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! ! STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON ORDINANCE NO. 679 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO HOUSING; AMENDING NEW BRIGHTON CITY CODE CHAPTER 13 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON ORDAINS as follows: Section 1. New Brighton City Code is amended by adding new Section 13-1.1 as follows: Sec. 13~1.1. Purpose. It is the purpose ofthis Chapter to assure that rental housing in the City is decent. safe and sanitary ! and is so operated and maintained as not to become a nuisance to the neighborhood or to become an I influence that fosters blight and deterioration or creates a disincentive to reinvestment in the community. The operation of rental residential properties is a business enterprise that entails certain responsibilities. Operators are responsible to take such reasonable steps as are necessary to assure that the citizens of the city who OCCUpy such units may pursue the Quiet enioyment of the normal activities of life in surroundings that are: safe. secure and sanitary: free from crimes and criminal activity. noise. nuisances or annovances: free from unreasonable fears about safety of persons and security of property: and suitable for raising children. Section 2. New Brighton City Code Section 13.5 is amended as follows: Sec. 13~5. Inspection of dwellings-Generally. (a) The enforcement officer shall be authorized to make or cause to be made inspections to I determine the condition of dwellings, multiple dwellings, dwelling units, rooming houses, rooming units, and premises in order to safeguard the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the public. The enforcing officer, or his the officer's designated representatives, shall be authorized to enter any dwelling, dwelling unit, multiple dwelling, rooming house, or premises at any reasonable time for the purpose of performing ms the officer's duties under this chapter. The owner, operator, or occupant of every dwelling, multiple dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, or the person in charge : I thereof, shall give the enforcement officer free access to such dwelling, multiple dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit on which it is located at all reasonable times for the purpose of such inspection, I examination and survey. Ifthe owner, operator, or person in charge thereof shall refuse to consent to the inspection, the "(,1 t;fic.atG of Ic'gistlAtion license shall be revoked. If the occupant refuses to consent to the inspection a search warrant may be obtained. (1) Where there is probable cause to believe a violation exists within the particular structure; or (b) (2) Where a determination has been made to conduct periodic inspections of certain areas of the city. I No warrant is needed for entry where an emergency condition exists which endangers; persons or property and insufficient time as is available to obtain a warrant and protect such ; endangered persons or property. Entry under this section is subiect to Minnesota Statutes. Section 5048.211. (c) Section 3. New Brighton City Code Section 13-8 is amended as follows: Sec. 13~8. Notice of violation. l:\S~D\COUNCJL\ORDINANC\DRAF1\2001\Multi-Family Ordinance.wpd-l- I i