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PART II - CODE OF ORDINANCES <br />Chapter 26 - LICENSES, PERMITS AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS <br />ARTICLE XIV. RENTAL RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS <br />ARTICLE XIV. RENTAL RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS <br />DIVISION 1. GENERALLY <br />Sec. 26-614. Purpose <br />It is the purpose of this Chapter to protect the public health, safety and welfare of citizens of the City by <br />adopting a rental dwelling licensing, inspection and maintenance program that corrects substandard conditions, <br />maintains a standard for existing and newly constructed rental dwellings, and ensures neighborhood stability in <br />the City. The operation of rental properties is a business enterprise that includes certain responsibilities. Rental <br />dwelling owners and managers are responsible to take such reasonable steps as are necessary to ensure that the <br />citizens who occupy such rental units, as well as neighboring properties, may pursue the quiet enjoyment of the <br />normal activities of life in surroundings that are safe, secure, and sanitary, free from noise, nuisances and <br />annoyances, and free from unreasonable fears about safety of persons and property. <br />Sec. 26-615. npf'inifion <br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them <br />in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: <br />"Apartment" means a community, complex or building having a common owner and containing at least one <br />rental dwelling unit. <br />"City" means the City of Ramsey. <br />"City Approved Inspector's Report" or "Inspection Report" means a rental dwelling inspection report prepared <br />and signed by the City's rental housing inspector or inspector contracted by the City to conduct an <br />inspection and provide a report to the City. <br />"City Administrator" means the City Administrator of the City of Ramsey, or designee. <br />"Dwelling" means a building or one or more portions of a building occupied or intended to be occupied for <br />residential purposes of a continued nature. <br />"Let for Occupancy" or to "Let" or to "Rent" means to permit possession or occupancy of a dwelling or rental <br />dwelling unit by a person who is not the legal owner of record thereof, pursuant to the terms of a <br />written or unwritten lease. <br />"Manager" means any person who has charge, care or control of a dwelling that is required to be licensed <br />under this Chapter. <br />"Operate" means to charge a rental charge, fee or other form of monetary or non -monetary compensation <br />for the use of a rental dwelling unit. <br />"Occupant" means any person occupying, living, or sleeping or having possession of a space within any <br />dwelling. <br />"Owner" or "Licensee" means any person having a legal or equitable interest in a dwelling that is required to <br />be licensed under this Chapter as recorded in the official State, County or City records as holding title <br />to the property or otherwise having control of the property. <br />Ramsey, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances <br />(Supp. No. 11) <br />Created: 2023-01-11 09:35:25 [EST] <br />Page 1 of 11 <br />