#211 Amending Code Re Landscape Performance Bonds

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STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITYOFARDEN HiLLS ORDINANCE N0.211 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-69 OF THE ARDEN HILLS CODE,ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BUILDING CODE CHAPTER RELATING TO LANDSCAPE PERFORMANCE BONDS, TO ALLOW FOR LETTERS OF CREDIT AND TO REOUIRE LANDSCAPE GUARAMTEE BONDS OR LETTERS OF CREDIT; AMENDING SECTION 6-116 THEREOF ~ TO CORRECT AN ERRONEOUS CROSS- REFERENCE; AND AMENDlNG SECTION 14-27 THEREOF, A PROVISION OF THE MOBILE HOME CHAPTER WHICH RESTRICTS ADDITIONS TO MOBILE HOMES, TO PERMIT SITE-BUILT AD- DITIONS TO MOBILE HOMES The City Council of the City of Arden Hills hereby ordains: Section 1. Amendment to Section 6-69 04 the Arden Hills Code. Section 6-69 of ihe Arden Hills Code is hereby amendetl so ihat it is entitled and reads as follows: "Sec. 6-69. Landscape Performance and Guarantee Bond or Letter of Credit. (a) In a case where screening, landscaping or other exierior improvement to property other ihan the principal building itself is required by any other ap- plicable provisions of ihis Code, plansand specifications as approved for building or other use of the property, or appropriate council resolution, a performance bond or letter of credit shall be required as a condition precedent to the issuance of the building permit. The amount ot such bond or letter ot credit shall be deter- mined by the council; provided, however, ihat in no , event shall the council require a bond or letter of credit less than one hundred iwenty-five perceni (125 percent) of the required improvement as estimated by the land- scape inspector or oTher inspector under whose iurisdiction the improvement falls, or iheir respective tleputies. Said bond or letter of credit shall be approved by the city attorney as To sufficiency, form and execution. In requiring said bond or IeiTer of credit, the council shall sTipulate the time wiThin which the per- formance being bonded or assured is to be carried out. (b) Where the subiect of the performance bond or letter of credit has been the installation or placement of landscaping or screening, said bond or leiter of credit shall not be released, converted or reduced, until the inspection and reporting requirements of Section 6- 176(b) hereof have been fulfilled, and the permittee has posTed wiih the city (or has converted the existing IeTter of credit) a guaranTee or maintenance bond or letter of credit, approved by the city atTorney as to sufficiency, form and execution, which guarantees To the city ihat said landscaping or screening shall be maintained and - be free from disease, defect and death for a period of at leasione (1) year from the date of the city's approval of said landscaping,ihe duration of said bond or letter of credit to be as determined by the city council. In no event shall the amount of said bond or letter of credit be greater ihan one hundred percent (100 percent) of the actual cost of the landscaping or screening im- provement (i.e., labor and maTerials incorporated Therein) as determined by the landscape inspector or ofher inspecTor under whose iurisdiction the im- provement falls, or their respecTive deputies." Section 2. AmendmenT to Section 6-116(b) of the Arden Hills Code. Section 6-116(b) of the Arden Hills Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "(b) With respect To any screening, landscaping, planting or other exterior improvements required in connection with the consTruction of a principal building for which a performance bond or leiTer of credit has been filed with the city pursuant to Section 6-69 (a) hereof,ihelandscapeinspecTororotherinspector under whose jurisdiction the improvement falls, or iheir respective depuTies, shall conduct such inspections and reinspections as are necessary to ascerTain compliance with the particular plans and specificationsiherefor, or requirements of any other applicable ordinances, resoluTions, or special use permits or other permits of the rity relating Thereto. Before said performance bond or letter of credit can be released, a final inspection by the appropriate inspector, or his deputy, shal I have been made and a written report containing his final approval of the improvement, stating the actual cosf ihereof, and recommendin9 the amount of any replacement guarantee or maintenance bond or letter of credit shal I have been submitted to the clerk-adminisirator. Nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude the ap- propriate inspector from making interim inspections and reports nor the council from allowing interim reductions in the amount of said performance bond or letter of credit if it deems such reduciion to be ad- visable." Section 3. Amendment To Section 14-27 of the Arden Hills Code. Section 14-27 of the Arden Hills Code is hereby amended so that it is eniiTled and reads as follows. "Sec. 14-27. Additions Allowed. Construction of any addition to a mobi le home located within the city to provide exira floor space shall be allowed provided any such addition either (1) is fur- nished by a manufacturer and specifically designed for use with mobi le homes or (2) is built on site and has an ~ ~ exterior finish which harmonizes with the exterior finish of the exisTing mobile home, and such addition complies in all respects with Yhe other provisions of this chapter, the applicable provisions of the building code chapter (Chapter 6 hereof), other appl icable ordinances or chapTers, and applicable permits issued by the Council wiTh respeci to seTback and similar matters." SecTion 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance Shall be effective from and after the date of its passage and publication. Passed by the Arden Hills City Council ihis 27ih day of December, 1979. Henry J. Crepeau, Jr. Mayor Attest: Charlotte McNiesh Clerk Adminisirator (BUlletin: Jan. 10, 1980)