Saint James, Minn., Mun. Code doc-2080 (2026) § 92.22

For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.


BUILDING. Any structure used, or intended, for supporting, or sheltering, any use or occupancy.


DWELLING UNIT. Consists of one, or more, rooms that are arranged, designed, or used as living quarters. Each room, or group of rooms, shall be a separate dwelling unit. A rooming house shall be considered a single DWELLING UNIT , but may charge a fee based on the number of sleeping rooms. A structure that is self-enclosed and arranged, designed, and used, as living quarters to a single family, or group of persons under a single lease, or agreement, shall be considered a single DWELLING UNIT .


FAMILIAL RELATION. A legally recognized son, daughter, father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, sister, or brother.


HOUSING INSPECTOR. A designee appointed by the City Council authorized to administer, and enforce, this subchapter.


LICENSE. A provisional license, which is issued after receipt of fees, and may be revoked if the rental property is found not to be in compliance with ordinances, codes, or statutes.


LOT. An area within a manufactured home park, or otherwise, maintained, and made available, for occupancy by a manufactured home.


MANUFACTURED HOME. As provided in § 156.002 .


MANUFACTURED HOME PARK. Any site, lot, field, or tract of land upon which two, or more, occupied manufactured homes are located, either free of charge, or for compensation, and includes any building, structure, tent, vehicle, or enclosure used, or intended for use, as part of the equipment of the MANUFACTURED HOME PARK .


MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY. For each occupant in a dwelling unit, 100 square feet of space must be provided.


OCCUPANT. Any person (including the owner, or operator) living, sleeping, cooking, and eating in a dwelling unit.


OPERATOR. The owner, or agent, who has charge, care, control, or management of a building, or manufactured home park, or part hereof, in which dwelling units, manufactured homes, lots, or rooming units are let.


OWNER. Any person who, alone or jointly, or severally with others, shall be in actual possession of, or have charge, care, or control of, any dwelling unit, manufactured home, lot, rooming house, or sleeping unit within the city.


PERSON. Any natural person, his or her heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, and also includes a firm, partnership, and limited liability company, cooperative or corporation, its, or their, successors, or assigns, or the agent of any of the aforementioned.


RENTAL PROPERTY. A dwelling unit offered for rent, or occupied by a person, or persons, in the status of tenant, but does not include motels. This term shall not include property in which the dwelling unit, or manufactured home, is owned by the occupant, but the land, or lot, is rented, or leased.


ROOMING HOUSE. A building, or structure, providing a room, or rooms, intended for living, and sleeping, for persons in the status of tenant, in which the toilet and kitchen facilities are shared, and the common, or shared, areas of the structure are actively maintained by the operator. This term shall include boarding houses, day cares, lodging houses, bed and breakfasts, fraternity and sorority houses, but does not include hotels, motels, or hospitals.


SLEEPING ROOMS. A room, or enclosed floor space in a rooming house, or dwelling unit, as defined herein, used, or intended to be used, primarily for sleeping purposes.


TENANT. One who has, as his or her place of abode, a dwelling unit, manufactured home, lot, rooming house, or sleeping room furnished to him or her for payment of a rental charge to another, in cash or kind.


(Ord. 10, third series, passed 10-6-2009)