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ALP Page 18 of 29 necessary to ii ":,tU Compliance with this subchapter. ('72 Code, § 456:15) (Ord. 1976- 230(A), passed - - ) § 117.29 LICENSE EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL. Licenses issued under this subchapter expire on the last day of December each year. License renewal applications must be filed with the Licensing Division prior to the expiration date each year. ('72 Code, § 456:20) (Ord. 1976- 230(A), passed - - ) § 117.30 LICENSING REGULATIONS AND FEES. License application and possession is subject to § 110.37 of this code. The annual license fee for a lodging establishment is set by the Appendix to this code. ('72 Code, § 456:25) (Ord. 1976- 230(A), passed - - ) RENTAL ESTABLISHMENTS § 117.40 PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this subchapter to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the community at Large and the residents of rental dwellings in the City of Brooklyn Park and to ensure that rental housing in the city is decent, safe and sanitary and is so operated and maintained as not to become a nuisance to the neighborhood or to become an influence that fosters blight and deterioration or creates a disincentive to reinvestment in the community. The operation of rental residential properties is a business enterprise that entails certain responsibilities. Operators are responsible to take such reasonable steps as are necessary to ensure that the citizens of the city who occupy such units may pursue the quiet enjoyment of the normal activities of life in surroundings that are: safe, secure and sanitary; free from noise, nuisances or annoyances; and free from unreasonable fears about safety of persons and security of property. ('72 Code, § 455:00) (Am. Ord. 1990- 667(A), passed 12- 17 -90; Am. Ord. 2002 -975, passed 6- 10 -02) § 117.41 INTENT. It is the intent of this subchapter that a permanent mode of protecting and regulating the living conditions of citizens of the city be established; and that uniform standards be established and applicable for all rental dwellings in the city. This subchapter is not construed or interpreted to supersede or limit any other such applicable ordinance or law. ('72 Code, § 455:05) (Am. Ord. 1983- 421(A), passed 5 -9 -83; Am. http: / /),vww. amlegal. com /nxt /gateway. d 11/ Minnesota /Brooklyn %20Park /title00042. htm /chap... 5/3/2005