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1970-32Ei11 1970-32 AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER VI OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF RICHFIELD CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN: The following section shall be added to Chapter VI of the ordinance code of the City of Richfield, Minnesota: "6.22 Regulation of the Rental of Utility Trailers and Trucks. Subdivision 1. License required. No person shall engage in the business of renting utility trailers or trucks, either exclusively or in connection with any other business enterprise, without being licensed as provided in this section. Subd. 2. Application. An applicant for a license or renewal shall apply to the city clerk in writing. The application shall be duly verified.. Two kinds of licenses may be is-sued. One type of license shall be for the renting of utility trailers. The other shall be for the renting of utility trucks and other similar self-propelled vehicles,. Subd. 3. Contents of Application.. The applicant shall submit information as the city manager .may-require, in order to show whether or not the requirements of this section will be met, including but not limited to the foalowing: the name and address of the applicant° the name and address of the owner of the property for which the license ~- -_ is sought.; the address of the property for which the license is sought; the approximate number and type of rental vehicles which will be stored on the premises; the area on which such vehicles will be stored; the location and type of any screening. of the storage area; the location of any structures or proposed structures on the site. Such informa- tion, relating to the layout, or proposed layout, of the remises shall be shown on a plot plan. Subd. 4. License Fee and License Year. The annual license fed is $25.00. A separate license shall be obtained for each place of business. The licensee shall dis- play the license on a prominent place on the premises licensed. A license., unless re- voked.,is for the calendar year, or part thereof, for which it has been issued. Subd:. 5. Granting or Denial of Licenses, License applications shall be reviewed by the public works and Manning departments, with the city manager, thereafter licenses shall be granted or denied by the city council subaect to the provisions of this section. Subd. 6. Restrictions and Regulations, (1) Licenses may be granted for locations in the general commercial and in- dustrial districts of the city which meet the requirements of this ordinance and which are found by the manager to be suitable locations. (2) Licenses shall be granted only on locations where the applicant is con- ducting a business which can provide the necessary servicing and inspection of the vehicles being rented. (3) Licenses shall be granted only for locations abutting upon major streets. The rental vehicle storage area shall be so located that there is direct access onto the abutting major street. Such storage area shall be located in a way which does not in- terfere with normal traffic flow onto.. within or from the lot or which creates dangerous impediments to traffic visibility (4) A rental vehicle storage area shall not occupy any part of the required off-street parking area for any other business located on the same premises, (5) A license for the rental of utility trucks shall specify the maximum number and size of trucks, not to exceed four (4), which may be located on the licensed - 2 - a are not complying with, or have a history of non-compyian the city relating to health, safety, building or zoning, to the renting or storing of utility trailers or trucks, (7) A license shall not be granted if granti the license la) would be in- consistent with the comprehensive development plans of the city, (b) would permit rental trucks to be located in such a manner that they would be lainly visible from adjacent residential property, (c) would be incompatible with the type of development or the type of use being conducted on adjacent properties, or (d~ would otherwise have a detrimental effect upon other property or properties in the vicinit , (8) Rental vehicles shall not be permitted to occupy any area except the designated storage area, (9) The designated storage area for rental vehicles shall be marked by clearly visible boundaries® (1Q) The storage area shall be screened from the view of persons on abutting property and shall be located so that it does not occup the required front yard or side yard for buildings on the tract of land involved, The requirement of screening' may be waived by the city manager where the abutting property involved is being used for .industrial or commercial purposes and such abutting property will not be adversely affected by the absence of screening. (11) ^~ii`here the rental of such vehicles is accessory to another business being conducted on the premises, such as a service station, the licensee shall be the o erator of the primary business being conducted on the remises. (12) The storage area shall be surfaced with concrete or bituminous surfacing meeting the requirements of the city for off-Street parking area. (13) The storage area shall be ke t free from dirt, a er, weeds, garbage, trash and other debris. (14) Rental vehicles being stored on the licensed premises shall be arran ed in an orderly fashion, in rows. (15) The rental of trucks and trailers shall not be licensed as an accessory use at any service station where the storage area would exceed ten ercent of .the total area of the licensed premises. X16) The use of the designated storage area for the storage of anything (in- cluding vehicles) other than rental vehicles is prohibited, (17) The storage of rental trailers and trucks on licensed premises in com- pliance with this section shall not be regarded as the outdoor display of merchandise, under the provisions of Section 3.33, Subdivision 1, Paragraph 3 (n) of this code. Subd. 7, DeveloQment_ Contract, Prior to the issuance of the first license., as to any premises, the licensee shall enter into a development contract, secured by a er- formance bond, providing for the development of the storage area in accordance with the implication and the provisions of this section." Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota, this 28th day of December , 19 ~© ayor Attest: f Clerk premises at any one time. It is a violation of this ordinance to locate more or larger vehicles on the licensed premises than the number or maximum size specified on the license, (6) It shall be grounds for denial of a license application that the ('cial Ptrblieatio_4t ..,-..- .... __.. .dill Na 197U•3£ SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION RICHFIELD ,~UN 6601 w. lath st, State of Minnesota County of Hennepin SS. Bloomington, Minnesota R. P, WANDr.R, L-~ing duly swortt. on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the secretary and prixtter of the newspaper known as The Richfield Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once each week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisements. (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears d has entry as second-class matter in its local post-office. (5) Said newspaper purports to ve the City of Richfield in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of e in the City' of Bloomington in said county, established and open during its regular business s for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and main- ed by the managing officer or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and con- 1 during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours to the business of the newspaper and business related thereto. (6) Said news- paper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said new~- paper has complied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper. He further states on oath that the printed R~"7'1' ~TO• a-Q7~"3~ hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for OpE` successive weeks; that it was first so published on f'hlZr ° the (t~l day of `'Tap • 19?~' and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including the day of 19- and that the following is a printed copy the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to-wit: abcdefghij klmnop grstuvwxyz" 1, abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz i~'~~°~ Subscribed and sworn to before me this !'~~1 day of `Tan • 19~ (Notarial Seal) ~/ - Alice J. Nelson, Notary Public, lienn~ County, Minn. 'v Commission Expires December 26, 1973 ~rrx~'-RICHFIELDDDESORDAIN: ` ` Th~e°ftfllowing section shall be added tc C `tear YI of the ordinance code of the City aR-:(~i¢hfield, Minnesota: 2P Regulation of the Kental of Utility ~ lers and Trucks. ~~Subdivision 1. License required. No person shall engage in the business of renting utility trailers or trucks, either exclusively or in connection with any other business enterprise, whhout being licensed as provided in this section. Subd. 'L. Application. An applicant Yor a license or renewal shall apply to the city clerk in writing. The application shall be duly verified, Two kinds of licenses may be issued. utility~trailerseaThe~othere shall beetor the renting of utility trucks sad other similar self'-propelled vehicles. Subd. 3. Contents of Application. The appli- ~ cant shall submit int'ormatiun as the city manager may require, in order to show whether or not the requirements of dtis sec- ' lion will be met, including but not limited to the Following: the name and address of the applicant; the name and address of the owner of the property for which the license is sought; the address oC the property For which the license is sought; the approximate num- ber aol1- type of remal vehicles which wilt be stored., dh the premises; the area on which such vehicles will be stored; the location and type of any screening of the storage area; the location of any structures or proposed struc- tures on the site. Such in Formation, relating m the layout, or proposed layout, of the prem- ises shall be shown on a plot plan. Subd. 4, License P`ee and License Year. 'the annual license tee is 5'LS.W. A separate lieegse shall be obtained for each place of business. The licensee shall display the license on, a prominent place on the premises licensed. A license, unless revoked, is For the calendar year, or part thereof. for which it i has been issued. Subd. 5, Granting or Denial of Incenses. License applications shad be reviewed by the Pu Wit works amt planning departmentsr with the city manager, thereat'ter licenses shall be granted or denied by the city. council subject to the provisions of this se Mion. Suhd. 6. Restrictions and Regulations. ~ in thle (general commercF~rand iodustr altd ss triers of the city which meet the require- ~ meats of, this ordinance and which are found' by the manager to be suitable locations. 121 Licenses shallbe granted only on Iota- I bons where the applicant is conducting a business which .can provide the necessary servicing and inspection of the vehfdes being rented. 1,1 Licenses- shall be granted only for locations abutting upon major streets. The rental vehicle storage area shall be so located that there is direct access nom the abutting major street. Such storage area shall be located in a way which does not interfere with normal traffic flow onto, within or from the lot or which creates dangerous impedi- ments to traltic visibility. 141 k rental vehicle storage area shall not occupy any par[ of the required oF'f-street parking area for any otber business located oe the same premises (51 A license for the rental of utility trucks shall specify the maximum number and size of trucks, not ~ m exceed four (4}, sescat any one ltime~tt is taev olatlon otrthis ordinance to locate more or larger vehicles on the licensed premises than the number or ~ maximum size specified on the license. (61 It shall be grounds for denial of a ,license application that the applicant or other I persons occupying the premises for which the ' license E sought are not complying with, or have a history of non-compliance with the '~ regulations_oF the chy relating m health, safe- - r.~~o..c acrewatrm Sot ~ ~o V wRjilp @erinit iental fruc~s to be tI1 a meuoer that they wdyld be phiply+~+~LtiiWe from adjacent residential property,~tefwould be imcompadbte with the type Al~de,;velopmeator the type of use bein conductel~F~',^~1pp~ <ndjecent .properties, or Id~ would 'gt21f3cwls$ hkve a deterimental effect upon other propertyor properties in the vicin- uy. (S) Rental vehicles shall not be permitted to occupy any area except dte designated storage azea. 191 The designated storage area tot i rental vehicles shall be marked by clearly visible boundaries. (lal The storage area shall be screened from the view of persons. orabutting property ~ and shall be located so that it does not occupy the reyuired front yard or side yard for buUd- ings on the tract al' land involved. The requirement of screening may be waived by the city manager where the abutting property i involved is being used for industrial or 1 commercial purposes and Bch abutting prop- erty will not be adversely affected by the I absence of screening. (111 Where the rental of such vehicles is accessory to anotherbusiness being con- ducted oa the premises, such as a service ~. stn [ion, the licensee shall be the operator of the primary business being conducted on the ~~ premises. (lEl The storage area shall be surfaced I with concrete or bituminous surfacing meet- Iii ing the requirements of the city for off-Street ' parking area. ~, (131 The storage area shall be kept tree ~, from dirt, paper, weeds, garbage, .trash and other debris. ' 041 Rental vehicles being stored on the licensed premises shall be arranged in an orderly t'ashion, in rows. (151 The rental of trucks and trailers shall nut be licensed as an accessoryuse 'at any service station where the storage area would exceed ten percent of the total area of the licensed premises. 1161 The use of the designated smrage area Ybr the storage oC anything linduding vehicles) other than rental vehicles is prohib- ited. ~ 1191 1'he storage of rental trailers and trucks on licensed premises in compliance with this section shall not be regarded as the outdoor display of merchandise, under the provisions of Section 3.33, Subdivision 1, Paragraph 3 fnl of this code, `Subd.•9^ Development Contract. Prior to the