The 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.
ORDINANCE NO. 76-22
An Ordinance Declaring the Codification of the Bloomington City Charter, Ordinances, and Franchises to be Prima Facie Evidence of the Law
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
charter Amendments
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
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.
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
