1k. City Code Amendment: Rental Dwelling Licenses0
CITY OF
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
FROM: Kate Aanenson, Community Development Director
DATE: December 12, 2011 0 %r •
SUBJ: City Code Amendment — Chapter 10, Article VIII, Rental Dwelling
Licenses
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PROPOSED MOTION
"The Chanhassen City Council approves the attached ordinance repealing Chapter 10,
Article VIII, of the Chanhassen City Code, Rental Dwelling Licenses."
City Council approval requires a simple majority vote of the City Council present.
BACKGROUND
On October 14, 2002, Ordinance 340 was adopted adding Article IV to Chapter 7 of
the City Code for Property Maintenance, and Ordinance 341 was adopted adding
Article VIII to Chapter 10 of the City Code for Rental Dwelling Licenses.
On December 9, 2003, Ordinance 358 was adopted establishing a two -year period for
rental dwelling licenses.
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On April 12, 2004, Ordinance 371, § 20 was adopted expanding the list of statutory
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offenses which are deemed to be disorderly on licensed rental property; noting that fees
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are established in Chapter 4 of the Chanhassen City Code; and deleting the notary
Planning &
requirement for rental license applicants.
Natural Resources
to rental properties.
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On May 9, 2008, Ordinance 395 was adopted deleting reference to M.S. § 609.20 to
read as follows: Minnesota Statutes § 609.342, 609.343, 609.344, 609.345, and
Public Works
609.3451 which prohibit criminal sexual conduct.
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DISCUSSION
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Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning far Tomorrow
The rental licensing program was adopted in part to ensure that all rental dwelling
Senior Center
units meet building codes, are properly maintained, and protect public health, safety
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Fax: 952.227.1110
and welfare. As a part of the rental licensing ordinance, a Conduct on Premise
requirement was also enacted to protect public safety and abate repeated police calls
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to rental properties.
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing for Today and Planning far Tomorrow
Todd Gerhardt
Rental Dwelling Licenses
December 12, 2011
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At the May 23, 2011, City Council work session, City Council directed staff to eliminate the
rental housing licensing program. It was felt that since the program began, most of the rental
housing had been brought up to rental housing standards. Also since the program began, there
have not been a significant number of violations; a total of 53 violations were documented
between October 2003 and January 2010. Additionally, the housing maintenance requirement of
city code has addressed many of the aesthetic concerns for rental property. The property
maintenance code requires all property to be maintained, not just residential property.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt an ordinance repealing Chapter 10, Article VIII of
the Chanhassen City Code, Rental Dwelling Licenses.
ATTACHMENTS
Ordinance Repealing Chapter 10, Article VIII, Rental Dwelling Licenses of the Chanhassen
City Code.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10,
LICENSES, PERMITS AND
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS REGULATIONS,
ARTICLE VIII,
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE,
RENTAL DWELLING LICENSES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1. Chapter 10, Article VIII of the Chanhassen City Code is repealed.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12 day of December, 2011, by the City Council of the
City of Chanhassen, Minnesota
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on