Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.10 Established.
28.10. - Established.
There is hereby established in the city a department of inspections under the direction and supervision of the director of inspections. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 44.010)
DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONS
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances tit. 2, ch. 28
in effectMinneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.20 Composition.
28.20. - Composition.
The department of inspections shall consist of all duly appointed and qualified inspectors in the office of the director of inspections, and those assigned to weights and measures; sewer and water connections; those appointed to enforce the provisions of the housing maintenance code; and those appointed as general fire prevention inspectors for the several areas of the city, but not including fire prevention inspectors whose duties are confined to hospital and educational institution inspections and training, youth educational programs, industrial plant protection, inspection and fire brigades. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 44.020)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.30 Personnel of department.
28.30. - Personnel of department.
To assist in the administration of the department, the director of inspections shall appoint and remove such officers and assistants as shall be provided by the city council. Unless the positions are in the unclassified service pursuant to state law, Minneapolis Charter, or Title 2, Chapter 20, Article XII of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, they shall be in the classified service. The officers and assistants shall perform such duties as shall be assigned by the director of inspections. The officers and assistants shall receive such compensation as shall be appropriated by the city council. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 10.100; 2004-Or-116, § 1, 10-8-04)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.40 Duties and responsibilities.
28.40. - Duties and responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the members of the department of inspections shall be defined and enforced by the director of inspections, who shall formulate and submit to the city council a plan and schedule for carrying out such inspection duties. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 44.030; Pet. No. 249854, § 80, 7-14-89)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.50 Qualifications, duties of director of inspections.
28.50. - Qualifications, duties of director of inspections.
The director of inspections shall be an individual who has been employed for at least ten (10) years as an architect, engineer, builder, or attorney in the field of local government. The director of inspections shall enforce the building code, the zoning code, the housing maintenance code, as well as all ordinances relating to electric wiring, plumbing, housing and other details of building construction, and all ordinances pertaining to signs, billboards, smoke abatement and such other ordinances as the city council shall direct the director of inspections to enforce. The director of inspections shall supervise the work and assign the duties of all officers and assistants in the department.
The entire time of the director of inspections shall be devoted to the work of the department, and the director of inspections shall not, during the term of office, be engaged in any private work pertaining to the erection of buildings or the sale of building materials. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 10.030; Ord. of 9-27-74, § 1; Pet. No. 249854, § 81, 7-14-89; 2004-Or-116, § 2, 10-8-04)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.60 Delegation of powers.
28.60. - Delegation of powers.
The director of inspections shall have the right to delegate any of the powers of the office to assistants. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 10.040; Pet. No. 249854, § 82, 7-14-89)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.70 Tenure and succession of director.
28.70. - Tenure and succession of director.
The officer holding the office of director of inspections at the time this Code is adopted shall continue to hold this office during good behavior, but in the advent of a vacancy in this office the deputy director of inspections of the department shall assume temporarily the powers and duties of the director of inspections until a permanent appointment has been made. In such an event, the deputy director of inspections shall at once notify the city council of the existence of such vacancy, and the city coordinator shall proceed to appoint a successor. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 10.050; Pet. No. 249854, § 83, 7-14-89)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.80 Removal of director.
28.80. - Removal of director.
When necessary for the public good, the city coordinator may remove the director of inspections from office. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 10.060; Pet. No. 249854, § 84, 7-14-89)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.90 Oath, bond of director.
28.90. - Oath, bond of director.
The director of inspections shall, before he enters upon the duties of the office, take and subscribe an oath before the city clerk to faithfully and impartially execute the duties of the office, and shall give a bond as designated in section 14.70 of this Code. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 10.070; 76-Or-238, § 4, 12-30-76; Pet. No. 249854, § 85, 7-14-89)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.100 Director's office.
28.100. - Director's office.
The director shall keep an office in the city hall, or such other place as shall be furnished at the expense of the city. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 10.080)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.110 Compensation of director.
28.110. - Compensation of director.
The director shall receive such compensation as the city council shall appropriate. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 10.090)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.120 Effect on employees.
28.120. - Effect on employees.
The adoption of this chapter shall not be deemed to effect a transfer of any employee from one department to another, except that all transfers, if necessary, shall be accomplished in accordance with the rules of the civil service commission; nor shall the adoption of this chapter in any manner affect the salary or compensation of any employee who becomes a member of the department of inspections; nor shall the inclusion of any employee in the department of inspections affect the pension or retirement rights of such employee. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 44.040)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.130 Employees excluded.
28.130. - Employees excluded.
All inspectors of the city not specifically named in section 28.20 hereof are excluded from the terms of this chapter. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 44.050)
Minneapolis Code of Ordinances § 28.140 Effect on housing maintenance code.
28.140. - Effect on housing maintenance code.
This chapter shall not be considered to repeal or amend any provision of the housing maintenance code which provides for a housing advisory board. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 44.060)
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_TIT2AD_CH28DEINFetched: 11/2/2026