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An ordinance authorizing the establishment
of an Ordinance Violations Bureau to assist
the Saint Paul Municipal Court in disposing•• -
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islative Code and providing for the operation .
thereof.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES ORDAIN: .
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Section l. Pursuant to the authority granted in Minnesota
Statntes 493.01 through 493.04, the Municipal Court of Saint Paul
may establish �n Ordinance Violations Burean to assist the �ourt
in disposing of violations of the Saint Paul Legislative Code
relating to building construction, operation and maintenance;
fire and fire prevention; public health and sanitation; and -
zoning.
Section 2. All duly appointed, qualified and acting in- ,
spectors of the departments of the City shall have the same '
power as possessed by police officers of the City to issue
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summonses in the same manner and with the same force and effect �
as summonses issued by police otficers, but such summonses shall
' relate only to the offenses mentioned in this ordinance, and no ` r
inspector shall physically arrest or take into custody any violator
e�cept on a warrant duly issued.
Section 3. As nsed in this chapter, the term "summons" means� ,
a written or printed notice served upon the person charged with a
violation. Such summons shall be in a form to be approved by the . ;�'
Municipal Court of Saint Paul and shall contain the following: ;,
(1) The name and address of the person creating " �
the violation or the owner or person in charge of the
premises at which the niolation occurs. -
(2) The date and place of violation.
(3) A short description of the violation followed
by the number and section of the Saint Paul Legislative �
Code violated. � ��,
(4) The date and place at which the person receiving ,
the summons shall appear and a notice that if such person ;
does not respond to the summons a warrant may be issued for� �
such person's arrest. � �
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(5) A notice that the person charged may be
represented by counsel, that he may plead guilty or
not guilty, and that he has a right to a Court hearing.
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(6) Such other information as the Municipal Court
may specify. ,
Section 4. Whenever any inspector shall discover any , ,,;
violation of the Saint Paul Legislative Code as enumerated in ; ;,;
Section 1, or as may be designated bp (�ourt rule, snch inspector F �,
may issue a summons to the person alleged to have committed the �
violation. The summons shall be served upon the owner or person
in charge of the premises alleged to be in niolation.
Section 5. After the service of the summons, the person ,
alleged to be responsible for the violation, or his attorney
or agent, shall report to the Ordinance Violations Bureau within ►
the time as shall be fixed by Court rule. The Court shall by rul , ��t
prescribe what disposition shall be made of all violations. Said � �
rules may prescribe that the niolator may pay the fine in the , ,
Bureau according to an established schedule or the Court may
require that the niolator appear in Court. The Court may also
provide for increased penalties for failure to appear in the
Bureau within the time prescribed. _
Section 6. The Ordinance Violations Bureau shall keep a
complete record of all complaints and summoases. All monies �
received by the Bureau shall be paid over by the Clerk of the
Municipal Court daily to the.City of Saint Paul. '
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Section 7. This ordinance shall be deemed a part of the
Saiut Paul Legislative Code and shall be incorporated therein and''
given an� appropriate chapter and/or section nunaber at the tune .,
of the next revision of the said Legislative Code.
Section 8. The various provisions of th"is ordinance shall
be senerable, and if any part or pr.ovision shall be held to �be �
invalid, it shall not be held to invalidate any other part or pr = '
vision thereof. . _ ��,
' Section 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
thirty days after its passage, approval and publication. . �
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�'` JEROME J. SEGAL '
ROBERT E.O'CONNELL THOMAS M. MOONEY �
Flrst Asstttan} CITY OF SAINT PAUL GENE H. ROSENBLUM { �:
JAMES W. KENNEY f
DANIEL A. KLAS "�
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Sp�eTal A�sistant L'EGAL DEPARTM'ENT � �'I
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JOS!EPH P. SUMMERS ����=-�.�t�P��
Corporation Counsel � •
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Commissioner William E. Carlson � ��+
Department of Public Safety � ;
City of Saint Paul ` �
Dear Commissioner Carlson: - ,
Re: Ordinance Violations Bureau Ordinance � �
I am enclosing an ordinance providing for the establishment ,�,
and operation of an Ordina�ce Violations Bureau, which was ` � �
drafted under the supervision of The Honorable J. Jerome Plunkett � �
of the Saint Paul Municipal Court and is similar to the ordinancea "'
under which Minneapolis established its Ordinance Violations ��
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Bureau a few years ago. , �
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Would you please introduce this ordinance to the Council, J ;:1 _
if you find it satisfactory. We will then endeavor to carry � ��
out the procedures necessary to getting the Bureau into oper- ;,,
ation as soon as possible. �
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Very truly ours, 1
Daniel A. Klas
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Special Assistant �
Corporation Counsel � ��
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