EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances tit. 12, ch. 244, art. IV

in effect

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.260 Compliance required.

244.260. - Compliance required. No person shall occupy as owner-occupant or let or allow another to occupy any dwelling, dwelling unit or other structure for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating therein which does not comply with the requirements set forth in this article. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.010; Ord. of 7-26-74, § 1)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.265 Tenant to be notified of mortgage foreclosure or cancellation of contract for deed.

244.265. - Tenant to be notified of mortgage foreclosure or cancellation of contract for deed. (a) Any person who lets for rent any dwelling, dwelling unit or other structure for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating, shall notify the tenant(s), in writing within seven (7) days, if the owner/landlord receives a notice of mortgage foreclosure sale under Minnesota Statute Chapters 580 or 582 or a notice of a contract for deed cancellation under Minnesota Statute § 559.21. This notice shall be in addition to the requirements under Minnesota Statute § 504B.151, which applies to prospective tenants. (b) Prior to letting for rent any dwelling, dwelling unit or other structure for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating and prior to accepting any security deposit from a tenant, the owner/landlord must provide written notice to the prospective tenant that the owner/landlord has received notice of a contract for deed cancellation or notice of a mortgage foreclosure sale as appropriate, and the date on which the contract cancellation period or the mortgagor's redemption period ends. (c) Written notice, for the purposes of this section, shall be given by personal service with affidavit of service by a third party, or by certified mail, return receipt requested. (d) Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall be punishable as a misdemeanor. (2009-Or-044, § 1, 5-22-09)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.270 Liability for utility service payments.

244.270. - Liability for utility service payments. No person shall let for rent any dwelling, dwelling unit, or other structure for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating without first giving to the tenant or lessee, written notice of who the bill payer is for all public utilities to be used by the tenant or lessee. In the absence of a separate utility meter which accurately measures the amount, quantity or extent of electricity, gas or water consumed on the premises leased by the tenants or lessee, the owner or lessor shall contract with the utility for utility services and shall be the bill payer and the customer of record of the utility. Nothing herein shall affect the validity of a written rental agreement, executed on or before the effective date of this section, requiring a tenant to contract directly with a utility for utility services. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.010; Ord. of 7-26-74, § 1; 78-Or-244, § 5, 11-22-78; 87-Or-058, § 1, 4-10-87; 87-Or-179, § 1, 10-9-87)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.275 Tenant to be notified of environmental contamination testing, abatement, removal or remediation in designated sites.

244.275. - Tenant to be notified of environmental contamination testing, abatement, removal or remediation in designated sites. (a) For the purpose of this section, a "designated site" shall mean a defined area of the City of Minneapolis that has been or shall in the future be designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, or other related or appropriate governmental agency for testing, abatement, removal and/or remediation of environmental contamination from residential properties. (b) Upon the establishment of any qualifying designated site, the director of regulatory services or the director's designee shall provide written notice to any person holding a license issued pursuant this Title of the establishment of the designated site and the duties and requirements imposed pursuant to this section. Any person allowing to be occupied or letting or offering to let to another for occupancy any dwelling unit located in a designated site area shall provide to the tenant or lessee copies of all written or electronic information received from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), or any other identified governmental agency or their agents or contractors concerning environmental contamination testing results, and any associated abatement, removal or remediation activities pertaining to the leased premises. Additionally, any such person shall facilitate, cooperate with and permit the USEPA, the MPCA, or any other identified governmental agency or their agents or contractors to perform any lawful testing, cleanup, abatement, removal or remediation activities at such property as deemed reasonable and necessary by the USEPA, the MPCA or any other identified governmental agency. Violation of this section shall constitute good cause for adverse license action pursuant to section 244.1910 or as appropriate. (c) Information regarding environmental testing, abatement, removal or remediation required to be provided under this section shall be provided to the tenant or lessee at each of the following times: (1) Within any reasonable time specified in any notification from the director of regulatory services or the director's designee; (2) Within thirty (30) days of receiving new information from the USEPA, the MPCA, or other identified governmental agency or their agents or contractors; and (3) Prior to signing a lease for the premises or prior to agreement upon a tenancy, if no lease is provided. (d) The property owner or the owner's representative shall retain an environmental contamination notification advisory in a format prescribed by the City of Minneapolis, stating that the property owner has complied with all notification requirements under this section, the dates of compliance, and the signature of the tenant or lessee attesting to compliance. If there is a contract or lease for the tenancy, the notification advisory must be attached thereto. (1) The property owner shall provide a copy of the environmental contamination notification advisory to the department of regulatory services upon request of the director of regulatory services or the director's designee. (2006-Or-112, § 1, 10-20-06; 2010-Or-006, § 1, 2-26-10; 2013-Or-161, § 15, 12-6-13; 2014-Or-012, § 1, 3-28-14)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.280 Tenant to be given copy of lease.

244.280. - Tenant to be given copy of lease. Any person who lets for rent any dwelling, dwelling unit or other structure for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating, pursuant to a written lease, shall furnish a copy of the written lease to the tenant or lessee within five (5) days after it is signed by both parties. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.010; Ord. of 7-26-74, § 1; 82-Or-106, § 8, 6-11-82)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.285 Tenant to be notified of entry.

244.285. - Tenant to be notified of entry. Whenever an owner, or an agent or person acting under the owner's direction and control, intends to enter a dwelling unit leased or rented to a tenant or lessee, the person making the entry shall, prior to the time of entry, make a good faith and reasonable effort to notify the tenant or lessee that such entry will be made. (85-Or-193, § 1, 10-11-85; 97-Or-056, § 3, 6-27-97)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.290 Dwelling plumbing facilities required.

244.290. - Dwelling plumbing facilities required. Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink, a water closet, a bathtub or shower and hand lavatory all in good working condition, and properly connected to a water supply and sewage system. The water closet and shower or bathtub shall be located within a room which affords privacy to a person within said room. The hand lavatory shall be placed in the same room as the water closet, or if located in another room, shall be located in close proximity to the door leading directly into the room in which said water closet is located. Doors of bath or toilet rooms shared by persons other than members of a family, as defined in this Code, shall be provided with an approved locking device. In dwellings let to another, not more than ten (10) persons may share the water closet, bathtub or shower and hand lavatory required by this section. Dwelling units let to another, when occupied by more than ten (10) persons, shall be provided with an additional water closet, and hand lavatory for each additional ten (10) persons or fraction thereof. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.020; 78-Or-244, § 6, 11-22-78; 82-Or-106, § 9, 6-11-82)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.300 Shared bath dwelling unit plumbing facilities required.

244.300. - Shared bath dwelling unit plumbing facilities required. Every shared bath dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink in good working condition and properly connected to a water supply and sewage disposal system and shall have available to its occupants a water closet, a hand lavatory, and a bathtub or shower. The occupants of not more than two (2) shared bath dwelling units may share a single water closet, a single hand lavatory and a single bathtub or shower if: (a) The number of occupants sharing a water closet, hand lavatory and bathtub or shower does not exceed four (4) persons. (b) Such water closet, hand lavatory, bathtub or shower shall be in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewer system. (c) The room or rooms within which the water closet, hand lavatory and bath are contained is located not more than one floor distant from the dwelling units whose occupants share the use of such facilities. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.030; Ord. of 9-12-74, § 1)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.310 Basement water closet.

244.310. - Basement water closet. A water closet may be located in a basement when required for a legal dwelling unit or shared bath unit within such basement. A water closet may be located in a basement when such water closet is supplementary to water closets required by the housing maintenance code. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.040; 82-Or-106, § 10, 6-11-82)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.320 Hot and cold water.

244.320. - Hot and cold water. Every kitchen sink, hand lavatory, and bathtub or shower shall be properly connected with both potable hot and cold running water and shall, with normal use, have an adequate supply of both hot and cold water. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.050; 78-Or-244, § 7, 11-22-78)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.330 Water heating facilities.

244.330. - Water heating facilities. Every dwelling shall have supplied water heating facilities properly installed and maintained in a safe and good working condition and properly connected with the hot water lines required under the provisions of section 244.320. The hot water heating facilities required by this section shall be of a capacity and so maintained and operated as to permit, with normal use, an adequate supply of water to be drawn at any required kitchen sink, hand lavatory, bathtub or shower and to maintain the temperature of said water at not less than one hundred twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit at the fixture. Multiple dwellings containing six (6) dwelling units or less shall be deemed to have an adequate supply of hot water when such multiple dwellings are equipped with a water heater capable of providing twenty (20) gallons of hot water per dwelling unit per hour. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.060; 81-Or-063, § 1, 3-27-81; 82-Or-106, § 11, 6-11-82)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.340 Sewer and water connections.

244.340. - Sewer and water connections. All dwellings located on a lot or plot of ground adjacent to or abutting a street or alley in which such street or alley a city sanitary sewer and city water line exists shall have all the plumbing facilities properly connected in a nonhazardous manner to such sewer and water systems. If no city water or sewer system exists in the abutting or adjacent street or alley, then such water and sewer systems as the commissioner of health shall order must be installed. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.070; 78-Or-244, § 8, 11-22-78)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.350 Solid waste storage.

244.350. - Solid waste storage. Every dwelling unit, rooming unit, and shared bath unit shall be provided with an adequate number of containers to hold the solid waste accumulated by such units until said solid waste is removed from the premises. These containers shall be made of metal or approved plastic and be equipped with tight-fitting covers. Where city collection is utilized, pursuant to section 225.600 of this Code, the director of public works shall determine the number of mobile refuse containers (MRC) needed to hold the solid waste accumulated by such units until it is collected for disposal. An owner, operator or agent utilizing private solid waste collection shall provide both the required solid waste containers and the removal service. Approved plastic solid waste containers shall meet the standards of the National Sanitation Foundation Standard No. 21 (as revised 1975). A copy of the standard will be on file at the Minneapolis Department of Health. Unobstructed pedestrian walkways not less than thirty (30) inches in width shall be maintained to the required solid waste containers. Such walkways shall lead from the public way and shall also be accessible to and usable by the occupants of the dwelling for which the containers are provided. Snow, whether natural, piled or accumulated, to a depth greater than six (6) inches shall be deemed to constitute an obstruction if not removed within a twelve-hour time period after snow has ceased to fall. When in the opinion of the director of regulatory services it has proven necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public, the director may require owners of dwellings at specific addresses to provide large dumpster-type solid waste containers. Said dumpster-type containers must be rodent-proof, well maintained, bear identification of the solid waste hauler supplying the containers, including the phone number, and be provided with metal covers which the tenants can operate with no unusual physical effort. The solid waste haulers providing the dumpster service must provide collection service at least once every week and the dumpster or dumpsters shall be of sufficient size to handle the accumulation of solid waste between pickup periods from the address where the dumpster-type container is required. Large dumpster-type solid waste containers shall be required after conditions at a specific address have resulted in the issuance of two (2) written orders for overflowing solid waste within any twelve-month period. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.080; 78-Or-244, § 9, 11-22-78; 82-Or-106, § 12, 6-11-82; 82-Or-147, § 1, 7-30-82; 83-Or-240, § 1, 9-30-83; 96-Or-047, § 1, 5-24-96; 2013-Or-161, § 16, 12-6-13; Ord. No. 2017-063, § 2, 11-3-17)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.355 Collection of recyclable materials.

244.355. - Collection of recyclable materials. (a) Purpose: This section is designed to prevent and discourage unauthorized collection of recyclable materials which are set out by city residents as part of the city's designated recycling program. Unauthorized collection or "scavenging" may reduce the volumes of material collected as part of the city's designated program and thereby threaten the economic viability of the program. Scavenging may also cause confusion among participating residents and thereby disrupt the publicity and educational processes of the city's designated recycling program. (b) Ownership: Ownership of recyclables stays with the person or household that originally purchased the item until that person relinquishes his/her rights of ownership through specific action of giving or selling said materials to a recyclables collection program. Nothing in this section shall abridge the right of the individual or household to give or sell his/her materials to any recyclables material collection program. Recyclable materials placed at the solid waste collection point (SWCP), as defined in section 225.670 of the Code, shall be collected only by the city's recycling crews, or the city's designated agents. Upon removal from a SWCP, ownership of properly prepared recyclable material set out for the collection program designated by the director of public works shall be vested in the City of Minneapolis or its designated hauling agents. Ownership of recyclable materials remains with the person or household until picked up by the city's designated collection program. Furthermore, materials not prepared according to reasonable cleaning and sorting specifications shall remain the responsibility and property of the individuals or household from which the materials originated. (c) Unauthorized persons not to collect. No unauthorized person shall collect recyclable material set out at the solid waste collection point (SWCP), a defined in section 225.670 of the Code, or otherwise intended for city authorized collection. (82-Or-094, § 2, 5-28-82; 96-Or-047, § 2, 5-24-96; Ord. No. 2017-063, § 3, 11-3-17)

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.360 Reserved.

Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 244.370 Rubbish chutes and bins.

244.370. - Rubbish chutes and bins. No person shall install or use a rubbish chute or a rubbish bin unless such chute or bin has been approved by the persons charged with the enforcement of the housing maintenance code by section 244.120. This shall not be construed as to prohibit the use of properly connected incinerators which have been approved for use by the director of regulatory services. All openings in rubbish chutes shall be maintained as designed and approved. All openings into flue-fed incinerators which are not in use shall be permanently sealed in an approved manner. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 70.100; 78-Or-244, § 11, 11-22-78; 82-Or-106, § 13, 6-11-82; 2013-Or-161, § 17, 12-6-13)

Source: City of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances, City Charter and Park and Recreation Board Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/minneapolis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_TIT12HO_CH244MACO_ARTIVEQFAFetched: 11/2/2026