Grand Rapids, Minn., Mun. Code ch. 28 (2026) § 28-51

The city fire department, with the assistance of the police and community development department's personnel, shall make inspections necessary to the enforcement of this chapter. The city building official shall adopt a policy with guidelines for the systematic inspection of all rental units and priorities for the use of available inspection resources. Guidelines shall be based upon the following factors and any other factors, which promote an efficient inspection program:Receipt of a completed renewal or new rental application form and payment of the applicable fee(s).
Property inspections shall be conducted on each rental unit at least every three years. Rentals that require three or more inspections to complete a compliance order, or have substantiated complaints, will move to a one-year inspection schedule until brought into compliance and prove that compliance is maintained. Inspection fees will be applied per the city's fee schedule resolution as the same may be amended from time to time.
Property identified as having an excessive number of housing code violations or a history of noncompliance or slow compliance with housing inspection orders. If excessive code violations exist for a rental property, the building official will be required to research all rental properties held by that person to determine if immediate inspections are required for any additional properties.
Geographic distribution and concentration of rental units or dwellings.
Rental dwellings with delinquent property taxes.
Rental units for which no registration permit has been applied.
Sales of rental property.
Rental units for which a written complaint is received.
Reason to believe a rental ordinance violation exists.

The building official may elect to issue a renewal permit pending completion of an inspection, or in the opinion of the building official and based upon and warranted by the rental history of the registered premises, decide to issue a renewal permit and postpone an inspection until the next renewal or [sooner] as compliance issues and conditions warrant. Issuance of a permit prior to inspection is not a determination that the rental unit complies with code requirements.
In order to compel the compliance with the registration requirements, the building official or designated staff will have the authority to enter any structure, at reasonable times and upon five days written notice to the property owner(s), to determine if said structure is operated as a rental property as defined in section 28-2 or to enforce this chapter, or both. In addition to those cases where emergency conditions endangering a person or property exist, where either the Grand Rapids Police Department, Grand Rapids Community Development Department or the Grand Rapids Fire Department has responded to a property and/or structure, the building official or designated staff will have the authority to enter any such property and/or structure at any time by or at the request of the police department or the community development department to enforce any provisions of this chapter.
HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 21-02-01 on 2/22/2021