[HISTORY: Adopted by the City of Isanti as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-7-1903 by Ord. No. 11; amended in its entirety 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 763]
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Editor's Note: Article I was retitled "Construction and Penalties, and § 1-2, Definitions, and § 1-3, Statutory rules adopted (previously located in former Art. II, Adoption of Code, adopted 2-17-2009 by Ord. No. 452) were relocated to Art. I, 2-15-2022 by Ord. No. 768.
Fines, penalties and punishments, imposed by the City Council, for the breach of any ordinances, bylaws, or regulations of the City may extend to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days, or both, but in either case the costs of prosecution may be added.
When used in the Code of the City of Isanti or any City ordinance, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise or the term is otherwise defined, the following words have the meanings given them in this section:
CITY
City of Isanti.
CLERK
The City Clerk of the City of Isanti.
CODE
The Isanti City Code or the Code of the City of Isanti.
PERSON
Any natural individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation. As applied to partnerships or associations, the term includes the partners or members; as applied to corporations, the term includes the officers, agents, or employees.
STATE
State of Minnesota.
TREASURER
The City Treasurer of the City of Isanti.
The definitions and rules of construction, presumptions, and miscellaneous provisions pertaining to construction contained in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 645, are adopted by reference and made a part of this Code. As so adopted, references in that chapter to "laws and statutes" mean provisions of this Code, and references to the "legislature" mean the City Council.
[Adopted 2-15-2022 by Ord. No. 768]
Pursuant to Minn. Stat.§ 415.021, the ordinances of the City of lsanti of a general and permanent nature adopted by the City Council of the City of Isanti, as revised and codified and consisting of Chapters 1 through 325, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the Code of the City of lsanti, hereinafter referred to as the "Code." The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of the ordinances in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments. This ordinance and the Code adopted hereby shall supersede and replace the 2009 Code of the City of Isanti, as amended and supplemented.
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A copy of the Code has been filed in the office of the City Clerk and shall remain there for use and examination by the public until final action is taken on this ordinance. Following adoption of this ordinance, such copy shall be certified to by the Clerk of the City of Isanti as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the City Clerk, to be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
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Additions or amendments to the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate the intent of the governing body to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of the City of Isanti" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
The Clerk of the City of lsanti shall cause notice of the passage of this ordinance to be given in the manner required by law. The notice of passage of this ordinance coupled with the filing of the Code in the office of the City Clerk as provided in § 1-5 shall be deemed, held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code for all purposes.
Each section of this ordinance and of the Code and every part of each section is an independent section or part of a section, and the holding of any section or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof.
Ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the City of Isanti which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-8 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
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Any ordinance adopted subsequent to December 7, 2021.
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Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
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Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
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Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending or any judgment rendered, prior to the effective date of this ordinance, brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
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Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred.
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Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing of grade, changing of name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place or any portion thereof, or any currently effective ordinances pertaining to location of City limits.
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Any ordinance or resolution appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence of the City's indebtedness.
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Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any lawful contract, agreement or obligation.
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The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges or the approval of the municipal budget.
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The dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision plats.
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All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation, or appointment or combined offices, of officers and employees.
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The Zoning Ordinance and any amendments thereto; any ordinance adopting or amending the Zoning Map; any ordinance pertaining to subdivision of land, site plan review or any other land use topic; and the Stormwater Management Ordinance.
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Any ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
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Any ordinance relating to the establishment, operation or affairs of the Economic Development Authority (EDA) of the City.
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Specifically, the following ordinances are saved from repeal: Ord. Nos. 114, 118, 121, 126, 131, 132, 134, 141, 208, 240.
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In preparing the revision and codification of the ordinances pursuant to Minn. Stat.§ 415.021, certain minor grammatical and nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of the City Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances so changed had been formally amended to read as such.
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In addition, the changes, amendments or revisions as set forth in Schedule A[1] attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter and section number references are to the ordinances as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)
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Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-10B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a history referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II. During routine supplementation, these histories will be replaced with the adoption date and number of this ordinance. Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, was included in Section 2 of this ordinance, which section is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
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Chapter and article titles, headings and titles of sections and other divisions of the Code are inserted in the Code and may be inserted in supplements to the Code for the convenience of persons using the Code and are not part of the legislation.
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Editor's notes indicating sources of sections, giving other information or referring to the statutes or to other parts of the Code are inserted in the Code and may be inserted in supplements to the Code for the convenience of persons using the Code and are not part of the legislation.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to change, alter or tamper with the Code in any manner which will cause the laws of the City of Isanti to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine as provided in § 1-1 of the Code.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final passage and publication as provided by law.