New York Mills City Ordinance Index
CITY CODE INDEX
Updated July 31, 2025
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100 HAS BEEN OMITTED INTENTIONALLY
200 General Provisions
Section 201
300 Administration Section
Section 301 – Ordinance No. 17 – Name Change from New York to New York Mills
Section 302 - Ordinance No. 37 – Civil Defense Protection and Promotion of Safety, Health and Welfare
Section 303 - Ordinance No. 84 – Establishing New York Mills Library Board
Ordinance No. 86 – Establishing New York Mills Economic Development Commission
Ordinance No. 140 - Establishing New York Mills Park Board
Section 305 - Ordinance No. 105 – Creating Administrative Offenses and Penalties
Section 306 - Ordinance No. 110 – Criminal History Background
Section 307 - Ordinance No. 124 – Establishing Fees for Emergency Protection Fire Services
Section 308 - Ordinance No. 126 – Council Compensation
400 Public Property and Improvement
Section 401 - Ordinance No. 22 – Providing Fire Protection and Prevention for the City
Section 402 - Ordinance No. 35 – Sidewalk Repair, Upkeep, and Construction
Section 403 - Ordinance No. 46 – Change and Establish the Names of Cornwell East and Park Street
Section 404 - Ordinance No. 78 – Changing Name of Front Street to Centennial 84 Drive
500 Utilities
Section 501 - Ordinance No. 7 – Prohibiting Opening Any Street Without Written Permission
Section 502 - Ordinance No. 12 – Property Owners Connecting to City Water and Sewer Mandated
Section 503 - Ordinance No. 13 – Sewer System Tampering or Handling Prohibited
Section 504 - Ordinance No. 14 – Creation of Sewer District
Section 505 - Ordinance No. 56 – Providing Plumbing and Electrical Code of Rules and Regulations
Section 506- Ordinance No. 68 – Governing the Collection, Disconnection and Reconnection of Utilities
and Making the Property Owner Liable for Such Services
Section 507 - Ordinance No. 75 –Regulating the Use of the Public Sewer
Section 508 - Ordinance No. 117 – Municipal Utilities Rules and Regulations, Rates, Charges and
Collections
Section 509 - Ordinance No. 135 – Regulating Nonessential Water Usage Upon Critical Water Deficiency
Section 510 - Ordinance No. 136 – Regulating Specifications for Cross Connections and Backflow
Prevention in Potable Water Systems
Section 511 - Ordinance No. 137 – Ordinance to Enact a New Chapter of the Code of Ordinances to Administer
and Regulate Public Rights-of-Way in the Public Interest, and to Provide
for the Issuance and Regulation of Right-of-Way Permits.
600 General Regulations
Section 601 - Ordinance No. 95B – Curfew
700 Licenses
Section 701 – Ordinance No. 701 – Animal Ordinance
Section 702 - Ordinance No. 702 - Establishing Licensing and Regulations for Mobile Food Units and Food
Carts
Section 703 - Ordinance No. 138 – Peddler, Solicitors, and Transient Merchants
800 Traffic
Section 801 - Ordinance No. 801 – Regulating the Use of Highways Within the City of New
York Mills, MN, and Imposing Penalties for the Violation Thereof
Section 802 - Ordinance No. 802 – Regulating the Use & Storage of Large Vehicles/Trailers
in Residential Districts
Section 803 - Ordinance No. 803 – Imposing Calendar Parking
Section 804 - Ordinance No. 50 – Imposing Seasonal Load Restrictions Between Marh 20th and
May 15 within City Limits
Section 805 - Ordinance No. 64 – Prohibiting Unreasonable Acceleration or Exhibition Driving of
Motor Vehicles
Section 806 - Ordinance No. 115 – Golf Carts on City Streets
900 Liquor, Wine and Beer
Section 901 - Liquor:
Ordinance No. 33 – Licensing and Regulating the Sale of Non-Intoxicating Malt Liquor
Ordinance No. 111 – Possession and Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages in City Parks
and Rights-of-Way
Ordinance No. 112 – Regulating Possession and Consumption of Liquor
Ordinance No. 131 – Sale of Intoxicating Liquor Within City Limits
Section 902 - Tobacco:
Ordinance No. 102 - Tobacco Sales and Licensing
Section 903 – Cannabis and Lower-Potency Hemp:
The City of New York Mills follows the Otter Tail County Ordinance to Regulate Cannabis
and Lower-Potency Hemp – Refer to the Otter Tail County Website.
1000 Nuisances
Section 1001 – Ordinance No.1001 – Health and Safety; Nuisances
Section 1002 - Ordinance No. 23 – Regulating the Deposit and Removal of Garbage and Other Refuse
Section 1003 - Ordinance No. 88 – Regulating the Burning of Wastepaper and Other Refuse
Section 1004 - Ordinance No. 116 - Abandoned Property (Revised 5-13-2025)
Section 1005 - Ordinance No. 129 – Governing of Weed and Grass Control
1100 Land Use
Section 1101 - Annexation:
Ordinance No. 61 - Annexation of Land – Extension of City Limits – 1976
Ordinance No. 70 - Annexation of Land - Extension of City Limits – 1980
Ordinance No. 82 – Annexation of Land – Extension of City Limits - 1985
Ordinance No. 85 - Annexation of Land - Extension of City Limits – 1987
Ordinance No. 96 - Annexation of Land -Extension of City Limits – 1995
Ordinance No. 101 - Annexation of Land – Extension of City Limits – 1997
Ordinance No. 103 - Annexation of Land - Extension of City Limits – 2003
Ordinance No. 130 - Annexation of Land – Extension of City Limits – 2018
Ordinance No. 132 - Annexation of Land - Extension of City Limits - 2022
Section 1102- Ordinance No. 92 – Regulating the Planting and Maintenance of Trees and Other Woody
Vegetation
Section 1103 - Ordinance No. 95A – Wetland Conservation
Section 1104 - Ordinance No. 123 - Repeal Airport Zoning Ord No. 65
Section 1105 - Ordinance No. 125 - Full Zoning Ordinance
Section 1106 - Ordinance No. 127 - Opting Out of Requirements of MN Statutes Section 462.3593
1200 Franchise Agreements
Section 1201 - Cable Franchise:
Ordinance No. 1201 - Cable Communications Franchise Agreement – Tekstar
dba Arvig Communication –
Section 1202 – Cable Franchise:
Ordinance No. 1202 - Cable Communications Franchise Agreement –
Midcontinent Communications dba MIDCO
Section 1203 - Electrical Franchise
Ordinance No. 114 - Electric Franchise Agreement (Otter Tail Power)
(20 Years from 12-09-2008)
Ordinance No. 119 - Implementation of Electrical Franchise Fee for
Otter Tail Power Company
Ordinance No. 120 - Electrical Franchise Agreement (Lake Region Electric)
Ordinance No. 121 - Implementation of Electrical Franchise Fee for Lake
Region Electric