§ 14.570 APPLICABILITY AND EXCEPTIONS.

   (a)   The provisions of this Article VIII apply to all rented multiple-family dwelling units, group housing , two-family dwelling units, single- dwelling units , work/live dwelling units or an accessory dwelling unit within owner -occupied dwellings, as well as to rented condominiums, townhouses and leasehold cooperative dwelling units , as those terms are defined in M.S. § 273.124, subd. 6, as it may be amended from time to time; M.S. Chapters 515A and 515B, as they may be amended from time to time; state law; and this Article VIII.

   (b)   The provisions of this Article VIII do not apply to:

      (1)   Owner -occupied homes;

      (2)   Owner -occupied dwelling units in a cooperative, condominium or townhouse building;

      (3)   Dwelling units occupied by a qualifying relative occupant for homestead purposes in the county;

      (4)   Rooms rented when the owner or qualifying relative occupant for homestead purposes resides in the single-family dwelling ;

      (5)   Lodging establishments such as hotels, motels, kindergarten through grade 12 student dormitories, and bed and breakfasts licensed under § 14.446 of this code. This exemption also applies to hotel manager dwelling units defined in § 19.03;

      (6)   Hospitals and nursing homes licensed under M.S. Chapter 144A or §§ 144.50 to 144.56, as they may be amended from time to time;

      (7)   The city jail, college student dormitories, parsonages, parish houses, nunneries, monasteries, manses and rectories; and

      (8)   Residential property that has been sold for contract for deed if the buyer occupies the property and the sale document used to memorialize the sale is a Minnesota uniform conveyancing blank or is recorded with the County Recorder’s office and a copy is provided to the city upon request.

(Ord. 2014-9, passed 5-5-2014; Ord. 2016-6, passed 4-18-2016; Ord. 2017-25, passed 7-25-2017; Ord. 2019-2, passed 1-7-2019; Ord. 2022-14, passed 4-25-2022)