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Home My WebLink About#211 Amending Code Re Landscape Performance Bonds . . STATE OF ?`!!INNESOTA COUNTY OF RAN!SEY CITY OF APDELd HILLS ORDINANCE No. 211 AN ORDINANCE Ar-?E?`IDING SECTION 6-69 OF THE ARDEPI HILLS CODE, ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE BIIILDING CODE CHAPTER RELATING TO LANDSCAPE PERFOR.MANCE BONDS, TO ALLOW FOR LETTERS OF CREnIT AND TO REQUTRE LANDSC.APE GUARANTEE BONDS OR LETTERS OF CREDIT; AMENDING SECTION 6-116 THEREOF TO CORRECT AN ERRONEOUS CROSS- REFERENCE; AND AMENDING SECTION 14-27 THEREOF, A PROVISION OF THE MOBILE HQME CHAPTER WHICH RESTRICTS ADDITIONS TO MOBILE HOMES, TO PERMIT SITE-BUILT ADDI- TIONS TO MOBILE HO]`?ES The City Council of the City of Arden Hills hereby ordains: Section 1. Amendment to Section 6-69 of the Arden HilZs Code. Section 6-69 of the Arden Hills Code is hereby amended so that it is entitled and reads as fol.lows: "Sec. 6-69. Landscape Performance and Guarantee Bond or Letter of Credit. (a) In a case where screening, landscaping or other exterior improvement to p_roperty ather than the principal building itself is required by any other applicable provisions of this Code, plans and specificatians as approved for building or other use of the property, or appropriate council resolu- tion, a performance bond or letter of credit shall be required as a condition precedent to the issuance of the building permite The amount of such bond or letter of credit shall be determined by the council; provided, however, that in no event shall the council require a bond or letter of credit less than one hundred twenty-five percent (1250) of the required improvement as estimated by the landscape inspector or other inspector under whose jurisdiction the improvement falls, or their respective deputies. Said bond or letter of credit shall be approved by the city attarney as to sufficiency, form and execu- tion. In requiring said bond or letter of credit, the council shall stipulate the time within which the performance being bonded or assured is to be carried out. (b) Where the subject of the performance bond or letter of credit has been the installation or placement of landscaping or screening, said bond or letter of credit shall not be released, converted or ~ reduced, until the inspection and reporting require- ments of Section 6-116(b) hereof have been fulfilled, and the permittee has pasted with the city (or has converted the existing letter of credit) a guarantee or maintenance bond ox letter of credit, approved by the city attorney as to sufficiency, form and execu- tion, which guarantees ta the city that said land- scaping or screening shall be maintained and be free from disease, defect and death for a period of at least one (1) year from the date of the cit_y's approval of said landscaping, the duration of_ said . bond or letter of credit to be as detez-mined by the city council. In no event shall the amount of said , bond or letter of credit be greater than one hundred percent (100%) of the actual cost of the landscaping or screening improvement (i.e., labor and materials incorporated therein) as determined by the landscape inspector or other inspector under whose jurisdiction the improvement 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 build- ing for which a performance bond ar letter of credit has been filed with the city pursuant to Section 6-694) hereof, the landscape inspector or other inspector under whose jurisdiction the improvement falls, or their respective deputies, shall conduct such inspec- ' tions and reinspections as ar.e necessary to ascertain compliance with the particular plans and specifica- tions therefor, or reQuirements of any other applic- able ordinances, resolutions, or special use permits or other permits of the city relating thereto. Befare said performance band or letter of credit can be released , a final inspection by the appropriate inspector, or his deputy, shall have been made and awritten report containing his final approval of the zmprovement, stating the actual cost thereof, and reeammending the amount of any replacement guarantee or maintenance bond or letter of credit shall have been submitted to the clerk-administrator. Nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude the appropriate 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 reduction to be advisable." 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 entitled and reads as follows: "Sec. 14-27. Additions Allowed. Construction of any addition to a mobile home located within the city to provide extra floor space sha11 be allowed provided any such addition either - 2 - - - _ . . - - ~ . t• -.y.~ . . . , i . . - . . ~ , ~ ~ ~ . ~ . ~ I I (I) is. furn i shad by amanufaetur0r and speci t icaI I y designed tor use wifh mobl 1e' homes or (2) Bi bui It ' on si t• and has an earter l or fi t nt sh whi ch harmonlzes , wtfh the exterlor° fin0sh ot the exlstlng ioob;16e home, , , and such addltfion coapt ies in al 1~~spects wtth the ~ ; other provtsions of thls chsptere the applieab0e , , provistons of fihe bul ddlrag code chapter (ehmpter 6 ,i hereof), other applicable ordlnances,or chapters, and ~ , app I i cab I• perm! ts tssusd by the. Counct S wi th respect , $o satback and s1mi 8ar matfierss" ' Section 4. Eftectiv4 Datee Th,ts Ordtnanee sha9f b• ' e¢fec#Fve from and after tho dafe, of. its p,assagA and , I publicattone ' I Passad by the APdan H I t,l 9 Ci fiy Counc i I th is 27th day , of ~~~ember, 1979. . ; ~ , ~ ~ . . . . . . , . . ; 1 ~;n 1'y' e f'~pea 61~, r..~' ~ . ~ Attesta ; • ~ C'h8riattA e As s CIerk Admlnistri$Of , + . . ~ . , ~ , . . ; 1 ~ ~~#~ra~, a ~ r~, ~ ~ ~ + , a'~k i~',~~ ' ""'~~ti j Ir• ~ ~ ~ _ ~ r~~` r 10 k'i I~~3~ S N c i+~ . ~ .~-s I , . r ~l° ~'u B ~ •:k"~-4 v r . L', ~ , l: .i, a g h.+.X~,.{j~'1~Los~~yr' ~Y,~ r~ _ ~ ~;y~4''~"~,~,.~ `~S~~Y ~I"~3,,~ ~ ~ 7 p s •7"'~` r~~~~~' ~ 4~i~ ~ I~'~ti~~ + h ','~f ~-8~, F~a + 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)