UPTOWN SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICT

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances tit. 17, ch. 438

in effect

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 438.10 Establishment.

438.10. - Establishment. Pursuant to the authority granted by the legislature in Laws of Minnesota, 1985, Chapter 302, as amended in Laws of Minnesota, 1993, Chapter 375, there is hereby established a special service district (otherwise referred to herein as the "district") wherein the city may provide, or contract for public services to be provided, of a kind or to a degree not required or performed elsewhere in the city. Said special service district shall consist of the following area, except that portion consisting of those zoning districts in which business, commercial and industrial uses are not permitted under the Minneapolis Zoning Code: That part of Minneapolis bounded by 28th Street, centerline and its southerly extension of north-south alley in blocks eight (8) and nine (9) of Windom's Addition to Minneapolis, centerline of former one hundred (100) foot right-of-way of Hastings and Dakota Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway (now part of the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority right-of-way), Dupont Avenue south, a line parallel to and one hundred thirty-five (135) feet southerly of the southerly line of Lake Street west, centerline of north-south alley in blocks twelve (12) and thirteen (13) of "Calhoun Park," 31st Street, centerline of north-south alley as dedicated in blocks sixteen (16) and twenty seven (27) of "Calhoun Park," a line parallel to and one hundred thirty-five (135) feet southerly of the southerly line of Lake Street west, centerline and its northerly extension of Knox Avenue south, centerline of Lake Street west, centerline and its southerly extension of Knox Avenue south, centerlines and their westerly and easterly extensions of east-west alleys in Hill and Latham's Addition to Minneapolis and in blocks nine (9) and ten (10) of Dean's Addition to Minneapolis, centerline and its northerly extension of Humboldt Avenue south, centerline and its westerly extension of Lagoon Avenue and centerline and its southerly and northerly extensions of north-south alley in block one (1) of Dean's Addition to Minneapolis. (86-Or-152, § 1, 7-11-86; 95-Or-001, § 1, 1-13-95)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 438.20 Services to be performed.

438.20. - Services to be performed. Within the special service district, the city may perform or contract for the performance of any of the following services to the extent that such services are not ordinarily provided throughout the city from ordinary revenues of the city: (a) Snow and ice removal and sanding of public areas. (b) Cleaning and scrubbing of sidewalks; cleaning of curbs, gutters, alleys, and streets. (c) Provision, installation, maintenance, removal, and replacement of banners and other decorative items for promotion of the commercial area of the district. (d) Poster and handbill removal. (e) Repair and maintenance of sidewalks. (f) Installation and maintenance of area-wide security systems. (g) Provision and coordination of security personnel to supplement regular city personnel. (h) Maintenance, repair, and cleaning of commercial area directories, kiosks, benches, bus shelters, newspaper stands, trash receptacles, information booths, bicycle racks and bicycle storage containers, sculptures, murals, and other public area art pieces. (i) Installation, maintenance, and removal of lighting on commercial area trees. (j) Cost of electrical service for pedestrian and tree lighting. (k) Repair of low-level pedestrian lights and poles. (l) Provision of comprehensive liability insurance for public space improvements. (m) Trash removal and recycling costs. (n) Provision, maintenance, and replacement of special signage relating to vehicle and bicycle parking, vehicle and pedestrian movement, and special events. (o) Watering, fertilizing, maintenance and replacement of trees and bushes on the public right-of-way. (86-Or-152, § 1, 7-11-86, 95-Or-001, § 2, 1-13-95)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 438.30 Service charge.

438.30. - Service charge. The city council hereby finds and determines that the annual costs of providing the services specified in section 438.20 hereof will provide benefits primarily to properties located within the district, rather than to the city as a whole, and that the costs of said services may be recovered by the city by the imposition of service charges to be assessed against properties located within the district. (86-Or-152, § 1, 7-11-86; 2013-Or-014, § 1, 2-22-13)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 438.40 Imposition of service charge; levy.

438.40. - Imposition of service charge; levy. The service charges shall be levied annually prior to November thirtieth upon properties within the district, in an aggregate sum, which, combined with any property tax levied under section 438.60 hereof, will equal the estimated total costs of the city in providing the services referred to in section 438.20 for the next ensuing calendar year; provided, however, that service charges may be levied in the year 1986 for services rendered or to be rendered during the calendar years 1986 and 1987. Prior to imposing the service charges, the department of public works shall approve a list of the several lots and parcels of land which will be subject to the service charges, and the names of the owners of the several parcels as nearly as the department of public works can readily ascertain the same. A public hearing shall be held with respect thereto at which all interested persons may appear and be heard. Notice of the public hearing shall be given in two (2) separate publications of the city's official newspaper one (1) week apart and the public hearing shall not be held less than three (3) days after the later publication. Not less than ten (10) days prior to the hearing, notice shall be mailed to the owner of each parcel of real estate within the district. For the purpose of giving such mailed notice, owners shall be those shown on the records of the county auditor. For properties which are tax exempt or subject to taxation on a gross earnings basis in lieu of property tax and are not listed on the records of the county auditor, the owners shall be ascertained by any practical means, and mailed notice given them. The notice of public hearing shall include: (a) A statement that all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the hearing regarding the proposed service charge. (b) The proposed rate or amount of the proposed service charge to be imposed in the district during the calendar year and the nature and character of special services to be rendered in the district during the calendar year. (c) A statement that an owner may appeal an assessment of the service charge to district court including the procedure for appeal. Within six (6) months of the public hearing, the city may adopt a resolution imposing a service charge within the district not exceeding the amount or rate expressed in the notice issued under this section. Any such resolution shall be certified to the county auditor, together with the assessment roll provided for herein, prior to November thirtieth for the annual certification of special assessment installments, and the service charge shall be payable in a single tax year. The city council may increase or decrease assessments to correct omissions, mistakes or erroneous estimates relating to the total cost of the services or any other particular, using the same procedure as required for holding a public hearing and notification of affected property owners as for the original assessment. (86-Or-152, § 1, 7-11-86; 93-Or-137, § 1, 9-17-93; 2013-Or-014, § 1, 2-22-13)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 438.50 Appeal of service charges.

438.50. - Appeal of service charges. Within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the service charge levied under section 438.40, any person aggrieved may appeal to the district court by serving a notice of appeal upon the mayor or city clerk; provided that no appeal may be taken unless the person appealing shall have filed a signed, written, objection with the city clerk prior to the assessment hearing or shall have presented it to the presiding officer at the hearing, unless a reasonable cause shall exist for such person's failure to do so. The court may affirm the service charge or, if the appellant's objections have merit, modify or cancel it. (86-Or-152, § 1, 7-11-86; 2013-Or-014, § 1, 2-22-13)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 438.60 Ad valorem property tax.

438.60. - Ad valorem property tax. The city may, in each calendar year, levy a tax on taxable property in the district based upon the assessed value of the property and such tax shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as other property taxes on property located within the district. The tax shall be levied at a rate that will raise an aggregate sum, which, when combined with any service charges levied in the district, will equal the total costs of the city in providing the services specified in this ordinance [chapter] for the next ensuing calendar year; provided, however, that taxes may be levied in the year 1986 for services rendered and to be rendered in the calendar years 1986 and 1987. Prior to the levy of such a tax a public hearing shall be held. The requirements for the public hearing and the notice of public hearing shall be the same as specified in section 438.40 with respect to the levy of special service charges, and the tax may be levied not later than six (6) months after the public hearing by a majority vote of all of the members of the city council. For purposes of determining the appropriate tax rate, taxable property or value shall be determined without regard to captured or original assessed value under Minn. Statute, Section 273.76, or to the distribution or contribution value under Minn. Statute, Section 473F.08. Property exempt from taxation by Minn. Statute, Section 272.02, shall be exempt from such tax. Taxes levied under this section shall not be reduced pursuant to Minn. Statute, Section 273.13, subdivisions 7, 7d or 14a. (86-Or-152, § 1, 7-11-86)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 438.70 Revenue surplus or deficit.

438.70. - Revenue surplus or deficit. Any annual revenue surplus or deficit shall be addressed in accordance with one (1) of the following procedures: (1) If the total taxes and service charges levied and collected under this chapter, with respect to any calendar year, exceed the cost of services actually rendered in the district in such calendar year, then the next ensuing year's levy of taxes and service charges may be decreased by a corresponding amount; or (2) If the total taxes and service charges levied and collected under this chapter, with respect to any calendar year, exceed the cost of services actually rendered in the district in such calendar year, then the subsequent years' annual operating plan may be amended by city council action to incorporate the prior year's excess revenue; or (3) If the cost of services actually rendered in the district in any calendar year exceed the total taxes and service charges levied and collected under this chapter with respect to such calendar year, then an amount necessary to recoup the excess costs may be levied as taxes, service charges, or both within the next two (2) ensuing years; or (4) If the cost of services actually rendered in the district in any calendar year exceed the total taxes and service charges levied and collected under this chapter with respect to such calendar year, then the subsequent years' annual operating plan may be amended by city council action to recoup the excess costs. (86-Or-152, § 1, 7-11-86; 2015-Or-027, § 1, 6-5-15)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 438.80 Limitation.

438.80. - Limitation. Taxes and service charges may be levied pursuant to this ordinance [chapter] to finance special services ordinarily provided by the city only if the services are provided in the district at an increased level and, then, only in an amount sufficient to pay for the increase. (86-Or-152, § 1, 7-11-86)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 438.90 Advisory board.

438.90. - Advisory board. (a) An advisory board to be known as the Uptown Special Service District Advisory Board consisting of seven (7) members, who are residents of the district or owners of property within the district, shall be appointed by the city council for terms of two (2) years each odd-numbered year, the first term to commence in 1987. All board members shall be appointed in conformance with the city's open appointments ordinance as outlined in Minneapolis Code of Ordinances Title 2, Chapter 10. Any vacancy in an unexpired term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made and shall be for the unexpired term. Board members shall serve until their successors are appointed. (b) The advisory board shall advise the city council in connection with the construction, maintenance, and operation of improvements and the furnishing of special services in the district. It shall make recommendations to the city council on requests and complaints of owners, occupants, and users of property within the district and members of the public. (c) Before the adoption of any proposal by the city council to provide services or impose taxes or service charges within the district, the advisory board of the district must have an opportunity to review and comment upon the proposal. (86-Or-152, § 1, 7-11-86; 98-Or-147, § 2, 12-4-98; 2010-Or-024, § 1, 4-16-10; 2015-Or-027, § 2, 6-5-15; Ord. No. 2023-054, § 2, 10-19-23)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 438.100 Definitions and construction.

438.100. - Definitions and construction. The terms used herein shall be defined as provided in Laws of Minnesota, 1985, Chapter 302, and this ordinance [chapter] shall be construed consistently therewith. (86-Or-152, § 1, 7-11-86)

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_CH438UPSPSEDIFetched: 11/2/2026