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Excerpt from Gem Lake City Ordinance Chapter 83 Section 10. Licensing of Rental Units. From and after January 1, 2008, no person shall operate a rental dwelling without first having obtained a license to do so from the City of Gem Lake as hereinafter provided. The license shall be issued for a period of one (1) calendar year. Licenses which have less than one (1) year remaining on this term shall pay one half of the license fee. 1. License Fees. Fees for rental unit licenses shall be as set forth by the City Council in a fee schedule, which the Council shall pass by ordinance from time to time. The fees shall be due 60 days prior to the license expiration date; in the cases of new unlicensed dwellings, license fees shall be due upon issuance of the certificate of occupancy; in the cases of licensing periods of less than one (1) year, license fees shall be prorated monthly: 1. A delinquency penalty of 5% of the license fee for each day of operation without a valid license shall be charged operators of rental dwellings. Once issued, a license is nontransferable, and the licensee shall not be entitled to a refund of any license fee upon revocation or suspension. 2. License Renewals. Every operating license up for renewal will be subject to a police call report of the last twelve (12) months. The city receives police report information from the White Bear Lake Police Department monthly. This information will be a factor when reviewing for approval of the renewal of a rental operating license. 1. More than one police call or more than one code violation(s) at a rental address can be considered when determining whether a rental license should be issued, renewed or revoked. 3. Owner or Agent to Apply. License application or renewal shall be made by the owner of rental units or his legally constituted agent. Application forms may be acquired from and subsequently filed with the Compliance Official. The applicant shall supply: 1. Name, address, and telephone number of dwelling owner, owning partners if a partnership, corporate officers if a corporation. 2. Name, address, and telephone number of designated resident agent, if any. 3. Name, address and telephone number of vendee, if the dwelling is being sold through a contract for deed. 4. Legal address of the dwelling. 5. Number of dwelling units within the dwelling. 6. Description of procedure through which tenant inquiries and complaints are to be processed. 4. Resident Agent Required. No operating license shall be issued or renewed for a non-resident owner of rental dwelling units (one who does not reside in any of the following Minnesota Counties: Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Scott, or Washington) unless such owner designates in writing to the Compliance Official the name of his resident agent (one who does reside in any of the following Minnesota Counties: Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Scott, or Washington) who is responsible for maintenance and upkeep and who is legally constituted and empowered to receive service of notice of violation of the provisions of the City Ordinance, to receive orders and to institute remedial action to effect such orders and to accept all service or process pursuant to law. The Compliance Official shall be notified in writing of any change of resident agent. 5. Conformance to Laws. No operating license shall be issued or renewed unless the rental dwelling and its premises conform to the Ordinances of the City of Gem Lake and the laws of the State of Minnesota. 6. Inspection Condition. No operating license shall be issued or renewed unless the owner of rental units agrees in his application to permit inspections pursuant to Section 10. 1. The initial inspection and first re-inspection will not incur an additional fee; however, if the city has to conduct additional inspections to bring a rental property into compliance, the additional fees will apply: