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7/16/96 <br /> <br />SECTION 1007 - HOUSING PIAINTENANCE ORDINAaNCE <br /> <br />1007.00 - P~POSE A/qD SCOPE <br /> <br />1. Purpose - The purpose of this Housing Maintenance <br />Ordinance ("Ordinance")is to provide minimum standards to <br />safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare by <br />regulating the occupancy and maintenance of all rental <br />residential buildings and structures within the City of Elk <br />River. <br /> <br />2. Scope - The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to <br />all buildings or portions thereof used, or designed, or intended <br />to be used, for rental residential purposes. This Ordinance <br />does not apply to owner occupied single family homes. <br /> <br />Where any building or portion thereof is used or intended to be <br />used as a combination apartment house-houel, the provisions of <br />this Ordinance shall apply to the separate portions as if they <br />were separate buildings <br /> <br />Every rooming house or lodging house shall comply with all the <br />requirements of this Ordinance for rental dwellings. <br /> <br />A. Additions, Alterations, or Repairs - For additions, <br />alterations, or repairs, see the Building Code. <br /> <br />B. Relocation - Buildings or structures moved into or <br />within this jurisdiction shall comply with the <br />requirements in the City Code of Ordinances and the <br />Building Code for new buildings and structures. <br /> <br />C. Continuation of Use - Rental dwellings in existence <br />at the time of the adoption of this ordinance may have <br />their existing use or occupancy continued, if such use or <br />occupancy was legal at the time of the adoption of this <br />ordinance, providing such continued use complies with and <br />is subject to the terms of this Ordinance. <br /> <br />1007.02 - DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />1. Definitions - For the purpose of this Ordinance, certain <br />terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall be construed <br />as specified in either this Section or as specified in the <br />Building Code and elsewhere in the City Code of Ordinances. <br />Whenever the words "dwelling", "dwelling unit", "premises", or <br />"structure" are used in this Ordinance, they shall be construed <br />as though they were followed by the words "or any part thereof." <br />Words in the singular include the plural and the plural the <br />singular. Words used in the masculine gender include 5he <br />feminine and the feminine the masculine. <br /> <br /> <br />