DOWNTOWN SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances tit. 17, ch. 442

in effect

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 442.10 Establishment.

442.10. - Establishment. Pursuant to the authority granted by the legislature in Laws of Minnesota, 1988, Chapter 719, Article 17, and Minn. Statutes Section 428A.01 to 428A.10, [there is hereby established a] special service district (otherwise referred to herein as the "district") wherein the city may render or contract for public services to be rendered, of a kind or degree not ordinarily provided throughout the city from general fund revenues. The purpose of the district is to provide part of the capital cost of constructing a new pedestrian mall as set forth as special services in section 442.20 of this chapter. Said special service district shall consist of that area described as follows: Bounded by the center lines of the main channel of the Mississippi River, 5th Avenue South, 4th Street South, Portland Avenue South, 3rd Street South, Chicago Avenue South, 5th Street South, 5th Avenue South, 10th Street South, 4th Avenue South, East 16th Street, 1st Avenue South, Grant Street, Willow Street extended, Hennepin Avenue, Laurel Avenue, 15th Street North, Hawthorne Avenue, 11th Street North, Glenwood Avenue, 10th Street North, and 3rd Avenue North. (89-Or-128, § 1, 7-14-89)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 442.20 Services to be performed.

442.20. - Services to be performed. Within the special service district, the city may render a contract for any of the following services to the extent that such services are not ordinarily provided throughout the city from the general revenues of the city: Design, construction, repair, operation, landscaping, planting and care of trees, shrubs, bushes, flowers, grass, and other decorative material and provide information and signs relating to parking and vehicle and pedestrian movement at street and skyway levels, and provide for administration, coordination, studies and proportions of design of a pedestrian mall on Nicollet Avenue from 11th Street to Washington Avenue, Grant Street to 11th Street, and adjacent streets according to design plans approved by the city council on July 29, 1988 and January 27, 1989, a copy of which is on file in the office of the city clerk. (89-Or-128, § 1, 7-14-89)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 442.30 Service charges.

442.30. - Service charges. The city may impose service charges that are reasonably related to the services to be provided. In imposing said service charges, the city shall follow the procedures specified in Minnesota Laws of 1988, Chapter 719, Article 1 and Minn. Statute Section 428A.01 to 428A.10, and said charges shall be imposed only after the filing of the petition required thereby. Only property that is used for commercial, industrial or public utility purposes, or is vacant land zoned or designated on a land use plan for commercial or industrial use or as provided in Minnesota Laws 1988, Chapter 719, Article 17, Section 2, Subd. 1, and located in the district may be subject to the charges imposed by the city on the special service district. Charges for service shall be as nearly as possible proportionate to the cost of furnishing the service, and may be fixed on the basis of the service directly rendered, or by reference to a reasonable classification of the types of premises to which service is furnished, or on any other equitable basis. The service charges established by city council resolution shall be collected in the same manner as provided for payment and collection of ad valorem taxes. (89-Or-128, § 1, 7-14-89; 89-Or-185, § 1, 9-15-89)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 442.40 Management board.

442.40. - Management board. (a) A management board to be known as the Downtown Special Service District Management Board, consisting of sixteen (16) members who shall be appointed by the city council. A majority of the board must be property owners or tenants in the district subject to the special service charge and at least one shall be an owner of commercial property. They shall serve from their effective dates of appointment until the expiration of the district. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment. Board members shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed. (b) The management board shall advise the city council in connection with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of improvements and the furnishing of special services in the district. The management board shall make recommendations to the city council on the requests and complaints of owners, occupants and users of property within that district and members of the public. The management board shall review and comment upon any proposal by the city council to provide services or to impose special service charges in the district before the adoption of such proposal. (89-Or-128, § 1, 7-14-89)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 442.50 Expiration of district.

442.50. - Expiration of district. The district shall expire twenty-five (25) years after the effective date of this ordinance [89-Or-128], unless it is renewed by following the procedure for establishment of a district in Minnesota Laws of 1988, Chapter 719, Article 14, Section 2. (89-Or-128, § 1, 7-14-89)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 442.60 Governing law.

442.60. - Governing law. The provisions of Minn. Statute, Sections 438A.01 to 438A.10 and Minnesota Laws of 1988, Chapter 719, Article 17, shall in all respects govern the creation, existence and operation of the district and the manner of imposing service charges therein and this chapter shall be construed consistently with said statutes. (89-Or-128, § 1, 7-14-89)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 442.70 Effective date.

442.70. - Effective date. This chapter shall take effect forty-five (45) days after its date of publication in the official newspaper of the City of Minneapolis. (89-Or-128, § 1, 7-14-89)

Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=MICOOR_TIT17STSI_CH442DOSPSEDIFetched: 11/2/2026