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DIVISION 3. - SUBSTANDARD BUILDINGS At. 1 Footnotes: -(3)- State Law reference-- Hazardous and substandard buildings, Minn. Stats. § 463.15 et seq. Editor's note-- Ord. No. 16-12, § 2, adopted June 6, 2016, redesignated art. Ill, div. 4, § 30-221 and§§ 30-231- 30-239 as art. II, div. 3, § 30-90 and§§ 30-95 -30-103. Subdivision I. - In General Sec. 30-90. - Substandard buildings designated. {a) Generally. Any building or portion thereof which is determined to be an unsafe building in accordance with the building code; or any building or portion thereof, including any dwelling unit, guestroom, or suite of rooms, or the premises on which the room is located, in which there exists any of conditions listed in subsections (b) through (n) of this section, to an extent that endangers the life, limb, health, property, safety, or welfare of the public or the occupants thereof, shall be deemed and hereby is declared to be a substandard building. (b) Pursuant to authority provided in M.S. § 463.26, permitting cities to enact and enforce ordinances regarding vacant hazardous buildings, and in order to enhance livability and preserve the tax base and property values of buildings within the city, and because of the need to assure that buildings which are capable of rehabilitation are promptly rehabilitated and buildings which are not capable of rehabilitation be promptly addressed under the provisions of Chapter 30, Article II, Division 3. Substandard Buildings, demolished, the city hereby establishesdeclares that it is the a policy of the city to promote identification and rehabilitation of vacant and unoccupied buildings, and to assure a prompt process for demolition or razing of hazardous buildings consistent with the provisions of Chapter 30, Article II, Division 3. Substandard Buildings. through a procedure fixing appropriate responsibility in accordance with due process requirements. (c) Inadequate sanitation. Inadequate sanitation shall include but not be limited to the following: {1) Lack of or improper water closet, lavatory, bathtub, or shower in a dwelling unit. {2) Lack of or improper kitchen sink in a dwelling unit. {3) Lack of hot and cold running water to plumbing fixtures in a dwelling unit. {4) Lack of adequate heating facilities. (5) Lack of or improper operation of required ventilating equipment. (6) Lack of minimum amounts of natural light and ventilation required by this Code. {7) Room and space dimensions less than required by the Code. {8) Lack of required electrical lighting. {9) Dampness of habitable rooms. {10) Infestation of insects, vermin, or rodents. 1