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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJun 22, 1923 'A special meeting of the City Coun- cil of the City of Columbia Heights was held at the Columbia School on June 22, 1923, for the purpose of read- ing ordinances Nos. i$, 19 and 20,.and to take care of any other business that may come ·before tile meeting. 1M;eeting called to order by Mayor Gauvitte. Roll call. Mayor Gau- vitte present, Councilman Bentzer[ present, Councilman Ledwein present, Councilman McKenna present, C5un- cilman Burgoyne absent. Ordinance No. 18 to license electri- cians and electrical workers and to regulate the business of installing, ope~ting and maintaining electric wire~ and apparatus and planis.with- in the cit~; of' Columbia Heights was read the secbnd time,' and on motion of Ledwein and seconded by McKen- aa, it was passed. .Roll call, Bentzen yes, Ledwein yes, McI(enna yes, Gau- vitte yes: A license fee of $1.0 and a surety bond of $1,000 must be furnish- ed before any person or firm 'can crate within the city of Columbia I-telghts. Ordinance No. 19- An ordinance ,to license plasterers and stucco workers and to regulate the i)usines's of.plastering and' stucco work Within the cit~; of Columbia Heights was read for the second'time and a motibn x~;as, made by Ledwein and seconded by ~cI(enna that ordi- nance .No. i9 be rejected. Councihnan ~Sent:~,en motio{ed that it be accepted and ~IcKenna seconded. On roll call vote as follows, it was,lost: M~Kenna~ no, Ledwein no,'Bentzen y?, Gauvitte yes. Ordinance No: 2b--~ An 'ordinance concerning and pro- viding for the licensing of dogs xvas read for the second riffle and' on mo- tion'by Ledwein and seconded by. Mc- ;I{enna it ~as accepted, and it pro- irides for a. license fee of $1 for male I dogs and $3 for.'female dogs. Roll. ca.Il, McKenna yes, Bentzen yes,. Led- wein yes,, Gauvitte yes] Notices are to be posted to let the public know when it goes into effect. Carried. , Bentzen made a mottonand McKen- na seconded that city dra~ on the treasurer to the amonnt of $77~90 to pay MrS. Weir for .overcharge on tax- es. County to.keturn same to city treasurer. Assessor Leitch to take .care of check and to see that tile as- sessment is put on the right lots. Roll call. ]3entzen yes, Ledwein yes, McI{bnna yes, Gauvitte yes. Carried. On mbtion of Bentzen seconded by 5~cKeqma, tile bonds of George Bal- langer, roi' building inspector, Gust Anderson, electrical inspector, and · Joe Stinson, city manager, were ap- proved an4 accepted. 'Carried.' *Lett~r read from ciiy attorney by clerk ia regard to the drainage on quincy and 39th. On' motion of Led- . wein, seconded by Bentzen, it was de- cided to ha~e Jackson street where Mr. Selvig dug ditch surveyed to see if it is on city property, also to sm'- vey that part of Quincy street where culvert projects on Pribtila property. City to fill ditch if it is found, to be on city property. Carried. ' On motion of McI{enna. and second- ed by Bentzen, the Profile of Tyler between 39th and 40th be' accepted. Roll call, Ledwein yes, Bentzen yes, McI~enna yes, Gauvitte yes. Carried, · Mr. Welch came before tile council to ask if something could not be done in regard to street i.n front of .his store as evel~ time it rains the Water '~ll runs in his basement and it'is 'im- possible for him to d.o any work, caused because street Is. about 16 inches higher: than the :sidewalk.. On motion of McKenna seconded by Bent- zen that city manager do-some Work in front of Welch's stdre so water will not run' in his basement. Roll call, McKenna yes, Bentzen yes, Ledwetn yes, Gauvitte yes. Carried. Committee not ready to report on triangular lots and 43d avenu'e, from 4th street to University ~venue. Left for next meeting. Bills audited and passed as follows: Mpls. General Electric.. ]. Mpls. Water Department. ~. ? 2,130.66 Mrs. B. Plocienik (fire dept.) . 8.10 Pittsb~lrg Meter. Co. ....... ;k; 308.96 Anderson Bros. Garage ...... ~-- 10.50 Fidelity Casualty'Co ........ ;-/685.38 iiames C~rr ..... : .......... ~ 10.00 Henry Koss ........ ........ '5.20 J. P, Sherman .............. · 17.58 E. J. Mulcare . ;. ............ :~/25.00 Grace.Lqrabard ..., ........ :. .9.00 Petra Ledwein ............. 8.50 Minnie B. McNeil '. ....... :.. 9.00 ii. F. Sherman ........ ~: .... ' . 5.00 Ann~' Gould '. .... ] ........... 9.00 Viva S. Barrows ....... ,.. .... 9.50 E. LTdstad .............. · .... 4:00 iiennie R. Leitch .. ......... ~. 8.50 · Jadob H. Heller .... : ....... , 8.50 Lillian M. Smith. ........... '.8.50 Gopher Stone Co.' .......... ~_ '363.00 Della Ledwein . ...,. ........ ;8.50 McKenna made motion, Ledxvein seconddd, that bills be allowed., Roll call, l~cI(enna yes, Lcdwein yes, :Bent- zen yes, Gauvitte yes. Carried. · On mo.tion of Ledwein second'c(~ by McKenna,' the meeting be; adjourned. Carried. ~ Hazel A. Trucker, £~ity Clerk.- Ordinance No. 18 AN ORDINANCE TO' LICENSE ELECTRI-~ CIANS AND ELECTRICAL WORKERS AND ' ! TO REGULATE THE BUSINESS OF IN- I STALLING. OPERATING AND MAINTAIN- lNG ELECTRICAL WIRES. APPARATUS i AND PLANTS WITtIIN THE CITY .OF, COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, , The City of Columbia Heights does hereby ordain at{ follows: Section L No person, firm or corporation shall carry on the business of installing, operating and maintaining electric wires, apparatus and plants within tk- o ..... ~ ~' ......... without first having o rom the City Council. · the erection, construe ' any electric i wm'k or wiring be issued hy the Electric Inspee- ' for to any person firm or corporation, except he or they be iiccnsed bv the City Council to engage in business as an electriciin as hereinafter pro- vidcd, . Sec. 2. Electrical licenses shall be divided into I four classes, to-wit: Class A shall include'all branches of the business of installing operating tend malntainin~ electric wires, apparatus and', · . plants. Class B shall include only the manufac- · · turo and installation of electric and combiner on · 'l fixtures Class C shall incIude onl~ the wiring of ~ · electric signs Ciasa D shall include only minor ? alterations, extensions and repairs to existing ~ , systems of wiring in building specifically desig- : .natod on its license. No permit or license, shall · { be i,~sued to any licensee whose state license is [ ti not in force. - :~ Sec. 3, Every electrician applying for a license must be a resident of the State of l~Iinnesota and not less than twenty-one years of age and main- Lain a place of business in the City of Columbia Heights. For Class ~k such applicant must furnish the State Board of Electricity a certificate stating that he has a master electrician's state license and a $1,000 surety bond in force and for Class B, C oB D must furnish a certificate from said Board stating that he has a journeyman or special state lieease in force. Sec, 4. Before receiving a Class B, C or D license the person, firm or corporation applying , for tbs same shall execute and deposit with the City Clerk a surety bond ta the City of Columbia . . '; e City Counc,l ~n the 'or the faithful per- ' upon or contracted :Per by him or them and for the strict compliance 'by him cr them with all the provisions and re- quirements of the Ordinances of the City of Columbia lteights relating to installing, oper- ] atinlr and maintaining of electric wires, appara- tus and plants and that he or they will indemnify the City ef Columbia Heights for any and'ali losses and damage by reason of any negligence on tire part of such licensee,' his or their agents or employes while engaged in the prosecution of his or their business as such licensee. Sec. 5. Alllicenses granted pursuant to the I provisions of this ordinance shall be issued by i the City Clerk from books prepared by him for that purpose and on the stub of which shall be kept the name of the licensee, his business loca- tion, the date of granting and the date 'of issuing "the licenses and such other detail as may be' eranaum of the license. All ~aid licenses shall : terminate and e.'mire on the first day of Jonuary next succsding the issuance of the same unless ~ sooner revoked or forfeited as herein elsewhere . provided and said license shall not be tranferable ~or assignable. An annual license fee of $10.00 for ]eve~j said license is hereby fixed and required te be paid into the city treasury before the issuance of the license and in case any such license is applied for and issued after the first of January of any license year, the license fde to be paid therefor shall be such pro rata part of such $10.00 license ~ ............... :tional portion o~ the ieense is issued.. ' ;ueh electrical license ' to be used by.any other party, either for the purpose or doing work or obtaining permit under the penalty of forfeit- ing his or their license and the electrical inspec- tar is hereby autborized to refuse to issue peimits to any licensee violating this provisions. Sec. 7. Any,person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall on convic- tion thereof be subject to a fine not exceeding $100.00 or toimprisonment in the county Jail not exceeding 90 days. Sec. 8. All ordinances or Darts of ordinances which conflict with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed. ' Sec. 9. This ordinance shall take effect and be tn force thirty days after its passage. Passed June 22, 1923.1 ' %~/. C.' GAUVITTE;' Attest: Mayor. HAZEL A. TRUCKER. . Clerk: ; : "" ' Fir.~t rcadingMay 14. 1923. , (S~i[) Second reading June 22, 1923. . {. Paesed June 22, 1~3. AN "ORDiNANcE CONCERNING AND PROVIDING/;'OR THE LICENSING OF DOGS. The City of Columbia Heights does ordain as follows: 'Sectionl. That every Owner or keeper cfa dog or animal of the dog kind. within the limits of the City of Columbia Heights. ~hall eau~ the ~ameto be ~i~tered. n~bared, desc~bed and licensed in th~ office of the City Clerk of ci~. Such lic~noin~ shall be for the whole or unexpired posen of the ~ear ondine on the [ ensuin~ first da~ of ~anun~. . Provided, ~h tt no license eh~ll be r~uired for ~ do~ or nnimal ~fth~ do~ kind while it ia less than ~zee months old. ' ' Such o~ner or keeper ~ shall pay the~f0re to the Cit~ Clerk ~he sum of one (1) dollar for each ] male dca, and three (~) dollars for each femal~ S~, 2, ~he City Cterk . of said city shall, in the matter of issuin~ sush licenses, perform' dutie~ fixed by the ~ene~l laws of the-state. H~ shall, at an expense nb~ exceedin~ five cents each, provide and furnish for each licensed do~ a ma~llic ~ upon which he shall h~ve o~mped or an~raved the re~ieter number of the do~ and the ~ear when registered; the de~ian of such metnlfic ta~ ~ be chnn~ed each year, An~ person who shall make, sell, Purctiase. possess, o~ shall place or allow to be placed on their dca ~uy me~llic ~ of the s~me shape, or intended to be like the ~fficial ~, or shall nttemot in an~ way to counterfeit the[ design adopted for such official ta~ shall ~uilty of a misdemeanor. , tn case the eald metallic ~ is 10s~. or stolen, after havin~ been reaularly i~u~d ns herein! provided, the owner o~ keeper of a d~E upon I preaentin~ and surrenderin~ to the City Clerk [ the license or receipt issued when the do~ ] reaietered, numbered, described nnd licensed, a~ ~[he~in provided, shall receives duplicate ~ and ' ...... ' the payment of twen~- Cit~ Clerk. which ~aid be registered, numbe~d. i the o~innl license, But no perllon ehall be arnnted a dupllcate ~ and license unless the ogalnnl ~ nctu~ly been lo~t or ~tolen, and the City Clerk may, before tssuin~ such dupli~t:e ~ and license, r~uire nn affidavit to be made and ~urnished by such aDpllcnnt for ~ duplicate license and ta~, ~ettinK for~ the fact that eueh ~a hn~ been lo~t or stolen and is not ut ~he gms in their p~ssession. Sec. 3. The City Clerk shall pay Over monthl~ to the City T~easurer fill moneys received for licenses issued a~ herein provided. Sec. 4, Wary owner or keeper of a do~ or animal of rhodes kind. within said ~it~, shall place and kee~ ~round th~ neck of the do~ or animal owned hy him, ~ collar, on which sh~ll be securely fixed the metallic ~ above mentioned. Sec. 5, Ho person h~vin~ the cu~dy or con- trol of nn~ do~ or animal of the do~ kind shall ps.it the same to~o upon nny ~treet in ci~ or to run nt lares ~ithln the limits of Said city unless it w~are the collar and tab, above described. Sec. 6. I~ shall b~ lawful for any per,on'to kill or de~troy any do~ or antrum of the kind found runnin~ atlar~e within the limits of ~nid ci~ contrary .to th~ pro~sions of this drdinnnce, Se~; ~,' Ho ~erson shall keep or 0u~er robe kept on hispremise~, or on premises occupied by him, vhthin said city, nor permit nor euffe~ to llrun nt large in ~ald cit~ or on any street thereof, r any do~ of a fe~ioue or v~cious character, habit or diepoMtlon. ' - ~ And it shall be lawful for ~n~ person to kill or destro~ nn~ finch animal if found in an~ at Ia~e in said eib. Sec. 8. No O~ner or keeper of n female do~ oh~ll permit or suffer the ~ame to mn at or~ in any s,treet, alley o~ public place in enid ct~ while the same i~ in~ hca~ and it shall b~ lawful for ~n~ p~rson ~ kill or de~tro~ ~uch ~emala dca if ~ found ~nnin~ ~t large in ~aid city. Sec. 9. Thb~la~orof ~aid City may b~ ~nd notice posed for ~t lan~t five dnyg in' three of the mo~t publi~ 91aces in ~aid Cit~ of ~lumbia He}~ht~, requi~e that all do~s, runnln~ at in the e~ete of the ct~ be mulzled in such manner ~s the notic~ ma~ prescribe until the o~e~ ie revoked. ~ny per~on havin~ the ~re ~r control of ~ de~ ~thin said city, wh~ther the o~ar or kc~per 0~ otherwise, ~ho ~hall ~efu~e or nealeat o: comply with ~uch o~er ohall be ~uilW of a ,iola~on of the teac of this o~inance. I~ ~hnll be the duty of the police ~fficere of the ',i~ and the Polic~ Depnrtm~n~tn enforce the ~r~sio~ of this ordinance und to kill or ~use n be killed all do~s kept within the city or run- nin~ ~t larae within the city cont~ar~ to the provieiqns of this o~inance. And it ~hall also be the duty ofeve~ police officer of said city to }f~m ti~m to time report to the Chief of Police or Police: Hendqtmrter~ alt do~s ~nnin~ at lares upon or ~ithin the'te~ito~ which he ts for panel duty, ~hich are nol properl~ licensed it land tagged, or'which are e~isting contrary to ! the provisions of this ordinance. i It shall be unlawful for any person torefuse i to exhibit his license or receipt to any police i Sec. 10. The Mayor is hereby authorized to- ...... ice officer to be detailed *' It shall be the duty of ' to act as dog license insp'ector to enforcetheprovisions'of this ordi- nonce and report all diseased dogs to the Health · Officer and perform such 'duties in connection with the endorcement thereof as the Mayor or Chief of Police may direct. · Sec. 11. The Chief of Police under th~di~ection .'of'the Mayor is hereby m~horized to employ, at ~;eying to a' dog pound all dogs not properly ~ licensed; collared and tagged. - ' Such persons and teams so employed ~imll '~lct under the supervision of a police officer or officers to be detailed by the Mayor to 'accompany. such person" '.--"' , ,"'! .;' ,. i ,, . All dogs con- ?eyed .,, ~",~ .~.. , .. : , ., ;ept, with kind ~reat. m, ' ' , . " ': . ia' :water for their claimed by their owners, as herein provided, In case th~ owner of any dog shall desire to reclaim ! him from tbs dog pound, such dog may be re- leah'aa from the dog pound upon the payment by I such owner of the hum of one dollar, which shall i be for the releasing of such dog from the dog pound, and' upon the. further payment of the regular'li'cense fee required for such dog. Said I payments tobe made to the Dog License Inspect- or areceipt showing that such license fee has been paid, and :upon which receip~ when pre- .sented to the City Clerk, shall be issued a regu- lar license and ta~ for l~uch do~. Sec. 12. At the expiration of three days ~from the time any dog in impounded, if the same has not been reclaimed in eccordance with the pro- visions of the preceding sections, the Dog License ~ Inspector shall cause such dog to be killed and shall properly dispose of the remains thereof, and shall account for and pay Over monthly to theCity Treasurer all moneys received by him 'for such remains or otherwise. . ' ' Sec. 13. The Dog License Inspector shall keep an accurate account of all dogs received at the dog pound, and of all dogs killed or released therefrom; ' · , 'Sec 14 Whenever aey dog within the City of Columbia Heights shall have bitten any person, or havebeenreported to the Health Officer as provided in section seven 17) of this ordinance, or by any other person, if the Health Officer of the City of Columbia Heights shall so reqdest, it shall be the duty of the Dog License Inspector, and he is hereby authorized to take such dog to the dog pound and there keep such dog for such time us said Health Officer may request, to give such Health Officer an opporfunity to determine whether such dog is diseased, and no diseased dog shall be killed until so ordered by the Health Sec. 15. ]~0 person shall in any manner molest, I hinder or interfere with any person employed by the Mayor to capture dogs and convey the same to the dog pound while engaged in such occu- Sec,~lS. Whoever violates an~~ of the provisions of this ordinance shall on conviction thereof shall be subjected to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) or to 'imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ninety (90) days. , Sec. 17, Ail ordinances or parts of ordinances ~which conflict with this ordinance are hei'eb¥ See, 18. This ordinance shall take effect and be ~in force thirty (30) days after its passage. t Passed June 22, 1~23. ~ ' · . W.C. GAUVITTE, '. Attest: , MaYor. HAZEL A, TRUCKER, . ii, City Clerk, First reading May 1,L 1928. ' Second reading June 22, 1923. (Seal,) Passed June 22, 1923. (? 5