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• •� 0 <br />1 <br />City of Mounds View Staff R <br />Item No: 02 <br />Meeting Date: January 5, 2026 <br />Type of Business: WK <br />City Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Jeremiah Anderson, Housing/Code Enforcement Inspector <br />Item Title/Subject: Review Rental License Language and Rates <br />Introduction: Chapter 119 of the Mounds View City Code regulates the operation of rental <br />dwellings in the City. Section 119.020 states that no person shall allow to be occupied any <br />rental dwelling unit unless the owner has first obtained a rental dwelling license. The rental <br />license fee is a formula based on the building and number of rental dwelling units. There <br />are other requirements for rental dwellings and certain exceptions to requirements that <br />staff will elaborate upon in this report <br />Discussion: The City of Mounds View has required a license to operate a rental property <br />since the 1970's. The license requirement was first enacted to regulate multiple dwelling <br />type rental properties with 4 or more dwelling units. Over the years the license requirement <br />was extended to duplex properties. In 2006 an Ordinance was enacted that requires a <br />rental dwelling license be obtained for non -owner occupied rented single-family homes. <br />Non -owner -occupied rental homes occupied by the owners' children or parents do not <br />require a license. Staff had identified approximately 20 single family rental properties at <br />that time. Through a shift in housing market trends and other factors over the last 17 years, <br />the number of single-family rental licenses in Mounds View has increased from 20 to 123. <br />Mounds View Rental Dwellings by the numbers <br />Where are the rental dwellings located? ® Single Family <br /># of Single Family Detached <br />Homes that are licensed <br />Rentals <br />Source: Mounds View Community Development 12-2025 <br />® Duplex <br /># of Licensed Rental <br />Buildings that have 2 <br />dwelling units under one roof <br />Hybrid <br /># of Hybrid Licensed <br />Buildings that have between <br />3 and 11 dwelling units under <br />one roof <br />Apartment Bldg <br /># of Traditional style multi <br />level buildings with 12 or <br />more Dwelling Units under <br />one roof <br />Infographic #1 shows what <br />type of buildings rental <br />dwellings are located in the <br />City of Mounds View. <br />Take aways from this are: <br />46% are single-family rental <br />properties, 18% duplex, 16% <br />Hybrid, and 20% are in <br />Apartment Buildings. <br />Additionally, comparing single <br />family and apartment building <br />locations nearly 70% are <br />single-family whereas 30% <br />are apartment buildings <br />The Mounds View Vision <br />A Thriving Desirable Community <br />