2000 Minnesota Statutes

     566.18 Remedies for tenants; definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.  Repealed, 1998 c 253 s 80 

    Subd. 2.  Repealed, 1998 c 253 s 80 

    Subd. 3.  Repealed, 1998 c 253 s 80 

    Subd. 4.  Repealed, 1998 c 253 s 80 

    Subd. 5.  Repealed, 1998 c 253 s 80 

    Subd. 6.  Repealed, 1998 c 253 s 80 

    Subd. 7.    Building.  "Building" means: 

    (a) a building used in whole or in part as a dwelling, 
 including single family homes, multiple family units such as 
 apartments, and structures containing both dwelling units and 
 units used for nondwelling purposes, and also includes a 
 manufactured home park, or 

    (b) an unoccupied building which was previously used in 
 whole or in part as a dwelling and which constitutes a nuisance 
 under section 561.01. 

    Subd. 8.    Inspector.  "Inspector" means the person 
 charged by the governing body of the political subdivision in 
 which a building is situated, with the responsibility of 
 enforcing provisions of local law, the breach of which could 
 constitute a violation as defined in subdivision 6, clause (a), 
 or if no such person, the county agent of a board of health as 
 authorized under section 145A.04 or the chair of the board of 
 county commissioners, and in the case of a manufactured home 
 park, the state department of health, or its designee. 

    Subd. 9.    Neighborhood organization.  "Neighborhood 
 organization" means a nonprofit corporation incorporated under 
 chapter 317A that satisfies clauses (1) and (2).  

    The corporation shall:  

    (1) designate in its articles of incorporation or bylaws a 
 specific geographic community to which its activities are 
 limited; and 

    (2) be formed for the purposes of promoting community 
 safety, crime prevention, and housing quality in a 
 nondiscriminatory manner. 

    For purposes of this chapter, an action taken by a 
 neighborhood organization with the written permission of a 
 tenant means, with respect to a building with multiple dwelling 
 units, an action taken by the neighborhood organization with the 
 written permission of the tenants of a majority of the occupied 
 units. 

    HIST: 1973 c 611 s 13; 1978 c 598 s 2,3; 1982 c 526 art 2 s 
 17-19; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 309 s 24; 1989 c 304 s 137; 1990 c 451 
 s 2,3; 1992 c 376 art 1 s 13; 1993 c 317 s 14,15; 1997 c 239 art 
 12 s 6