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279444 WH17E - CITV CI.ERK PINK - FINANCE GITY OF SAINT PAITL Council [1�.y ,y � C:kNARV -�DEPARTMENT i{�@� jJ L�jy BLUE - MAVOR File NO• M ■ � j � 0 inance Ordinance N 0. , �� Presented By � Referred o Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date An ordinance adding a new Chapter 422 to the St. Paul Legislative Code licensing motor vehicle salvage dealers. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. That a new Chapter 422 is added to the Saint Paul Legislative Code to read as follows: CHAPTER 422. MOTOR VEEiICLE SALVAGE DEALER.S 422.01. License required; definition. No person shall carry on the business o� motor vehicle salvage dealer in Saint Paul without a license. For purposes of this chapter, the term '�motor vehicle salvage dealer�� means and includes any person engaged in the business of obtaining used motor vehicles to salvage and sell usable parts therefrom and who maintains a premises upon which to accumulate and dismantle such vehicles. Any person who allows more than one vehicle to be dismantled in whole or in part on his premises in any six—month period or who allows any partially dismantled vehicle to remain on his premises for more than 30 days is a motor vehicle salvage dealer, unless he i,s licensed as a repair garage under Chapter 315 or as a scrap metal processor under Chapter 420. 422.02. Fee. The fee required is �200. COU[VCILMFN Yeas Nays Requested by Department of: Fletcher �evine [n Favor — Masanz Nicosia Against BY Scheibel Tedesco Wilson Form Approved by City Attorney Adopted by Council: Date Certified Passed by Council Secretary gy J� �• ��«� By Approved by Mayor: Date Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By BY �.Q 47�� Page 2. 422.03. Licensin� requirements. Subdivision 1. Application. An applicant for an � initial license under this chapter shall file with the inspector a written application signed by himself if an individual, by all partners if a partnership, or by the president or chief executive of�icer, if a corporation. The application shall be signed under oath and shall contain the following: (1) • Name, residence and telephone number of every person having an interest in the business in excess of ten percent ownership. (2) The trade name and address of the business on behalf of which the application is made and its telephone number. (3) Exact address and property description of the premises in Saint Paul where any part of the business is to be carried on, together with a diagram of the premises showing with exactness the location of abutting roads, properties, buildings, and uses, and the location, materials, and design of all buildings to be used in the licensed business , including structures required hereunder. (4) Such other information as the inspector may . reasonably require to assist the council . Subd. 2. Investigation. Upon receipt of an initial application the inspector shall forward it to the division of planning, building official , director of the department of fire and safety services, and the director of the division of public health, who shall cause due investigation to be made and shall make report to the council within 30 days, through the inspector. Subd. 3. Hearing; council approval . Upon receipt of the report of the inspector, the council shall set a hearing on the application, at which interested parties shall be heard. Following hearing, the _ council may issue a license if it finds the proposed business and its location are in accord with the public interest. � " \ ' �'�� Page 3. 422.04. License regulations. Every licensee shall comply with the following conditions: (1) The license required hereunder must be prominently displayed on the business premises. (2) The premises shall be maintained in a clean and orderly condition, free of rats and other vermin, and free of standing water. (3) A separate license shall be held for each business premises within the city of Saint Paul, and no activity required to be li�ensed hereunder shall be conducted except upon premises described in a license, other than necessary transport of materials to or from licensed premises. (4) Weeds on the premises shall be kept cut to a height of not more than four inches. (5) No fire hazards shall exist on the premises. (6) No unreasonably noisy activity shall be carried on. � ('7) No odoriferous waste or material likely to attr�et vermin shall be kept on the premises. (8) No material used in the business shall rest on or protrude on any public property, or be permitted to be blown off the business premises. (9) The business premises shall be enclosed with an opaque, vertical fence or wall maintained in good condition and not less than six feet in height along any side which can be seen from an automobile traveling an immediately adjacent controlled access highway or through highway or which abuts residential buildings, residential property or property whose use district classifica- tion is anything other than I-1 , I-2 and I-3 Industrial District, except that the council may waive the requirement for such fence or �w�� Page 4. wall or reduce the height of the same where a plan approved by tine building official . providing for a tree planting and landscaping program is carried out which will effectively screen the premises from public view. (10) No licensee shall receive any materi�.l for use in the licensed business from any person under the age of 18 years without the written consent of the parent or guardian of such - person, which shall be kept on file by the licensee for at least one year. (11) Licensees shall be subject to reasonable inspection at reasonable times by proper city of�icials as in the case of other licensed businesses. 422.05. License not trans�erable. Licenses issued hereunder sha 1 not be ransferable. 422.06. ftenewal, revocation and suspension. Any person to whom an initial license has been issued hereunder may obtain renewal thereof by filing an application with the inspector indicating any changes in the material submitted with the initial application. The inspector shall circularize the application to those officials who review initial applications and the license shall be granted of . course by the council unless, in its judgment, reports from city agencies or from the public demand a formal hearing be held. Any application hereunder from a person holding a license under Chapter 408, as of the effective date of this chapter, with respect to an existing premises, shall be treated as a renewal provided the licensee agrees to abide by the terms of this chapter within 90 days, but no initial licenses shall be granted hereunder for other premises except in I-1, I-2 and I-3 Industrial Districts.. The council may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew the license of any person hereunder for any violation of this or any other ordinance of the city, or of any statute or regulation of the state of Minnesota or agency thereof. WHITE - CITV CLERK COURCII �/ l�� PINK - FINANCE CAWARY -••DEPARTMENT GITY OF SAINT PAUL BLUE - MAVOR File NO. Ordin�nce Ordinance N�. I (o� ( l� Presented By Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date Page 5. Section 2. The motor vehicle salvage dealer license shall be classified as a Class III license and subject to the procedures required for licenses so classified. 5ection 3. This ordinance s�iall 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 said Legislative Code. Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days from and after its passage, approval and publication. COUI�CILMEN Yeas Nays Requested by Department of: �Felel+er— �evine [n Favor Masanz Nicosia Against BY Se#�eil�eF� fiedeseo� Wilson �O`1 � O �� Form Approved by City Attorney Adopted by Council: Date Certified s d by ounci ecr BY �� ` �r}'�� gY ��\�►�� Approved b yor: Date Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council By BY PUBLISHED o E c � 1 �sa2 ! �� ' ) � 2nd I � � ��' lst i ! � 3rd I � — I � Adopted �l ' `r� �� - Yeas Nays FLETCHER ' � � � � - � • � ✓� ,/ � . . LEVINE � � �.S�Z �'794��! - ` . NICOSIA SCHEIBII. WILSON ' M�t. PRESIDENT TEDESCO _ ` • � _ . � . . ,