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An ordinance amending chapter 415 of the Saint
Paul Legislative Code pertaining to theatres
and movie theaters .
THE COUIVCIL OF THE CITY OF SAIIVT PAUL DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1 .
That chapter 415 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is
hereby repealed in its entirety and amended to read as follows :
415.01 . License required. No person shall engage
in the business of operating a theatre , motion picture
theatre , adult motion picture theatre , mini motion
picture theatre , or adult mini motion picture theatre ,
without a license as provided for in this chapter.
No licenseissued under this chapter shall be transfer-
able from one person, business , corporation, or location
to another.
415. 02 . Definitions. As used in this chapter, the
terms defined in this section shall have the following
meanings ascribed to them.
Adequate or approved means acceptable to the director
of the division of public health or his agents following
his determination as to conformance with public health
practices and standards .
Adult mini-motion picture theatre and adult motion
picture theatre as defined in section 60. 201 of this
code.
Adult use as defined in section 60. 201 of this code.
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Mini-motion picture theatre means a theatre with a capacity
for less than 50 persons.
Motion picture theatre means a theatre with a capacity of 50
or more persons.
Obscene as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 617 . 241 .
Obscene work as defined in chapter 274 of this code.
Performance as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section
617 .241 .
Theatre means a building or portion of a building in which
any motion picture, play, dance or other performance is
presented before an audience. �
415 .03. License classification. The motion picture
theatre/theatre licenses are classified as follows:
Class A---Mini-motion picture theatre/Theatre
Class B---Motion picture theatre/Theatre
Class C---Adult mini-motion picture
theatre/Theatre
Class D---Adult motion picture theatre/Theatre
415.04. Fee. The required fee for a Class A, B, C or D
license is two hundred thirty dollars ($230.00) for less
than seven hundred fifty ( 750) seating capacity; three
hundred f i fteen dol 1 ars ($315.00) for seven hundred f i fty
( 750) to one thousand ( 1 ,000) seating capacity; four hundred
ten dollars ($410.00 ) for one thousand ( 1 ,000) to one
thousand five hundred ( 1 , 500) seating capacity; and five
hundred thirty dollars ($530.00) for over one thousand five
hundred ( 1 , 500) seating capacity. A separate license shall
be obtained for each place of business. Only one adult use
shall be allowed in a building or portion of a building.
The licensee shall display the license in a prominent place
on the licensed premises at all times. A license, unless
revoked, is for a calendar year, or part thereof, for which
it has been issued.
415 .05. License requirements.
(a) Application. The initial application for a license
shall be made at the office of the inspector by filing the
annual license fee and by completing an application form.
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The application form, which shall be prepared by the
inspector and approved by the city council, shall contain
the following information:
( 1 ) A description and location of the premises to be
licensed. The detailed plans of the premises and
furnishings shall be attached to the application.
( 2 ) Names and addresses of the property owner, the
business owner, the lessee, the manager or
operator and, if a corporation, all the names and
addressea of the officers of such corporation, and
any other person or corporation which may have a
financial interest in the premises to be licensed;
( 3) A description of any crime or other offense,
including the time, place, date and disposition,
for which any of the persons named in subparagraph
(2) of this paragraph (a) have been arrested or
convicted;
(4) The business, occupation, or employment of each of
the persons named in subparagraph ( 2) of this
paragraph {a) for the three years immediately
preceding the date of application;
(5) The previous experience of the persons named in
subparagraph ( 2) of this paragraph (a) in a movie
theatre/theatre or similar business;
(6) A statement as to whether the persons named in
subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (a) have had
any license denied, revoked or suspended in the
city of Saint Paul or the state of Minnesota, the
reason therefore, and the business activity or
occupation of the individual subsequent to such
suspension, revocation or denial .
( 7) A description of the predominant type of motion
pictures or other performancea to be shown or
performed in the theatre.
(8) In the case of an adult motion picture
theatre/theatre or an adult mini motion picture
theatre/theatre, written proof that each employee
is at least eighteen years of age.
The application will then be reviewed by the division of
public health, division of housing and building code
enforcement, police department, and such other departments
as shall be deemed necessary. The departments will
thereafter submit their reports and recommendations to the
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office of the inspector, who will submit all of the reports
and recommendations of the other departments together with
the inspector' s report and recommendation to the Saint Paul
city council . The city council , following a public hearing,
shall either �rant or deny the license in aecordance with
the procedures set forth in chapter 310 of this code.
(b) Hearing; notification. At least thirty ( 30) days
before a public hearing on an application for a license, the
department of finance and management services shall notify
by mail all owners and occupants who own property or reside
within three hundred { 300) feet of the property line of the
establishment to be licensed, and all community
organizations that have previously registered with said
department, of the time, place and purpose of such hearing,
said three hundred ( 300) feet being calculated and camputed
as the distance measured in a straight line from the nearest
point of the property line in which the business ia to be
operated to the nearest point of the property line owned,
leased or under the control of the resident. Prior to the
hearing date, the department of finance and manage�ent
services shall submit to the city council a list of the
names and addresses of each person or organization to whom
notice was sent, and certification of such list by the clerk
shall be conclusive evidence of such notice. The failure to
give mailed notice to owners or occupants residing within
three hundred ( 300) feet, or defects in the notice, shall
not invalidate the license provided a bona fide attempt to
comply with this paragraph (b) has been made. A bona fide
attempt is evidenced by a notice addresaed to "owner" and to
"occupant" of the listed address. Only one notice need by
mailed to each house or each rental unit within a multiple-
family dwelling regardless of the number of occupants.
The notification requirements of this paragraph (b) ahall
not be applicable where the license is to be held in a place
located within the downtown business district. For purposes
of this chapter, downtown business district ahall include
all that portion of the City of Saint Paul lying within and
bounded by the following streets: Beginning at the
intersection of Shepard Road with Chestnut 3treet, Chestnut
Street to Pleasant Avenue, Pleasant Avenue to Kellogg
Street, Kellogg Street to Summit Avenue, Summit Avenue to
Tenth Street, Tenth Street to Interatate Freeway 94,
Interstate Freeway 94 to Lafayette Bridge, Lafayette Bridge
to where the bridge crosses over Warner Road, Warner Road to
Shepard Road, Shepard Road to Chestnut Street.
(e) Hearing. The city council shall afford the applicant
and all interested parties a public hearing, and shall have
the discretion to consider in granting, denying, or renewing
the license any reasonable fact or circumstance relating to
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the public health, safety and welfare, including, but not
limited to, the following:
{ 1 ) The character and suitability of the
area or neighborhood in which the
licensed premises is to be located;
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(d) Basis for denial. The council may deny an application
for renewal or grant of a license on the basis of a
determination that the public health, safety or welfare
would be otherwise adversely affected, taking into account
one or more of the Pacts or circumstances in this section;
provided, however, that the Council ahall not consider as
grounds for denial any activity on the part of the applicant
which activity is protected by the provisions of the
Constitutions of the United 3tates or of the State of
Minnesota.
(e) Restrictions may be imposed. Where a reasonable basis
is found by the council to impose reasonable restrictions
upon the license, taking into consideration one or more of
the above facts or circumatances, the council may upon
issuanee or renewal of a license impose such reasonable
conditions and restrictions on the manner and circumstances
under which the licensed activities shall be conducted to
preserve the public peace and protect and promote good order
and security. It is the intention of the council not to
place any restrictions or conditions upon any license which
would unlawfully restrict or interfere with any rights
protected by the Constitutions of the United States or of
the State of Minnesota.
415 .06 . Adverse action; grounds for auspension, revocation,
or denial. The City Council may consider the taking of
adverse action regarding a license application or licensed
business as set forth in this section; provided, however,
that the Council shall not consider as grounds for such
adverse action any activity on the part of the applicant or
licensee which activity is protected by the provisions of
the Constitutions of the United States or of the State of
Minnesota.
(a) It shall be grounds for denial of the application
if the applicant or persons in the applicant's
employ are not complying with or have a history of
violations of the laws and ordinances that apply
to public health, safety or morals.
(b) It shall be grounds for the denial, suspension or
revocation of a license if the owner, manager,
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lessee or any of the employees or persons having a
financial interest in the business is convicted of
any violation, reasonably related to the licensed
activity and/or oecurring on the licensed
premises, oP any law.
(c) It shall be grounds for suspension or revocation
of any license granted under this chapter if the
premises do not comply with the health, housing,
fire, zoning and building regulations of the City
of Saint Paul or State of Minnesota.
(d) An application may be denied or a license may be
auspended or revoked if the presence of such
establishment is found to be detrimental to the
health, welfare or safety of the citizens of the
City of Saint Paul .
(e) A license may be suspended or revoked upon
evidence of a material variance in the actual plan
and design of the premises from the plans
submitted pursuant to this chapter, or from the
original design of the premises when initiallp
licensed, without prior approval of the city
council .
(f) Licenses may be granted only to establiahments
which can meet the requirements of the health,
housing, building, fire and zoning code
regulations of the city of Saint Paul and State of
Minnesota.
(g) It shall be grounds for denial , auspension or
revocation of the license if there is any fraud or
deception involved in the license application or
license renewal.
(h) It shall be grounds for suspension or revocation
of the license if the licensee, owner, lessee, or
manager fails to comply with any of the ordinances
of the city of Saint Paul or statutes of the State
of Minneaota pertaining to theatres or motion
picture theatres.
( i ) It shall be grounds for the suspension or
revocation of the license if the licensee or owner
or manager or any of the employees or persons
having a financial interest in the premises are
found to be in control of or possession of any
alcoholic beverages or controlled substances on
the premises , possession of which is illegal under
city ordinance or state law.
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(j ) It shall be grounds for the denial, suspension or
revocation of the license if the licensee, owner,
lessee, manager or employee has evidenced in the
past willful disregard for the health, housing,
zoning, building and/or fire codes and
regulations.
(k) It shall be grounds for the denial, suspenaion or
revocation of the license if any aforementioned
person or persons shall refuse to permit any
police officer or inspector employed in the city's
fire department, department of community servicea,
division of license and permit administration to
inspect the premises or operations during normal
business hours.
(1) It shall be grounds for the denial, suspension or
revocation of a license if the licensee, owner,
lessee, manager or any of its employees are found
to be in violation of the provisions of this
chapter.
(m) It shall be grounds for the denial , suspension or
revocation of any adult motion picture
theatre/theatre or adult mini motion picture
theatre/theatre license if any employee is under
eighteen years of age.
415 .07 . 3ubmission of plans and specificatians. All
persona who hereafter construct, extensively remadel or
convert buildings or facilities for use as a motion picture
theatre/theatre shall conform and comply in their
construction, erection or alteration with the requirements
of this chapter. Plans and apecifications for such layout,
arrangement and plumbing and construction materia2s, size
and type of equipment and facilities shall be filed bp the
owner in the office of housing and building code enforcement
within the department of community services. A building
permit shall not be issued for any sueh construction,
remodeling or alteration until such permit shall have the
approval of the division of public health.
415 .08. Inspection by city officers and identification of
employees. During any hours in which any person is present
on the licensed premises, all motion picture
theatres/theatres shall be open to inspection by city
health, building and license inspectors and police officers .
Upon demand by any police officer, any person engaged in
providing services in any licensed premises shall identify
himself/herself giving his/her true legal name and correct
address.
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415 .09 . Rules and regulations; director of division of
public health may promulgate. The director of the division
of public health ahall make such rules and regulations in
keeping with the provisions of this chapter and as may be
reasonably necessary to the safe and sanitary operation of
all motion picture theatrea/theatres . Such rules and
regulationa ahall be effective when filed in the office of
the city clerk and inspector, and amendments thereof shall
be effective twenty (20) days after being so filed.
Violations of auch rules and regulationa may be sufficient
grounds for revocation or suspension of any and all licenses
issued pursuant to this chapter.
415 . 10 . Unlawful acts.
( 1 ) It shall be unlawful for anyone to engage in,
conduct, or carry on any motion picture
theatre/theatre establishment without a valid
license issued pursuant to this chapter.
( 2) It shall be unlawful for any person in any motion
picture theatre/theatre establishment to place his
or her hands upon, or to touch with any part of
his or her body, or to fondle in any manner, or to
massage, the genital area of any other person.
This provision ahall not apply to any performance
which constitutes a form of Constitutionally
protected expression, unless such performance is
deemed to be obscene.
( 3) It shall be unlawful for any person in any motion
picture theatre/theatre establishment to expose
his or her genital area or any portion thereof to
any other person, or to expose the genital area or
any portion thereof of any other person. This
provision shall not apply to any performance which
constitutes a form of Constitutionally protected
expression, unless such performance is deemed to
be obscene.
(4� It shall be unlawful for any person, while in the
presence of any other person in any motion picture
theatre/theatre establishment, to fail to conceal
with a fully opaque covering the genital area of
his or her body. This provision shall not apply
to any performance which constitutes a form of
Constitutionally protected expression, unless such
performance is deemed to be obscene.
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(5) It shall be unlawful for any person owning,
operating or managing any motion picture
theatre/theatre establishment, knowingly to
cause , allow, or permit in or about such
establishment, any agent, employee , or any
other person under his or her control or
supervision to perform such acts prohibited
in subparagraphs (1 ) through (4) of this
section or any obscene act.
(6) It shall be unlawful for any person to employ
any person under the age of eighteen to work
in any adult motion picture theatre or adult
mini-motion picture theatre .
5ection 2.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty
days �rom and after its passage , approval and publication.
Section 3 .
This ordinance shall be deemed a part of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code and shall be incorporated therein and given
an appropriate chapter and/or section number at the time of
the next revision of the Legislative Code.
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Require adult entertainment businesses to have a license and bring City licensing code ;
to conform with zoning code.
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but some cause adverse effects in the community and requiring a license could help atabilize
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Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102
George Latimer
Mayor
December 23, 1988
TO: Council Member Janice Rettman, Community and Human Services
Committee Chairperson
FROM: Joseph F.
RE: Proposed License Fees for Theatres
As requested, here are my recommendations for fees in accordance
with Council Member Sonnen's proposed amendments to theatre
licenses:
Class A,B,C,D - $227.75 to 750 seats
$315. 00 to 1000 seats
$409.00 to 1500 seats
$531.25 greater than 1500 seats
As you can see, the fees are the same for all classifications. I
believe that it would be unjust to charge different fees for
theatres with the same seating capacity.
I believe the fee structure should be consistently based on either
the total seating capacity (as is currently) or the total number
of viewing screens, but not a combination of the two.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
January 5, 1989
Page Two
4. City Council Agenda 12/8/88, Item No. 35: Resolution - 88-1926 - Approving the
appointments and reappointments by the Mayor of persons listed to serve on the
Youth and Athletic Sports Fund Board. (FOR REFERRAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE.)
Recommended for approval on 3-0 vote.
S. Introduction of liability of license holder for action of employees ordinance as
a followup to District 6's presentation in front of the Committee on October 19, 1988.
The Committee recommended for approval, on 3-0 vote, adoption of an ordinance
clarifying the licenseholder's responsibility for the actions of his or her
employees on the licensed premises.
6. A report from Judy Barr/Kathy Stack regarding the rental registration fee;
specifically, how it was that the City Council was not consulted on draft language
prior to it being disseminated to the public.
The Committee recommended for approval, on 4-0 vote, a request that the City
Attorney's Office immediately draft language rescinding Council file No. 88-415,
Ordinance No. 17560. This item will appear on Committee agenda January 18, 1989,
with language for a potential ordinance.
NOTE: An additional item which did not appear on the agenda but required some
technical amendments:
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OFFIC� OI' 2`HE CITY COUNCIL g
Date: January S, 1989
JANICE RETTMAN
Councilperson Committee Report
To: Saint Paul City Council
From : Community and Human Services Committee
Janice Rettman, Chair
A meeting of the community and Human Services Committee was held on Wednesday,
January 4, 1989, at 1:30 p.m.
l. Approval of Minutes of December 21, 1988 meeting.
Minutes approved as submitted on 3-0 vote.
2. City Council Agenda 8/25/88, Item No. 30: Resolution - 88-1408 - Requesting the
Administration to review the report and recommendations of the Governor's Blue
Ribbon Commission and any information available through the Attorney General's
Task Force on Violence Against Women. (FOR REFERRAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND HUMAN
SERVICES COMMITTEE.) (Laid over to December 7, 1988 for preparation of preliminary
standard draft.) (Laid over to December 21, 1988 for presentation of final draft
ordinances and parking ramp minimum standards.) (Introduction of ordinance amending
Chapter 417 of the Legislative Code regarding parking lots and ramps. Laid over to
January 4, 1989 meeting.) .
Ordinance submitted amending Chapter 417 of the Legislative Code regarding parking
lots and ramps. Laid over in Committee for 60 days with caveat that any changes •
will be submitted within a 45-day period. This recommendation is made at the
request of Bill Buth, representing some parking lot owners.
3. Continuation of roundtable discussion on housing tags, where they belong: The
Court System or T.V.B. (Traffic Violations Bureau) . Discussion on how to restore
tagging as an enforcement tool for inspectors, discussion on creation of Housing
Court -- pros and cons. Michael Calvert, Criminal Case Manager, as well as all key
components, will be invited to participate. (Continued from October 19, 1988.)
On a unanimous vote of 4-0, and with Committee authorship, the following resolutions
are recommended for approval and submitted to the City Council for action:
(A) Resolution requesting the Administration to draft appropriate legislation to
utilize the Governor's Commission on Affordable Housing for 1990's recommendations.
(B) Resolution to work jointly with the County to establish pilot project for
Housing Court, and that Saint Paul be the appropriate site for such a court.
(C) Resolution requesting the District Court to consider the establishment of a
Housing Court and to implement the Revised Fine Schedule G.
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GEORGE LATIMER
MAYOR
January 27 , 1989 R�C��V�Q
JAN 311989
CITY CLEI�K
Albert Olson
City Clerk
386 City Hall
Re : Ordinance C . F. 88-1832
Dear Mr. Olson:
Regarding the above ordinance which is pending before the City
Council . You had indicated that the City Council wished to
have the license fee schedule revised in accordance with the
letter submitted by Mr. Joseph Carchedi , License Inspector ,
dated December 23 , 1988 . I have discussed the letter with
him and based upon that discussion and his letter have prepared
an amended page 2 to be considered by the City Council in amending
or possibly amending this pending ordinance . Mr. Carchedi ' s
recommendation was to establish a license fee for all theaters
based solely upon the number of seats in the theater. This
would eliminate the provision in the existing pending ordinance
which established a license fee for the mini-motion picture
theatre or adult mini-motion picture theatre , Class A or Class
C , which was originally established as a fee of $150. 00 plus
an additional $50.00 for each separate viewing area. Mr. Carchedi
told me that his recommendation was not to treat a theatre
with multiple viewing areas as one theatre and establish a
license fee based upon the total number of seats in the theatre .
If this is not consistent with the City Council ' s intent, please
notify me and I will prepare vahatever draft would set forth
their actual intent.
Yours very truly,
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Chair , Community and Human Services Committee
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Mini-motio picture theatre means a theatre with a capacity
for less tha 50 persons.
Motion pictur theatre means a theatre with a capacity of 50
or more person .
Obseene as defin d in Minnesota Statutes, section 617 .241 .
Obscene work as d ined in chapter 274 of this code.
Performance as defi d in Minnesota Statutes, section
617 .241 .
Theatre means a buildin or portion of a building in whioh
any motion picture, pla dance or other performance is
presented before an audie ce.
415 .03. License classifica ion. The motion picture
theatre/theatre licenses ar elassified as follows:
Class A---Mini-motion pi ure theatre/Theatre
Class B---Motion picture eatre/Theatre
Class C---Adult mini-motion picture
theatre/Theatre
Class D---Adult motion pictur theatre/Theatre
415 .04. Fee. The required fee for class A or a Class C
license is one hundred fifty dollars #150.00) together with
an additional fee of fifty dollars ($ .00) for each
separate viewing area. The required fe for a Class B or a
Class D license is one hundred fifty dol ars ($150.00) for
less than seven hundred fifty (750) seati g capacity; two
hundred ten dollars ($210 .00) for seven h dred fifty ( 75Q)
to one thousand ( 1 ,000) seating capacity; o hundred
seventy dollars ($270.00) for one thousand 1 ,000) to one
thousand five hundred ( 1 , 500) seating capaci ; and three
hundred fifty dollars ( $350.00) for over one ousand five
hundred ( 1 , 500) seating capacity. A separate ' cense shall
be obtained for each place of business. Only o adult use
shall be allowed in a building or portion of a b ilding.
The licensee shall display the license in a promi ent place
on the licensed premises at all times. A license, unless
revoked, is for a calendar year, or part thereof, r which
it has been issued.
415 .05 . License requirements.
(a} Application. The initial application for a license
shall be made at the office of the inspector by filing the
annual license fee and by completing an application form.
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