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Owner or licensee means any person having a legal or equitable interest in a dwelling that is required to be <br />licensed under this chapter as recorded in the official state, county or city records as holding title to the property <br />or otherwise having control of the property. <br />Person may be an individual, corporation, firm, association, company, partnership, organization or any other <br />group acting as a unit. <br />Rental dwelling means any dwelling used for residential occupancy by one or more persons who are not the <br />owner or a member of the owner's immediate family. <br />Rental dwelling license means a certificate issued by the city administrator or designee after the rental <br />dwelling or rental dwelling unit has passed a rental dwelling inspection. <br />Rental dwelling unit means any room or rooms, or space, in any rental dwelling designed or used for <br />residential occupancy by one or more persons who are not the owner or the owner's qualifying relative. Qualifying <br />relative is defined as: parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, <br />nephew or niece. This relationship may be either by blood or by marriage. <br />Short term rental (STR) means a dwelling unit, offered to the public in exchange for money, goods or <br />services, on a nightly or weekly basis for not more than 30 consecutive days. <br />Tenant means any person occupying a dwelling unit or having possession of a space within a dwelling unit <br />who pays, in any manner, for the right to occupy such space or who has a leasehold right to occupy the dwelling <br />unit. <br />(Ord. No. 21-17, § 2, 8-24-2021; Ord. No. 23-16, 9-12-2023) <br />Secs. 26-616-26-644. Reserved. <br />DIVISION 2. LICENSE <br />Sec. 26-645. License required. <br />No person shall operate a rental dwelling building or unit without first having obtained a license to do so <br />from the city. <br />(1) <br />A rental license is required for all rentals, including short term rentals (STRs). <br />(2) Tents, campers, trailers, yurts, and similar may not be rented out or used as residences. Only those <br />places of residence with active certificates of occupancy (CO) for habitation may be rented. Property <br />owners may not let or rent land for camping unless locating in a properly zoned and designated <br />campground in accordance with City Code. <br />(3) Exceptions. <br />a. These rental licensing requirements do not apply to residential property that has been sold on a <br />contract for deed so long as the purchaser (vendee) occupies the property and the sale <br />document used to memorialize the sale is a Minnesota uniform conveyancing blank and is <br />recorded with the Anoka County Recorder's office and a copy is provided to the city upon <br />request. <br />b. These rental licensing requirements do not apply to residential property that is occupied by the <br />owner or the owner's qualifying relative and two or fewer tenants where the owner and the <br />tenants share all living space within the dwelling. <br />(Supp. No. 13, Update 2) <br />Created: 2024-07-25 15:21:31 [EST] <br />Page 2 of 11 <br />