Vadnais Heights, Minn., Code of Ordinances ch. 8, art. III, div. 5 § 8-189

(a) The purpose of this division is to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of the people of the city, particularly non-owner occupied dwellings, including:
(1) To protect the character and stability of residential areas.
(2) To correct and prevent housing conditions that adversely affect, or are likely to adversely affect, the life, safety, general welfare and health, including the physical, mental and social well-being of persons occupying dwellings.
(3) To provide minimum standards for cooking, heating, and sanitary equipment necessary to health and safety.
(4) To provide minimum standards for light and ventilation necessary to health and safety.
(5) To prevent the overcrowding of dwellings by providing minimum space standards per occupant for each dwelling unit.
(6) To provide minimum standards for the maintenance of existing residential buildings, and to thus prevent decay and blight.
(7) To preserve the value of land and buildings throughout the city.
(b) With respect to rental disputes, except as otherwise specifically provided by this division, it is not the intention of the city council to intrude upon contractual relationships between tenant and landlord. The city council does not intend to intervene as an advocate of either party, nor to act as an arbiter, not to be receptive to complaints from tenant or landlord which are not specifically and clearly relevant to the provisions of this division. In the absence of such relevancy with regard to rental disputes, it is intended that the contracting parties exercise such legal sanctions as are available to them without the intervention of city government.