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Resolution 16- 33 A Resolution of the City of Elk River Approving Notice of Summary Publication of Ordinance #16- 12 , An Ordinance Repealing Chapter 30, Article III, Divisions I, IA, 2, and 3 and Replacing it with a New Ordinance Regarding Residential Rental Property Standards, and moving Chapter 30, Article III, Divisions 4 and 5 to Chapter 30, Article II as Divisions 3 and 4, respectively, the City of Elk River, Minnesota, City Code WHEREAS, on June 6, 2016, the Elk River City Council adopted Ordinance 16- 12 , which repealed Chapter 30, Article III, Divisions 1, 1A, 2, and 3, replacing it with a New Ordinance Regarding Residential Rental Property Standards, and Moving Chapter 30, Article 1II, Divisions 4 and 5 to Chapter 30, Article II as Divisions 3 and 4, respectively. The Residential Rental Properties Standards Ordinance establishes that the operation of residential rental properties is a business enterprise that gives rise to certain responsibilities. Operators are responsible to take reasonable steps, as may be necessary, to assure that the citizens of the City who occupy such units, and those residing near such units, may pursue the quiet enjoyment of the normal activities of life in surroundings that are: (a) Safe, secure and sanitary; (h) Free from crimes and criminal activity, noise, nuisances or annoyances; and (e) Free from reasonable fears about safety of persons and security of property. Further, it is the intent of this Article to regulate and provide for the inspections of Rental Dwellings to assure that such housing does not become a nuisance or blight to the neighborhood and does not create a disincentive to investment in the community. WHEREAS, a copy of the full text of the ordinance is available for inspection by any person at the office of the Elk River City Clerk, 13065 Orono Parkway NW, during regular business hours. Passed and adopted this 6"' day of June 2016. ATTEST: Tina Allard, City Clerk iATUR awIRI1 8Y