Norwood Young America, Minn., Code of Ordinances ch. 3, § 350 § 350.05

Subd. 1. Authority. The code official is hereby authorized and directed to enforce or cause the enforcement of all of the provisions of this section. For such purposes, the code official or his/her designated representative shall have the powers of a code official. The code official shall have the power to render interpretations of this section. Such interpretations shall be in conformity with the intent and purpose of this section.
Subd. 2. Responsibilities defined. Property owners remain liable for violations of duties imposed by this section even if the owner has, by agreement, imposed on the occupant the duty of furnishing required equipment or of complying with this section.
A. Buildings and structures and parts thereof shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition. The owner or the owner's designated agent shall be responsible for such maintenance. To determine compliance with 350.05 , subd. 2.A, the building may be reinspected.
B. Owners, in addition to being responsible for maintaining buildings in a sound structural condition, shall be responsible for keeping that part of the building or premises which the owner occupies or controls in a clean, sanitary and safe condition, including the shared or public areas in a building containing two or more dwelling units.
C. Owners shall, when required by this section, health laws or the health officer, furnish and maintain such approved sanitary facilities as required, and shall furnish and maintain approved devices, equipment or facilities for the prevention of insect and rodent infestation, and when infestation has taken place, shall be responsible for any insects, rodents or other pests when such extermination is not specifically made the responsibility of the occupant by law or ruling.
Subd. 3. Right of entry. When it is necessary to make an inspection to enforce the provisions of this section, or when the code official has reasonable cause to believe that there exists in a building or upon a premises a condition that is contrary to or in violation of this section, the code official may enter the building or premises at reasonable times to inspect or to perform the duties imposed by this section, provided that if such building or premises are occupied that credentials be presented to the occupant and entry requested. If such building or premises is unoccupied, the code official shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having charge or control of the building or premises and request entry. If entry is refused, the code official shall have recourse to the remedies provided by law to secure entry, pursuant to 350.03 , subd. 4.A.
Subd. 4. Complaint inspections. When the code official or a health officer has reasonable cause to believe that a condition exists in regard to a rental dwelling or premises that violates this section, including, but not limited to, a written tenant complaint made in good faith, the code official or health officer may enter the rental dwelling to inspect, re-inspect, or otherwise perform the duties imposed by this section. No such entry shall be made, however, until:
A. The owner, manager or tenant permits entry;
B. The code official or health officer secures an administrative warrant from a court with jurisdiction; or
C. An emergency exists.
Subd. 5. Compliance order. Upon completion of a complaint inspection and finding of a violations, the code official shall prepare a compliance order, listing all violations and the dates when such violations shall be corrected. The property owner shall have the responsibility to correct such alleged violations and have them reinspected and verified by the code official for compliance with this section within the time period as follows:
A. Smoke detector violations. Corrections must be completed immediately and re-inspected within three working days.
B. All other violations. Preparations for the actual work for correcting the alleged violations shall be commenced immediately and work re-inspected within 25 working days or within the time period as specified by the code official.
C. Follow-up inspection. Upon completion of the second follow-up inspection:
1. If the infractions have been satisfactorily addressed or corrected, the city will, at its discretion, levy a reinspection fee to cover the cost of the second follow-up inspection. The fee will be set by the city council.
2. If the infractions remain, the following penalties shall be imposed upon the property owners if the alleged violations are not corrected and verified by the code official within the time period allowed by 350.05 , subd. 5:
a. A $50.00 fine.
b. The assessment of $5.00 per day, each and every day thereafter, until a satisfactory follow-up inspection is conducted.
3. The $50.00 fine and subsequent $5.00 per day assessment must be paid in full to the city within 14 days of the satisfactory follow-up inspection or, pursuant to 350.03 , subd. 11, the city shall have the right and just cause to revoke or deny licensing the property as rental housing property.
4. The property owner or agent shall be notified in writing indicating his or her right of appeal.
D. Extensions. Extensions may be granted by the code official. The request shall be made in writing and justifiable cause must be demonstrated for the requested extension. All requests shall be made and delivered to the code official prior to the expiration date of the violations.
Subd. 6. Substandard property condition.
A. When, during the course of a rental housing inspection or complaint investigation, the code official encounters or observes conditions that are considered dangerous to life, safety, health, or the welfare of the occupants, the inspector shall, if the situation warrants, issue a substandard property condition citation.
B. Prior to, or immediately after, the issuance of the substandard property condition citation, the code official will be required to notify the city of the posting and the reason for the posting.
C. The code official shall have the authority to require immediate evacuation of the premises in the event of immediate danger to life or safety.
D. The removal or defacing of, or tampering with, a substandard property condition citation posting shall be punishable as a criminal offense and subject to the provisions of state statutes regulating misdemeanors and as outlined in this section.
E. The property shall remain unoccupied until such time as the condition is, or conditions are, corrected and satisfactorily reinspected.
Subd. 7. Substandard buildings. Buildings or portions thereof that are determined to be substandard as defined in 350.05 are hereby declared to be public nuisances and shall be abated by repair, rehabilitation, demolition or removal, pursuant to chapter 6 .
Subd. 8. Notice to vacate. The code official shall have the authority to issue a notice to vacate order on any building that is, in the opinion of the code official, deemed substandard.