City Ordinances
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Part 1. Enacting Ordinance and General Provisions
- Chapter 1.01 Repeal of all Prior Ordinances and Adopting New Code
- Chapter 1.02 General Provisions
- Chapter 1.03 Corporate Seal
Part 2. Council
- Chapter 2.01 Council Meetings
- Chapter 2.02 Compensation of Mayor and City Council Members
- Chapter 2.03 Rules of the City Council
- Chapter 2.04 Date of Election and Terms of Council Members
Part 3. Municipal Management
- Chapter 3.01 Permanent Improvement Revolving Fund
- Chapter 3.02 Howard Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service
- Chapter 3.03 Police Department
- Chapter 3.04 Parks and Planning Commission
Part 4. Health and Welfare
Part 5. Garbage and Rubbish
Part 6. Nuisances and Offenses
Part 7. Liquor and Beer
- Chapter 7.01 Licensing and Regulating the Sale and Consumption of Non-Intoxicating and Intoxicating Liquor
- Chapter 7.02 Howard Lake Municipal Liquor On and Off Sale
- Chapter 7.03 Liquor “Set-Ups”
- Chapter 7.04 Dram Shop Insurance
Part 8. Licensing Certain Occupations and Games
- Chapter 8.01 Licensing Billiard Tables
- Chapter 8.02 Licensing of Exhibitions
- Chapter 8.03 Licensing of Public Dances
- Chapter 8.04 Licensing Sale of Soft Drinks
- Chapter 8.05 Licensing of Pinball Machines
- Chapter 8.06 Licensing of Mechanical Music Machines
- Chapter 8.07 Licensing of Vending Trucks
- Chapter 8.08 Licensing of Cigarette Retail Sales
- Chapter 8.09 Licensing of Peddlers, Solicitors and Transient Merchants
- Chapter 8.10 Licensing for Welding and Cutting
- Chapter 8.11 Regulating and Licensing Bingo
- Chapter 8.12 Regulating Display, Sale, Storage and Use of Consumer Fireworks
Part 9. Franchises
- Chapter 9.01 Cable Franchise Ordinance
- Chapter 9.02 Cable Franchise Extension (U.S. Cable)
- Chapter 9.03 Cable Franchise Transfer to MediaCom
- Chapter 9.04 Gas Franchise
- Chapter 9.05 NSP (Xcel) Franchise
Part 10. Sewer and Water
- Chapter 10.01 Regulations for Sewer and Water Systems
- Chapter 10.02 Water Use Regulations
- Chapter 10.03-Public and Private Sewers
- Chapter 10.04 Sewer Service Charge System
- Chapter 10.05 Trunk Sanitary Sewer and Watermain Fees as a Condition to Subdivision Approval
- Chapter 10.06 Trunk Storm Sewer Fees as a Condition to
- Chapter 10.07 Point of Sale Sanitary Sewer Service Compliance
Part 11. Streets and Sidewalks
- Chapter 11.01 Sidewalks, Curbs and Gutters
- Chapter 11.02 Regulating, Planting and Care of Trees Located Within the Public Right-Of-Way
- Chapter 11.03 Regulation of Mailboxes
- Chapter 11.04 Changing Street Names
- Chapter 11.05 Storm Water Drainage
- Chapter 11.06 Right-Of-Way Management
Part 12. Traffic and Parking
- Chapter 12.01 Traffic Regulation
- Chapter 12.02 Regulating Parking on City Streets and
- Chapter 12.03 Snow Removal and Parking Regulations
- Chapter 12.04 Squealing Tires and Erratic Driving
- Chapter 12.05 Regulation of Bicycles
- Chapter 12.06 Regulating Special Vehicles
- Chapter 12.07 Semi Tractor and Semi Trailer Parking
- Chapter 12.08 Regulating the Parking of Trailers on City Streets
- Chapter 12.09 U.S. Trunk Highway 12 Parking
- Chapter 12.10 Operation of Bicycles and Skateboards Downtown
- Chapter 12.11 Administrative Offenses
Part 13. Public Safety, Morals and Welfare
- Chapter 13.01 Playing of Games
- Chapter 13.02 Playing of Games by Minors
- Chapter 13.03 Games in the Street
- Chapter 13.04 Firearms, Slingshots, Air Rifles, B-B Guns
- Chapter 13.05 Civil Defense
- Chapter 13.06 Decency
- Chapter 13.07 Vagrancy
- Chapter 13.08 Assaults
- Chapter 13.09 Barbiturates and Other Prohibited Drugs
- Chapter 13.10 Codeine
- Chapter 13.11 Glue
- Chapter 13.12 Open Bottle Law
- Chapter 13.13 Contributing to Delinquency of Minor
Part 14. Animals
Part 15. Curfew
Part 16. Nursing Homes
Part 17. Building and Land Use Regulations
- Chapter 17.01-01 Title and Application
- Chapter 17.01-02 Rules and Definitions
- Chapter 17.01-03 Administration- General
- Chapter 17.01-04 Administration- Amendments
- Chapter 17.01-05 Administration- Conditional Use Permits
- Chapter 17.01-06 Administration- Interim Use Permits
- Chapter 17.01-07 Administration- Variances
- Chapter 17.01-08 Administration- Administrative Permits and Approvals
- Chapter 17.01-09 Administration- Site and Building Plan Review
- Chapter 17.01-15 Non-Conforming Buildings, Structures and Uses
- Chapter 17.01-16 General Performance Standards
- Chapter 17.01-17 General Yard, Lot Area, and Building Regulations
- Chapter 17.01-18 Accessory buildings, Structures, Uses and Equipment
- Chapter 17.01-19 Off-Street Parking and Loading Requirements
- Chapter 17.01-20 Fencing, Screening, Landscaping
- Chapter 17.01-22 Animals
- Chapter 17.01-23 Antennas
- Chapter 17.01-24 Signs
- Chapter 17.01-25 Daycare Facilities
- Chapter 17.01-26 Essential Services
- Chapter 17.01-27 Landfill Excavation Grading
- Chapter 17.01-28 Sexually Oriented Uses
- Chapter 17.01-29 Wind Energy Conservation Systems (WECS)
- Chapter 17.01-50 General Zoning District Provisions
- Chapter 17.01-51 UR, Urban Reserve District
- Chapter 17.01-55 R-1, Traditional Single Family Residential District
- Chapter 17.01-56A R-1a Contemporary, Existing Lot Single Family Residential District
- Chapter 17.01-56 R-2, Contemporary Single Family Residential District
- Chapter 17.01-57 R-3, Single Famly and Two Family Residential District
- Chapter 17.01-58 R-4, Downtown Area Residential District
- Chapter 17.01-59 R-5, Single Family Manufacturing Home Park District
- Chapter 17.01-60 R-6, Medium Density Residential District
- Chapter 17.01-65 R-7, High Density Residential
- Chapter 17.01-70 B-1, General Business District
- Chapter 17.01-71 B-2, Downtown Areas Business District
- Chapter 17.01-80 I-1, Warehousing Industrial District
- Chapter 17.01-81 I-2, General Industrial District
- Chapter 17.01-90 PUD, Planned Unit Development District
- Chapter 17.01-95 FP, Floodplain Overlay District
- Chapter 17.01-96 S, Shoreland Overlay District
- Chapter 17.02 Building Code
- Chapter 17.03 Manufactured Home Parks
- Chapter 17.04 Ordinance Adopting Previous Annexations
- Chapter 17.05-01 Subdivision Regulations
- Chapter 17.05-02 Subdivision Regulations
- Chapter 17.05-03 Subdivision Regulations
- Chapter 17.05-04 Subdivision Regulations
- Chapter 17.05-05 Subdivision Regulations
- Chapter 17.05-06 Subdivision Regulations
- Chapter 17.05-07 Subdivision Regulations
- Chapter 17.05-08 Subdivision Regulations
- Chapter 17.05-09 Subdivision Regulations
- Chapter 17.05-10 Subdivision Regulations
- Chapter 17.06 Housing Maintenance Regulations
- Chapter 17.07 Regulation of Adult Establishments
- Chapter 17.08 Flood Plain
- Chapter 17.09 Phosphorous Fertilizer
- Chapter 17.10 Garage Floor Drains
Part 18. Fire Prevention
Part 19. Abandoned Property
- Chapter 19.01 Custody and Disposal of Unclaimed and Abandoned Property
- Chapter 19.02 Abandoned Motor Vehicles