St. Francis, Minn., Code of Ordinances ch. 4, § 6 § 4-6-3

1. Approved. Rental License will be approved by the City Council based on review by the Compliance Officer. Rental Licenses are business licenses. Rental licenses shall fall under regulations in Section 6 of City Code. It shall be the objective of the Compliance Officer, unless otherwise specified, to establish minimum qualifications for approval of such system, which qualifications can maintain substantial compliance with the effective state codes and can be achieved in a reasonably economical and practical manner.
2. Building. Any structure built for support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, chattel or movable property of any kind, and includes any structure.
3. Compliance Officer. The City Building Official or other designee of the City Administrator authorized to administer and enforce this article.
4. Dwelling. A building or portion thereof, designated exclusively for the residential occupancy, including one-family, two-family, multiple family dwellings, and manufactured houses, but not including hotels, motels, nursing homes, residential care facilities, or assisted living facilities.
5. Dwelling, Multiple Family. A building designed with two (2) or more dwelling units exclusively for the occupancy of two (2) or more families living independently of each other, but sharing hallways, main entrances, and exits.
6. Dwelling Unit. A residential building or portion thereof intended for occupancy by one (1) or more persons with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating but not including but not including hotels, motels, nursing homes, residential care facilities, or assisted living facilities.
7. Family. An individual or two (2) or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption, domestic partnership, or foster care or a group of not more than three (3) persons not so related maintaining a common household and using common cooking/kitchen and bathroom facilities.
8. Garbage. Animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
9. Habitable Room. A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, furnace rooms, unfinished basements (those without required ventilation, required electric outlets and required exit facilities), pantries, utility rooms of less than fifty (50) square feet of floor space, foyers, communicating corridors, stairways, closets, storage spaces and workshops, hobby and recreation areas in parts of the structure below ground level or in attics.
10. Heated Water. Water heated to a temperature of not less than one hundred twenty (120) degrees Fahrenheit, or such lesser temperature required by government authority, measured at the faucet outlet.
11. Kitchen. A space which contains a sink with counter working space, adequate space for installing cooking and refrigeration equipment and adequate space for the storage of cooking utensils.
12. Lease. An agreement to rent. For use as a verb, see Rent.
13. Non-owner Occupied . Residential structures in which the owner does not occupy units contained in the structure.
14. Occupant. Any person sleeping, cooking and eating in a dwelling unit.
15. Operator. The owner or his agent who has charge, care, control, or management of a building, or part thereof, in which dwelling units are let.
16. Owner. Any person who alone, jointly, or severally with others, shall be in actual possession of, or have charge, care or control of, any dwelling or dwelling unit within the city as title holder, as employee or agent of the title holder, or as trustee or guardian of the estate or person of the title holder. Any such person representing the actual title holder shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this article to the same extent as the title holder.
17. Permissible Occupancy. The maximum number of persons permitted to reside in a dwelling unit.
18. Plumbing. All of the following supplied facilities and equipment in a dwelling: gas pipes, gas burning equipment, water pipes, steam pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents and any other similar fixtures and the installation thereof, together with all connections to water, sewer and gas lines.
19. Premises. A platted lot or part thereof or unplatted parcel of land occupied by any dwelling or non-dwelling structure, including any such building, accessory structure or other structure thereon.
20. Refuse. All organic and non-organic waste, including garbage and rubbish as defined in City Code.
21. Rent. Consideration paid for the use of premises, including, but not necessarily limited to, money, services and property. As a verb, the term "rent" means to get or give the use of premises in return for such consideration or any combination thereof. The term "rent" does not include arrangements whereby a relative, as defined in Minnesota Statutes 273.124, subd. 1 (c), occupies a dwelling for no consideration or for consideration that includes no more than maintenance of the dwelling or premises, and which arrangement is detailed and sworn to in affidavits filed by each adult occupant of the dwelling and each person who is an owner of the dwelling.
22. Rental Dwelling. A non-owner occupied building or portion thereof let for rent or lease, designed or used predominantly for residential occupancy of a continued nature, including single-family dwellings, attached or detached, and multiple family dwellings, but not including hotels, motels, nursing homes, residential care facilities, or assisted living facilities.
23. Rental Dwelling Unit. A non-owner occupied single residential accommodation let for rent or lease which is arranged, designed, used or, if vacant, intended for use exclusively as a domicile for one family. Where a private garage is structurally attached, it shall be considered as a part of the building in which the dwelling is located.
24. Repair. To restore to a sound and acceptable state of operation, serviceability or appearance.
25. Rodent Harborage. Any place where rodents can live, nest or seek shelter.
26. Rubbish. Solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, cardboard, tin cans, grass and shrubbery clippings, wood, glass, brick, plaster, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
27. Supplied. Paid for, furnished by, provided by or under the control of the owner, operator or agent of a dwelling. Whenever the terms "dwelling," "dwelling unit," "premises," and "structure" are used in this article, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words "or any part thereof."
28. Toilet. A toilet, with a bowl and trap made in one piece, which is connected to the city water and sewer system or other approved water supply and sewer supply.