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Brooklyn Center CHAPTER 12 - BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND OCCUPANCY ORDINANCE Section 12 -101. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to protect the public health, safety, and the general welfare of the people of the City. These general objectives include, among others, the following: 1. To protect the character and stability of all buildings and property within the City. 2. To correct and prevent conditions that adversely affect or are likely to adversely affect the life, safety, general welfare and health, including the physical, mental and social well -being of persons occupying buildings within Brooklyn Center. 3. To provide minimum standards for cooking, heating, and sanitary equipment necessary to the health and safety of occupants of buildings. 4. To provide minimum standards for light and ventilation, necessary to health and safety. 5. To prevent the overcrowding of dwellings by providing minimum space standards per occupant for each dwelling unit. 6. To provide minimum standards for the maintenance of existing buildings, and to thus prevent slums and blight. 7. To preserve the value of land and buildings throughout the City. With respect to rental disputes, and except as otherwise specifically provided by the terms of this ordinance, it is not the intention of the city council to intrude upon the fair and accepted contractual relationship between tenant and landlord. The city council does not intend to intervene as an advocate of either party, nor to act as an arbiter, nor to be receptive to complaints from tenant or landlord which are not specifically and clearly relevant to the provisions of this ordinance. In the absence of such relevancy with regard to rental disputes, it is intended that the contracting parties exercise such legal sanctions as are available to them without the intervention of City government. Neither in enacting this ordinance is it the intention of the city council to interfere or permit interference with legal rights to personal privacy. Section 12 -102. APPLICABILITY OF ORDINANCE. Every building, as well as its premises, and all occupied premises within Brooklyn Center shall conform to the requirements of this ordinance, irrespective of when such building may have been constructed, altered, or repaired. City of Brooklyn Center 12 -2 City Ordinance Section 12 -201. DEFINITIONS. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this ordinance: 1. Approved - acceptable to the jurisdiction having authority and meeting all applicable codes. 2. Accessory structure - a structure subordinate to the main or principal building which is not used nor authorized to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants and which is located on or partially on the premises.