Set April 28, 2025, as the date of public hearing on an Ordinance adopting and enacting a new Code for the City of Mankato, providing for the repeal of certain ordinances not included therein; providing a penalty for the violation thereof; providing for the manner of amending such Code; and providing when such code and ordinance shall become effective.

Set April 28, 2025, as the date of public hearing.

The City of Mankato recently completed the process of a full recodification of the City Code, which is detailed below:

• The initial state involved having the entire code reorganized, which involved a comprehensive review and rearrangement of each chapter and digital conversion of the material into the standard Municode format for purposes of later editing, styling, numbering, and publication in print and on the internet. With this, for example, Liquor is currently Chapter 4 and will become Chapter 3 (all new numbering/references).
• A code attorney then conducted a review to identify conflicts, inconsistencies, and obsolete ordinance provisions in connection with State Statutes, as amended through the most recent legislative session.
• A panel consisting of three Council members met and reviewed a high-level summary of the revisions as well as a listing of items needing further review.  
• As part of this project, all references to the City Code (i.e., notices, letters, licenses, offense codes, signage, etc.) will need to be revised accordingly.
• We are now in the final stages, which include implementation, and a model-adopting ordinance for us to adopt the new code (see attached). 

The requested action is to set April 28, 2025, as the date of the public hearing on an Ordinance adopting and enacting a new City Code for the City of Mankato.