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1 <br />2 ORDINANCE #24-15 <br />3 CITY OF RAMSEY <br />4 ANOKA COUNTY <br />5 STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />6 <br />7 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 LICENSES, PERMITS AND MISCELLANEOUS <br />8 BUSINESS REGULATIONS, ARTICLE XIV, RENTAL RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 The City of Ramsey Ordains: <br />12 <br />13 Underlined text is inserted into City Code. <br />14 Strikethrough text is deleted from City Code. <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 SECTION 1. AUTHORITY <br />18 <br />19 This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the City Charter of the City of Ramsey. <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 SECTION 2. AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE XIV (RENTAL RESIDENTIAL <br />23 DWELLING UNITS). <br />24 <br />25 The following portions of Chapter 26, Article XIV are amended as follows: <br />26 <br />27 Sec. 26-614. Purpose. <br />28 It is the purpose of this chapter to protect the public health and safety of citizens of the city by <br />29 adopting a rental dwelling licensing, inspection and maintenance program that corrects substandard <br />30 conditions, maintains a standard for existing and newly constructed rental dwellings, and promotes <br />31 neighborhood stability in the city. The operation of rental properties is a business enterprise that includes <br />32 certain responsibilities for the licensee and tenant. Licensees' Licensees are responsible to take such <br />33 reasonable steps as are necessary to ensure that the renters who occupy such rental units, as well as <br />34 neighboring properties, may pursue the quiet enjoyment of the normal activities of life in surroundings <br />35 that are safe, secure, and sanitary, free from noise, nuisances and annoyances, and free from unreasonable <br />36 fears about safety of persons and property. <br />37 (Ord. No. 23-16, 9-12-2023) <br />38 Ord. No. 23-16 renumbered the former § 26-614 as § 26-615. <br />39 Sec. 26-615. Definitions. <br />40 The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed <br />41 to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: <br />