#071 Licensing of Public Driving Tees

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' . ,n . STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF AAM3EY VILLAGE -0F ARDEN HILLB ORDINANCE NO. 71 AN ORDINANCE LICENSING AND REGULATING THE ESTABLISH- MENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPER- ATION OF PUBLIC DRIVING TEES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THERIIOE THE VSLLAGE COUNCIL OF ARDEN HILLS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS : SECTION 1. No peraon, firm or cor- poration shall establish, maintain or op- erate s public driving tee, as hereinafter defined, in the Village of Arden Hilla without first having obtained a license therefor as hereinafter provided. 3ECTION 2. Far the purpose of this Ordinanee a public driving tee ahall ' mean any area within the Village of Arden Hilis arranged or used for driv- ~ ing of golf balls by the public for a fee. SECTION 3. Any person desiring a license to establiah, maintain or operate a publia driving tee shall make applica- tion in writing to the Village Council by lettei addreased to the Village Clerk or, if forms for such applications are aupplied by the Village Clerk> by com- pleting sueh form. The following in- ~ formation is to be set forth in the ap- ylieation : (a) Name and addresa of the applicant. (b) The lceation and legal description of the proposed driving tee site. (c) A statement as to whether the ap- . plicant owna the property or, if ]eased, a copy bf,said lease, together with.a atatement of the name of the . . property owner, if it is not owned . by the applicant. (d) The ]ocation of the driveways to be used for ingresa and egreae from I said site. f (e) A statement as to the proposed f hours of operation. SECTION 4. The applicant shall de- posit with the Village Clerk at the time of the filing of his application the sum of F'ifty Dollara ($60.00), which ia here- by aet as the licenae fee to operate a public driving tee; and the Clerk shall ~ there upon deliver to each applicant' . . . . dupticnte receipta therefor containing a . statement of the purpose Por whieh such c2eposit is made, one of which receipts I~I shall be attached to and filed with said , . . application. SECTION 6. No license for s Fublic driving tee shall be granted unless the diatance from the nlace of driving to the neareat bualding or road in the direction in which the balls are driven is 900 feet or more. Such tees shall be so deaigned as to permit driving of golf balls in one general direction, which direction shall be away from the near- est public road. BECTION 6. The public driving tee shall be se lighted as to effectively illuminate all entrancea and exits, and lights used upon the premises ahall be placed in such a manner as not to .shine upon or unreasonably interfere f.. with surrounding property. . . SECTION 7. In no event ahall eueh public driving tees aperate between the hours of 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 applicant shall permit any repreaentative of the Village to inapect and examine the place described in the spplication. The Coun- cil may grant auch application if, after making such investigation as it deema reasoaably necessary, it determines that tHe granting of said license is consiatent with the orderly development of the non- ~ residetttial areas of the Village and will not unreasonably interfere with the de- , velopment and use of propertp adjoin- . . ing or in the vicinity of the nroperty which is the aubject of the application. No License shall be granted unleas the . . . propetty is properly zoned for such use in accordance with the terms of the Zon- ing Ordinance. SECTION 9. The licenae herein pro- vided shall expire on December 31 fol- lowing the date of issuance, and if is- sued for a period shorter than one ~ calendar year the licenae fee ahall be pro rated on a monthly basis. For tHe purpose of pro rating any period in ex- cesa of fifteen days shall conatitute a month. SECTION 10. Any .person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and ahall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollam ($100.00) or by im- . . grisontnent not to exceed ninety days. . SECTION 11. This ordinance shall-be pubiiahed in the official Village newa- paper and shall take effect and be in force from and after ita passage and publication. PASSED BY TFTE VILLAGE COUN- CIL OF ARDFIN HILLS THI3 26 DAY OF MARCH, 1963. D. F. Kennedy, . . . Maqor - - ATTEST: Lorraine E. Stromquust, Clerk ' (Bulletin, March 28, 1963)