click here to printThe City may revise, rearrange and codify its ordinances with such additions and deletions as may be deemed necessary by the council. Such ordinance code shall be published in book, pamphlet or continuously revised loose-leaf form and copies shall be made available by the council at the office of the secretary of the council for general distribution to the public free or at a reasonable charge. Publication in such a code shall be a sufficient publication of any ordinance provision not previously published if a notice that copies of the codification are available at the office of the secretary of the council is published in the official newspaper for at least two successive weeks.
(Home Rule Charter, Section 3.11)
This volume is published in loose-leaf form so that it may become a permanent edition of the City Code of Bloomington. It is contemplated that annually or at other intervals replacement pages will be published so as to bring this volume up to date.
This Code is a codification and revision of the Village Code of Bloomington, dated November 21, 1958; and it supersedes and replaces said Village Code as amended.
The City Council of the City of Bloomington ordains:
Section 1. That the "Bloomington City Code," published by the authority and direction of the Bloomington City Council, Bloomington, Minnesota, dated January 1, 1975, which is a codification and revision of the Village Code of Bloomington, dated November 21, 1958, hereby supersedes said code and is declared to be the official codification of the Bloomington Home Rule Charter, Ordinances, and Franchises, which by this ordinance shall be prima facie evidence of the law of the City of Bloomington.
Section 2. That this Codification, dated January 1, 1975, is printed for the general distribution to the public at charge. Copies of said codification are available at the office of the City Clerk.
Passed and adopted this 26th day of April, 1976.
/s/Robert M. Benedict
Mayor
Attest:
/s/ Arthur W. Jensen
City Clerk
APPROVED: Gary Gandrud
City Attorney
On November 8, 1960, the City first adopted a Home Rule Charter pursuant to Section 36, Article IV, of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota. Thereafter, on the dates stated below, it adopted amendments thereto relating to the subject, or amending the Section, listed below, viz:
Date |
Section Amended |
Amended by Ordinance, Referendum or Election |
Description of Amendment |
11/06/1962 |
Section 12.12 |
City Special Election |
Relates to the sale and control of intoxicating liquor |
11/03/1964 |
Section 12.12 |
City General Election |
Permits off-sale liquor licenses |
08/10/1970 |
Section 12.12 |
Ordinance No. 70-35 |
Amends the definition of the term “club” |
07/26/1971 |
Section 12.12 |
Ordinance No. 71-51 |
Allows “clubs” to operate 900 ft. from any church or 1,000 ft. from any public school |
07/26/1971 |
Section 12.12 |
Ordinance No. 71-52 |
Includes term “bona fide clubs” |
07/26/1971 |
Section 12.12 |
Ordinance No. 71-53 |
Defines “clubs” and “bona fide clubs” |
11/06/1973 |
Section 2.03 |
City General Election |
Creates council districts and at large positions |
05/27/1975 |
Sections 6.07 and 6.08 |
Ordinance No. 75-30 |
Authorizes the City Manager to enter into contracts for the purchase of materials, merchandise or equipment in an amount not to exceed $3,000.00 |
05/23/1983 |
Section 7.17 |
Ordinance No. 83-17 |
Authorizes the City Council to issue capital notes for certain equipment acquisitions |
11/04/1986 |
Section 2.04 |
Special Election |
Relates to incompatible offices |
08/03/1987 |
Sections 6.07 and 6.08 |
Ordinance No. 87-53 |
Authorizes the City Manager to enter into contracts for the purchase of materials, merchandise or equipment in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 |
06/06/1988 |
Sections 6.07 and 6.08 |
Ordinance No. 88-42 |
Authorizes the City Manager to enter into contracts for personal services and repair of maintenance of real or personal property in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 |
07/25/1988 |
Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.09, 3.01, 3.08, 5.04, 5.06, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.17, 5.18, 6.01, 6.02, 7.05, 7.07, 7.08, 12.02 and 12.04 |
Ordinance No. 88-51 |
Removes gender specific references in the Charter |
09/13/1988 |
Sections 2.03, 5.01, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5.08, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.18, 6.03, 7.13, 10.02 and 11.05 |
Special Election |
Substitutes terms “electors”, “qualified electors” to the term “registered voters” |
03/20/1989 |
Sections 4.01, 4.02 and 4.04 |
Ordinance No. 89-14 |
Changes the dates for candidate filing and primary elections to comply with Minnesota Statutes and to remove out of date references to voting machines, tally books, and municipal judges |
04/01/1991 |
Section 2.03 |
Ordinance No. 91-22 |
Changes to deadline for redistricting of election districts to comply with Minnesota Statutes |
01/06/1992 |
Sections 4.02 and 4.04 |
Ordinance No. 92-3 |
Substitutes clarifying language relating to elections |
10/19/1992 |
Sections 6.07 and 6.08 |
Ordinance No. 92-55 |
Authorizes the City Manager to make purchasing contracts for up to $25,000 and requires such contracts in excess of $25,000 to be bid |
11/03/1992 |
Section 2.03 |
City Special Election |
Requires election of councilmembers after redistricting |
11/08/1994 |
Section 2.03 |
City Special Election |
Increases the mayor’s term to four years |
05/20/1996 |
Section 12.15 |
Ordinance No. 96-14 |
Authorizes the imposition of civil penalties for violation of ordinances |
05/20/1996 |
Section 2.05 |
Ordinance No. 96-16 |
Changes to time period for filing a vacancy on the City Council and eliminates a special election for an unexpired term of two months or less |
05/05/1997 |
Section 3.08 |
Ordinance No. 97-15 |
Authorizes publication of summaries of ordinances |
01/05/1998 |
Section 12.15 |
Ordinance No. 98-1 |
Authorizes the collection of property-related civil penalty by assessment against the property |
11/19/2001 |
Section 2.05 |
Ordinance No. 2001-47 |
Requires all special elections to fill vacancies on the City Council be held at regularly scheduled state or municipal general elections |
11/19/2001 |
Section 6.08 |
Ordinance No. 2001-48 |
Requires the bidding of certain city contracts in an amount specified by state law |
12/03/2001 |
Section 6.07 |
Ordinance No. 2001-51 |
Authorizes the City Manager to approve contracts in an amount set by ordinance and not to exceed the amount at which competitive bidding is required |
04/01/2002 |
Section 7.04 |
Ordinance No. 2002-10 |
Relates to the name of the Board of Appeal and Equalization |
03/03/2003 |
Section 3.07 |
Ordinance No. 2003-6 |
Eliminates the requirement that resolutions be read in their entirety prior to City Council action |
05/05/2003 |
Section 12.12 |
Ordinance No. 2003-14 |
Eliminates the subdivision which prohibits the location of any hotel or restaurant holding an on-sale intoxicating liquor license within 1,000 feet of a church or public school and further prohibits locating an on-sale club within 1,000 feet of public schools or within 900 feet of churches. |
06/16/2003 |
Section 6.06 |
Ordinance No. 2003-23 |
Eliminates the requirement that the Mayor sign all city contracts. |
04/05/2004 |
Sections 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 3.08, 3.09, 3.10, 3.11, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 5.04, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5.08, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.17, 5.18, 6.01, 6.02, 6.03, 6.04, 6.05, 6.07, 6.08, 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07, 7.08, 7.09, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.13, 7.14, 7.15, 7.16, 7.17, 8.01, 8.02, 9.01, 9.02, 9.03, 9.04, 9.05, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04, 10.05, 10.06, 11.01, 11.02, 11.03, 11.04, 11.05, 12.01, 12.02, 12.03, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.09, 12.10, 12.11, 12.12, 12.13, 12.14, 12.15 |
Ordinance No. 2004-8 |
Rewriting the charter to make it more readable, understandable and grammatically correct. |
06/02/2008 |
2.07 |
Ordinance No. 2008-18 |
Requires that an ordinance changing the salary of the mayor and members of the City Council be adopted at least sixty days prior to the next succeeding municipal election |
Preface |
ii |
Adopting Ordinance No. 76-22 |
iii |
Charter Amendments |
iv |
Table of Contents |
vii |