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Housing & Economic Development <br />It is not simply a ÐcityÑ problem so cities must not be expected to bear the bulk ofthe <br />burdenofmitigation. <br />Further,MetroCitiessupports: <br />Registration ofvacantandboardedproperties; <br />Allowing cities to acquire vacant and boarded properties before deterioration and <br />vandalism result in unsalvageable structures, including providing financial tools <br />such asincreasingeminentdomainflexibility; <br />Improving the ability of cities to recoup the increased public safety, management, <br />andenforcementcosts relatedtovacantproperties; <br />Improvement of the redemption process to provide increased notification to renters, <br />strengthen the ability of homeowners to retain their properties, and reduce the amount <br />oftime apropertyisvacant; <br />Expeditionofthetaxforfeitureprocess; <br />Increasing financial tools for neighborhood recovery efforts, including tax <br />incrementfinancing;and <br />Year-round notification by utility companies of properties not receiving utility <br />service. <br />3-JHousingOrdinanceEnforcement <br />A Minnesota State Supreme Court ruling, Morris v. Sax, stated that provisions of the city of <br />MorrisÓ rental housingcodewereinvalidbecausethereweresubjectsdealt withunderthestate <br />building code and the city was attempting to regulate these areas Ðdifferently from the state <br />buildingcode.Ñ <br />Minn. Stat. £ 326B.121, subdivision 1 states: ÐThe State Building Code is the standard that <br />applies statewide for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair,and use of buildings and <br />other structures of the type governed by the code. The State Building Code supersedes the <br />building code of any municipality.Ñ Subdivision 2 states: ÐA municipality must not by ordinance, <br />or through development agreement, require building code provisions regulating components or <br />systems of any structure that are different from any provision of the State Building Code. This <br />subdivision does not prohibit a municipality from enacting or enforcing an ordinance requiring <br />existing components or systems of any structure to be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition <br />or in good repair, but not exceeding the standards under which the structure was built, <br />reconstructed, or altered, or the component or system was installed, unless specific retroactive <br />provisions for existing buildings have been adopted as part of the State Building Code. A <br />municipality may,with theapprovalofthestatebuilding official,adopt an ordinancethatismore <br />restrictive than the State Building Code where geological conditions warrant a more restrictive <br />2022 Legislative Policies <br />32 <br /> <br />