HomeMy WebLinkAbout13.D.1. Amending City Code Relating to Pawnbrolers-Ord. No. 848 d. o• j.
CITY OF SHAKOPEE
Memorandum
CASE NO.: NA
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
Mark McNeill, City Administrator
FROM: R. Michael Leek, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Shakopee City Code Sec. 6.28 Related to Pawn
Brokers
MEETING DATE: July 5, 2011
INTRODUCTION:
At its June 21, 2011 meeting, the City Council directed staff to work with the City Attorney to draft an
amendment to Shakopee City Code Sec. 6.28 to address licensing of pawnbrokers in Tight of the pending
repeal of the location limitation for pawnbrokers in Minnesota Statutes. The attached draft addresses a)
limitations on number of licenses based on population and b) distance between pawn establishments
intended to lessen any risk of illegal activities that might be associated with them. The language in the first
finding regarding the purpose for such regulations is largely taken from the existing language of City Code
Sec. 6.28.
RELATIONSHIP TO CITY GOALS:
This item relates to Goal A. Keep Shakopee a safe and healthy community where residents can pursue
active and quality lifestyles.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. Offer and pass Ordinance No. 848, FOURTH SERIES, an ordinance of the City of Shakopee amending
Shakopee City Code Sec. 6.28 as it relates to pawnbrokers as presented.
2. Offer and pass Ordinance No. 848, FOURTH SERIES, an ordinance of the City of Shakopee amending
Shakopee City Code Sec. 6.28 as it relates to pawnbrokers.
3. Do not pass Ordinance No. 848, FOURTH SERIES.
4. Table the matter for additional information, with direction to bring the matter back at the regular meeting
of July 19, 2011.
ACTION REQUESTED:
Offer and pass Ordinance No. 848, FOURTH SERIES, an ordinance of the City of Shakopee amending Shakopee
City Code Sec. 6.28 as it relates to pawnbrokers as presented. �/
R. Michael Leek
Community Development Director
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ORDINANCE NO. 848, FOURTH SERIES
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE AMENDING SHAKOPEE
CITY CODE SEC. 6.28. AS IT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO PAWNBROKERS
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that pawnbrokers need to be monitored to
minimize the opportunity for the commission and concealment of crimes; and
WHEREAS, the cost of monitoring pawn transactions, and investigating pawn transactions
involving stolen merchandise can be substantial, especially in a time of constricted budgetary
resources; and
WHEREAS, prior to August 1, 2011, Minnesota State Statutes limited the location of
pawnbrokers to no less than "ten driving miles" from casinos; and
WHEREAS, effective August 1, 2011 the locational limitation for pawnbrokers will be
repealed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it in the public interest to amend
Shakopee City Code Sec. 6.28 to impose reasonable limitations on the number and location of
pawnbrokers in the City of Shakopee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the proposed amendment to Shakopee City Code
Sec. 6.28 at its regular meeting of July 5, 2011; AND
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Shakopee adopts the following findings of facts
relative to the proposed amendment:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Shakopee
hereby adopts the following findings of facts relative to the proposed text amendment:
Finding #1: The previous statutory limitation on the location of pawnbrokers provided an effective
limitation on the number of pawnbrokers within the City of Shakopee.
Finding #2: That, because of the opportunity for the commission and /or concealment of crimes
associated with pawnbrokers, as well as the costs associated with monitoring pawn
transactions, it is desirable to impose local limitations on the location and /or number of
pawnbrokers within the City of Shakopee.
Finding #3: City staff and the City Attorney have reviewed several alternative approaches to
addressing the location of pawnbrokers.
Finding #4: The amendment outlined below provides for reasonable growth of licenses available
within the City.
Finding #5: The amendment outlined below provides for a reasonable opportunity for
establishments licensed under Section 6.28 of the Shakopee City Code to be located
within the City.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHAKOPEE
ORDAINS:
Section 1. Shakopee City Code Sec. 6.28. PAWNBROKERS, PRECIOUS METAL
DEALERS, AND SECONDHAND DEALERS as it relates specifically to pawnbrokers is
amended to read as follows. (New text is indicated by underlining.)
Subd. 5. Licensing Requirements.
[Items A. to D. continue without change]
E. Number of Pawnshop Licenses Issued. No more than one (1) pawnbroker license shall
be issued for each fifteen thousand (15,000) population within the City of Shakopee as
calculated by the most recent decennial census or Metropolitan Council estimate of population
in non - census years.
F. Distance Between Pawnshops. No pawnbroker licensed under this Section shall be
located within one and one -half (1.5) miles, as measured in a straight line from property line to
property line, of another licensed pawnbroker establishment.
Passed in regular session of the City Council of the City of Shakopee, Minnesota held this
day of July 5, 2011.
Mayor of the City of Shakopee
Attest:
Judith S. Cox, City Clerk
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