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City of Saint Anthony Housing Maintenance Ordinance Draft Number 3 -- March 23, 1992 Page Number 13 1 SAFE BUILDING ELEMENTS. Every foundation, roof, floor, exterior and interior wall, 2 ceilings, inside and outside stair, every porch and balcony, and every appurtenance thereto, 3 shall be safe to use and capable of supporting loads that normal use may cause to be placed 4 thereon. 5 6 FACILITIES TO FUNCTION. Every supplied facility, piece of equipment or utility 7 required under City Ordinances and every chimney and flue shall be installed and 8 maintained and shall function effectively in a safe, sound and working condition. 9 10 GRADING AND DRAINAGE. Every yard, court, passageway, and other portions in the 11 premises on which a dwelling stands shall be graded and drained so as to be free of standing 12 water that constitutes a detriment to health and safety. 13 14 UNIT BELOW GRADE. No space located more than four feet below grade shall be used 15 as a habitable room of a dwelling unless approved by the Compliance Official. Approval 16 shall be based on compliance with the minimum standards of this Code for habitable rooms. 17 18 YARD COVER. Every yard of a premises of which a dwelling stands shall be provided 19 with lawn or combined ground cover of vegetation, garden, hedges, shrubbery, and related 20 decorative materials and such yard shall be maintained consistent with prevailing community 21 standards. It shall be unlawful for any owner of any occupied or unoccupied lot or parcel 22 of land to permit or maintain on such any growth of weeds, grass, brush or other rank 23 vegetation to a greater height than eight (8") inches on the average or any accumulation of 24 dead weeds, grass or brush. It shall also be unlawful for any such person or persons to 25 cause, suffer or allow noxious weeds or plants identified and defined by the Minnesota 26 Department of Agriculture to grow on any such lot or parcel of land. Native grasses 27 indigenous to Minnesota, planted and maintained on any occupied lot or parcel of land, 28 setback a minimum of twenty (20') feet from the front property line as part of a garden or 29 landscape treatment are exempt from this ordinance. 30 31 DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE OR FACILITIES. No owner, operator, or occupant 32 shall cause any service, facility, equipment or utility which is required under this ordinance, 33 to be removed from or shut off from or discontinued for any occupied dwelling or dwelling 34 unit let or occupied by him/her, except for such temporary interruptions as may be necessary 35 while actual repairs or alterations are in process, or during temporary emergencies. 36 37 38 39 40 SECTION 4. 41 42 MAXIMUM DENSITY. MINIMUM SPACE, USE AND LOCATION REQUIREMENTS.