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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />ORDINANCE NO.2009-007 <br />AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF RESIDENTIAL RENTAL <br />UNITS WITH LESS THAN FIVE DWELLING UNITS <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS HEREBY ORDAINS THAT <br />SECTION 335 SHALL BE ADDED TO CHAPTER 3 OF THE ARDEN HILLS CITY <br />CODE: <br />Section 335 Residential Rental Unit Registration <br />335.01 Purpose and Scope. The City recognizes a need for an organized registration program <br />for residential rental properties with less than five dwelling units in order to identify and <br />quantify rental units and to provide information and a method to enforce standards to meet City <br />and State safety, health, fire, and zoning codes. The implementation of a rental registration <br />program is a mechanism to help ensure that rental units will not become a nuisance to the <br />neighborhood; will not foster blight and deterioration; and/or will not create a disincentive to <br />reinvestment in the community. Furthermore, the operation of rental units entails certain <br />responsibilities. Owners of rental units are required to take the reasonable necessary steps to <br />ensure that the citizens who occupy rental units may pursue the quiet enjoyment of the normal <br />activities of life in the surrounding area that are: safe, secure, and sanitary; free from crimes and <br />criminal activity, noise, nuisances or annoyances; free from unreasonable fears about safety of <br />persons and security of property; and suitable for raising children. <br />335.02 Definitions. For the purpose of this Chapter, the following terms shall be defined as set <br />forth below. <br />Subd 1. Agent. A person designated in writing by the Owner as the Owner's <br />representative. <br />Subd 2. City Administrator. The City Administrator or the City Administrator's <br />designated agent. <br />Subd 3. Dwelling Unit. Any residential building or portion thereof that contains living <br />facilities, including provisions for sleeping, eating, and sanitation. <br />Subd 4. Occupant. A person(s) who lives or sleeps in a dwelling unit; <br />Subd 5. Owner. A person who is the record owner of the dwelling unit. <br />1 <br />