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City of W01i Orth 8nance 16 - 12 Swlethtetigh to be removed Underlines to be added An Ordinance Repealing Chapter 30, article III, Divisions I, 1A, 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 The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The language and content of the current Chapter 30, Article III, Divisions 1, 1A, 2, and 3, of the Elk River City Code is hereby repealed in its entirely and a new ordinance, 16-,12 titled, Residential Rental Property Standards, shall be enacted as follows: CHAPTER 30 - LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION ARTICLE III - RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY STANDARDS DIVISION 1. — GENERALLY See. 30-151. - Purpose and Intent. (a) Purpose. 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: (1) Safe, secure and sanitary; (2) Free from crimes and criminal activity, noise, nuisances or annoyances; and (3) 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. See. 30-152. - Scope of Article. (a) Generally. The provisions of this Article shall apply to all buildings or portions thereof used, or designed, or intended to be used, for residential rental purposes. Last Updated March 2014 P0WtRE➢ er '.ru