official summary of Ordinance No. 23-2522 approved by the Blaine City Council on February 22, 2023. The purpose of the ordinance is to amend Chapter 42, Health and Sanitation, Article II, Tobacco, Division 1 and 2 and Article X. - Licenses for Rental Dwellings by Raises the minimum sales age to 21 by increasing penalties for establishments that sell tobacco to those under 21, removing penalties for underage possession, purchase, use of tobacco, requires compliance check individuals to be between 17 and 20 years old, requires child-resistant packaging for e-cig liquids, restricts sampling except as allowed by statute (cigar shops), requires proof of training regarding selling tobacco products, compliance with all building, fire and code violations, continues to allow all license holders to sell flavored tobacco products, including menthol, and requires proof of smoking policy disclosure for rental dwellings.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Blaine determined that the Ordinance Summary clearly informs the public of the intent and effect of Ordinance 23-2522.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Blaine City Council by the City Council of the City of Blaine hereby directs that the title and Ordinance Summary of amendments shall be published in the official city newspaper and hereby gives notice that printed copies of the complete ordinance are available for inspection by any person during regular office hours at the Office of the Blaine City Clerk, and that a copy of the entire text shall be posted in the official posting place in the City, and further directs that a copy of this Resolution, as enacted will be published.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Blaine this 6th day of March, 2023.