HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2-2021 - Amending City Code Section 5.40, Relating to Gambling - 02/11/2021CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 2-2021
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA AMENDING CITY
CODE CHAPTER 5, SECTION 5.40 RELATING TO GAMBLING AND ADOPTING BY
REFERENCE CITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 5.99 WHICH AMONG OTHER
THINGS CONTAIN PENALTY PROVISIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1. City Code Chapter 5, Section 5.40, is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with
the following:
SECTION 5.40. -GAMBLING.
Subd. 1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to regulate and control the conduct of certain
gambling activities pursuant to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 349.
Subd. 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section the terms used herein shall have the
meanings defined or as used in Minnesota Statutes Chapter 349.
Subd. 3. Prohibition. There shall be no gambling in the City except in accordance with the
provisions of this section and the provisions of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 349 and rules adopted
pursuant thereto. No organization may conduct lawful gambling in the City unless such
organization is in full compliance with the licensing and permitting requirements of Minnesota
Statutes Chapter 349.
Subd. 4. Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the limited gambling
activities described in Minnesota Statutes Section 349.166 provided there is compliance with all
conditions imposed by that section and the rules and regulations of the Board relating thereto.
Subd. 5. Approval by Council. All forms of lawful gambling authorized by Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 349 may be approved by the Council for conduct within the City subject to the provisions
of this this Section and other applicable law.
Subd. 6. Application for Approval of Premises Permit. An organization seeking to obtain the
City's approval of a premises permit from the Gambling Control Board ("Board") shall file with
the Police Department an executed, complete duplicate application, together with all exhibits and
documents accompanying the application as filed with the Board, as well as a certification of the
date the application was filed with the Board. The application and accompanying exhibits and
documents shall be filed in the Police Department not later than three (3) days after they have been
filed with the Board. After review of the application and consideration of the conditions of
Subdivision 7, the Chief of Police shall recommend approval or disapproval of the premises permit
to the Council. The Council shall approve or disapprove the premises permit by resolution within
ninety (90) days of the date the application was filed with the Board.
Subd. 7. Conditions. A premises permit shall be disapproved if the issuing thereof would result
in a violation of any of the following conditions:
A. Lawful gambling shall be limited to four (4) premises within the City, plus one (1) premise
for each ten thousand (10,000) persons residing therein in excess of forty thousand
(40,000).
B. No more than one ( 1) premises permit will be approved for the conduct of lawful gambling
on any single premises.
Subd. 8. Tax.
A. There is hereby imposed a tax on all lawful gambling conducted in the City by licensed
organizations
B. An organization's receipts from lawful gambling that is exempt from licensing under
Minnesota Statutes Section 349.166 are not subject to the tax imposed by this subdivision.
C. The tax is one percent (1 %) of the gross receipts of a licensed organization from lawful
gambling less prizes actually paid out.
D. The tax imposed by this subdivision shall be paid by the organization on a monthly basis
and shall be reported on a copy of the gambling tax return filed with the Board each month.
The report shall be an exact duplicate of the report filed with the Board without deletions
or additions and must contain the signatures of organization officials as required on the
report form.
E. The tax return and payment of the tax due must be postmarked or, if hand-delivered,
received in the office of the City Finance Director on or before the last business day of the
month following the month for which the report is made.
An incomplete tax return will not be considered timely filed unless corrected and
returned by the due date for filing. Delays in mailing, mail pickups, and postmarking are
the responsibility of the organization.
The tax return and tax payment shall be delivered to:
Finance Director
8080 Mitchell Road
Eden Prairie, MN 55344-2230
There shall be an interest charge of eight percent (8%) on all overdue taxes owed by an
organization under this section.
F. The Council shall disapprove any application for issuance or renewal of a premises permit
for any organization that owes delinquent taxes to the City. Further, the Finance Director
may notify the Board of any organization owing delinquent gambling taxes to the City and
may request that the Board revoke or suspend the organization's license or premises permit.
The Council shall not approve, issue, or renew any on-sale or off-sale alcoholic beverage
license or consumption and display permit to any organization which owes delinquent
gambling taxes to the City. The above remedies are not exclusive and shall be in addition
to any other powers and remedies provided by law.
Subd. 9. Expenditures for Lawful Purposes.
A. Each licensed organization must contribute ten percent (10%) per year of its net profits
derived from lawful gambling conducted at premises within the City to a fund administered
and regulated by the City, without cost to the fund, for disbursement by the City for lawful
purposes.
B. Each licensed organization conducting lawful gambling within the City must expend at
least thirty percent (30%) of its expenditures for lawful purposes on lawful purposes
conducted or located within the City's trade area. The thirty percent (30%) of its
expenditures shall be in addition to the ten percent (10%) of its net profits contributed to
the City pursuant to Subdivision 9.A. The City's trade area is hereby defined to be the
geographical limits of the City and the geographical limits of each City contiguous to the
City to-wit: the cities of Bloomington, Edina, Minnetonka, Chanhassen, Shakopee, and
Savage, Minnesota.
Subd. 10. Records and Reports.
A. Organizations licensed by the Board and conducting lawful gambling within the City shall
file with the City's Finance Director one (1) copy of all records and reports required to be
filed with the Board pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 349. Such records and reports
shall be filed on or before the day they are required to be filed with the Board.
B. Every gambling occasion in the City conducted by an organization shall be open to
inspection by the City's police officers and other employees.
C. The City's police officers and employees may inspect at any reasonable time without notice
or search warrant all records of a licensed organization including gambling accounts and
other bank records required by the Board to be maintained and preserved.
Section 2. City Code Chapter 1 entitled "General Provisions and Definitions Applicable to the
Entire City Code Including Penalty for Violation" and Section 5.99 entitled "Violation a
Misdemeanor" are hereby adopted in their entirety, by reference, as though repeated verbatim
herein.
Section 3. This ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its passage and
publication.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie on the 19th day
of January, 2021, and finally read and adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of the
City Council of said City on the 2nd day of February, 2021.
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Ronald A. Case, Mayor
Published in the Eden Prairie Sun Sailor on the 11 1h day of February, 2021.
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 2-2021
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA AMENDING CITY
CODE CHAPTER 5, SECTION 5.40 RELATING TO GAMBLING AND ADOPTING BY
REFERENCE CITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 5.99 WHICH AMONG OTHER
THINGS CONTAIN PENAL TY PROVISIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS:
Summary: This ordinance amends City Code Section 5.40 relating to gambling to
remove the restriction that a licensed organization that wishes to conduct lawful gambling in the
City must own the premises on which the gambling will be conducted. The ordinance also makes
other non-substantive changes to reflect amendments in state law related to lawful gambling.
Effective Date: This Ordinance shall take effect upon publication.
ATTEST:
Ronald A. Case, Mayor
PUBLISHED in the Eden Prairie Sun Sailor on February 11, 2021.
(A full copy of the text of this Ordinance is available from City Clerk.)
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ss
Diane Erickson being duly sworn on an oath,
states or affirms that he/she is the Publisher's
Designated Agent of the newspaper(s) known
as:
SS Mtka_Excelsior_Eden Prairie
with the known office of issue being located
in the county of:
HENNEPIN
with additional circulation in the counties of:
HENNEPIN
and has full knowledge of the facts stated
below:
(A) The newspaper has complied with all of
the requirements constituting qualifica-
tion as a qualified newspaper as provided
by Minn. Stat. §331A.02.
(B) This Public Notice was printed and pub-
lished in said newspaper(s) once each
week, for 1 successive week(s); the first
insertion being on 02/11/2021 and the last
insertion being on 02/11/2021.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICES
Pursuant to Minnesota Stat. §580.033
relating to the publication of mortgage
foreclosure notices: The newspaper complies
with the conditions described in §580.033,
subd. 1, clause (1) or (2). If the newspaper's
known office of issue is located in a county
adjoining the county where the mortgaged
premises or some part of the mortgaged
premises described in the notice are located,
a substantial portion of the newspaper's
circulation is in the latter county.
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Designated Agent
Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before
me on 02/11/2021 by Diane Erickson.
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Notary Public
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Notary Public
Minnesota
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CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY,
MINNESOTA
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 2-2021
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE,
MINNESOTA AMENDING
CITY CODE CHAPTER 5,
SECTION 5.40 RELATING TO
GAMBLING AND ADOPTING
BY REFERENCE CITY CODE
CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION
5.99 WHICH AMONG
OTHER THINGS CONTAIN
PENALTY PROVISIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNE-
SOTA, ORDAINS:
Summary· This ordinance
amends City Code Section 5.40
relating to gambling to remove the
restriction that a licensed organiza-
tion that wishes to conduct lawful
gambling in the City must own the
premises on which the gambling
will be conducted. The ordinance
also makes other non-substantive
changes to reflect amendments
in state law related to lawful gam-
bling.
Effective Date· This Ordinance
shall take effect upon publication.
Ronald A. Case, Mayor
ATIEST:
Kathleen Porta, City Clerk
Published in the
Sun Sailor
February 11 , 2021
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