Marshall, Minn., Mun. Code art. 18-VIII (2026) § 18-139

For purposes of this Ordinance, the following definitions shall apply:

“Bed and Breakfast” means a place of lodging that: (1) provides not more than eight rooms for rent to no more than 20 guests at a time; (2) is located on the same property as the owner's personal residence; (3) provides no meals, other than breakfast served to persons who rent rooms; and (4) was originally built and occupied as, or was converted to, a single-family residence prior to being used as a place of lodging.
"Calendar Year” means the period of time starting on January 1 and ending on December 31.
“City” means the City of Marshall, its Council, and staff.
“Dwelling” means any building or other permanent or temporary structure, including a manufactured or mobile home which is wholly or partly used, or intended to be used, for living or sleeping by human occupants.
“Local Property Manager” means a natural person residing within 50 miles of the City of Marshall who is authorized by the rental unit owner to make decisions for the owner about rental, occupancy and maintenance of the rental unit, or a licensed, or bonded, and/or insured company engaged primarily in providing such services for hire.
“Occupant” means any person residing in a rental unit on a permanent or short-term basis.
“Permanent Basis” means any consecutive term of 30 days or more or inconsecutive terms adding up to more than 30 days in a calendar year.
“Premises” means a dwelling unit and the grounds on which the structure containing the dwelling unit is located, or in the case of a multiple dwelling unit structure, the dwelling units and any common areas including those both inside and outside of the building and the grounds on which the dwelling units and/or common areas are located.
“Private/vacation home rental” means any home, cabin, condominium, bedroom(s) or similar building that is advertised as or held out to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public on a nightly, weekly, or for less than a 30-day time period, and is not a bed and breakfast, hotel or motel.
“Registration holder” means a person or entity to whom registration for a rental unit is issued under this ordinance.
“Rent”, “Lease”, “Let” or “Sublet” means the leasing or a rental unit to a non-owner for a fixed or nonfixed period of time and shall include other similar arrangements whereby nonpayment of a periodic payment means the occupants may be evicted without the necessity of either a statutory mortgage foreclosure procedure, a statutory termination of contract for deed procedure, or a statutory repossession procedure. 
“Rental Unit” or “Residential Rental Unit” means any house, apartment, condominium, townhouse, room or group of rooms, constituting or located within, a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit which is leased or rented for occupancy for a period of not less than thirty (30) days. A room offered for rent or lease to a roomer or boarder is considered a rental unit. 
Renter occupied mobile home includes (1) those mobile or manufactured homes which are leased or rented for occupancy for a period of not less than thirty (30) days or (2) those owner-occupied mobile or manufactured homes that sit on a lot or premises where the lot or premises is rented or leased for a period of not less than thirty (30 days).
“Short term rental” means a dwelling, or portion of a dwelling unit, that is offered or provided to a guest by a short-term rental owner or operator for a fee for fewer than thirty (30) consecutive nights. Shortterm rental units may be whole house rentals, apartments, condominiums, or individual rooms in homes. For the purpose of administration and enforcement of this title, the terms overnight rental, nightly rental, and vacation rental are interchangeable with short-term rentals. Additionally, for purposes of administration and enforcement of this title, general references to “rental unit” includes short term rentals unless specifically exempted. Subleasing or subletting of units for short- term rental is prohibited if the underlying zone prohibits such use. Short term rental does not apply to on-campus college or university housing units; Minnesota Department of Health licensed rest homes; licensed convalescent care facilities; licensed group homes; licensed nursing homes; hotels; motels; or owner-occupied units, other than mobile or manufactured home on rented premises or lots, or to a house, townhouse or condominium which is being “rented back” to its immediate prior owner.
Other applicable terms in this Ordinance, not otherwise defined, are as defined in the State Building Code, State Fire code and the City Zoning Ordinances.

HISTORY
Adopted by Ord. 24-003 on 2/13/2024