#071 Licensing of Public Driving Tees

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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAM3EY VILLAGE OF ARDEN HILLS ORDINANCE NO. 71 AN ORDINANCE LICENSING AND REGULATING THE ESTABLISH- MENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPER- ATION OF PUBLIC DRIVING TEES ' AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. TI3E VILLAGE COUNCIL OF ARDEN HILLS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS : 3ECTION 1. No peraon, firm or cor- poration shall establish, maintain or op- erate a public driving tee, as hereinafter defined, in the Vi]]age of Arden Hills without first having obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided. 3ECTION 2. For the purpose of this Ordinance a public driving tee shall ~ mean any area within the Village of Arden Hills arranged or used for driv- ing of golf balls by the public for s fee. SECTION 3. Any peraon desiring s license to establiah, maintain or operate a public driving tee shall make applica- tion in writing to the Village Council ' by lette! addressed to the Village Clerk or, if forms for such applications are supp2ied by the Village Clerk, by com- pleting such form. The follawing in- formation is to be set forth in the ap- plication : (s) Name and address of the applicant. (b) The location and legal deacription of the Froposed driving tee site. (c) tl etatement as to whether the ap- plicant owns the property or, if leased, s copy of said lease, together - with a statement of the name of the . property owner, if it is not owned by the applieant. (d) The location of the driveways to be used for ingreas and egresa from said site. (e) A atatement as to the Froposed hours of operatian. 3FCTION 4: The applieant shall de- posit with the Village Clerk at the time of the filing of his application the sum ' of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), which is here- ' by set as the license fee to operate a . publie driving tee, and the Clerk shall there upon deliver to each applicant duplicate reeeipts therefor containing a atatement of the purpose for which such deposit is made, one of which receipta shall be attached to and filed with said . application. SECTION 5. No license for s public driving tee shall be granted unlesa the distance from the place of driving to the nearest bwilding or road in the direction in which the balla are driven is 900 feet or more. Such tees shall be so designed as to permit driving of golf balls in one general direction, which direction shall be away from the near- . est gublic road. SECTION 6. The public driving tee shall be so lighted as to effectively illuminate all entrancea and exits, and lighta used upon the premises shall be . . placed in such a manner as not to shine upon or unreasonably interfere _ with surrounding property. SECTION 7. In no event shall such public driving tees operate between the hours af 1 A.M. and S A.M. SECTION 8. The Council may direct such investigation of said areas as it may deem neceasary, and the apBlicant shall permit any representative of the Village to inspect and examine the place deacribed in the application. The Coun- cil may grant such application if, after making such investigation as it deem9 reasonably necessary, it determines that the granting of said license is conaiatent with the orderly development of the non- reaidential areas of the V iilage and will not unreasonably interfere with the de- velopment and use af property adjoin- ing or in the vicinity of the property which is the aubject of the application. No License shall be Sranted uniesa the praperty ia properly zoned for such use in accordance with the terma of the Zon- ing Ordinance. SECTION 9. The licenae herein pro- vided shall expire on December 31 fol- lowing the date of isauance, and if is- sued for a period ahorter than one ' calendar year the license fee shall be pro rated on a monthly basis. For the purpose of pro rating any period in ex- cess of fifteen days shall conatitute a month. SECTION 10. Any person violating the Droviaions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and ahall be ' punished by a fine not to exeeed One Hundre8 Dollara ($100.00) or by im- prisonment not to exceed ninety days. SECTION il. This ordinance shall be published in the official yillage news- paper and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publicatian. PASSED 8Y THE VILLAGE COUN- CIL OF ARDFIN $ILLS THIS 26 DAY OF MARCH, 1963. D. F. Kennedp, . . . . . . . . . . . ATTE3T: MaYOr Lorraine E. 8tromqwiat, Clerk (Bulletin, March 28, 1963)