West Saint Paul, Minn., Mun. Code Ch. 155 (2026) § 150.041

(A) License categories. Licenses will be issued based on a tiered fee system according to license type as indicated in Table 1. The fees shall be set by City Council resolution. The period of time used to determine the tiered fee is the 12-month period ending two months before the commencement of the license term.


Table 1

Category Type
Property Code Violations and Validated City Service Calls per Complex

Table 1

Category Type
Property Code Violations and Validated City Service Calls per Complex
Category A
Less than 3 dwelling units:

No validated city service calls/code violations per complex in a preceding 12-month period.

More than 3 dwelling units:

Less than .25 validated city service calls/code violations multiplied by the total number of dwelling units per complex in a preceding 12- month period.
Category B (includes all new rental license applicants)
Less than 3 dwelling units:

1-3 validated city service calls/code violations multiplied by the total number of dwelling units per complex in a preceding 12-month period.

More than 3 dwelling units:

.25 to .5 validated city service calls/code violations multiplied by the total number of dwelling units per complex in a preceding 12-month period.
Category C
Less than 3 dwelling units:

Over 3 validated city service calls/code violations multiplied by the total number of dwelling units per complex in a preceding 12-month period.

More than 3 dwelling units:

Over .5 validated city service calls/code violations multiplied by the total number of dwelling units per complex in a preceding 12-month period.





(B) Category C requirements. Rental license applicants who meet the definition of Category C may be issued a provisional license and must pay a provisional license fee set by the City Council. In addition, the applicant must provide a written mitigation plan to reduce the number of city service calls/code violations. If the property owner violates the mitigation plan, City Council may hold a license hearing, as defined in § 150.040 (B).


(C) Qualifying city service calls/code violations. Licensed dwellings that have generated city service calls or code violations as indicated in the fee resolution in a preceding 12-month period as specified in this section shall be subject to the tiered fee system.


(1) City service calls and code violations that are used to determine the appropriate tiered fee system category include the following types of calls or events:


(a) City service calls and code violations listed in § 150.040 (A).


(b) City service calls or events categorized as part one crimes in the uniform crime reporting system, including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, auto theft and arson.


(c) City service calls or events categorized by the Police Department: miscellaneous juvenile status crimes, liquor offenses or curfew violations; disturbing the peace or harassing communications; property damage; criminal damage to property or trespass; domestic incidents (except as provided in § 150.041 (C)(2)); fire alarms; fire code; public disturbance or disorderly conduct; loud party or noise complaints; disorderly juveniles; assault in the fifth degree or non-domestic related assaults. The Police Chief shall maintain for public inspection a description of the coding system and a list of the codes and crimes included within each of these categories of calls or events.


(d) The Police Chief may determine that multiple incidents shall be counted as a single call in appropriate cases.


(2) Calls will not be counted for purposes of determining the appropriate tiered fee system Category when the victim and suspect are “family” or “household members” as defined in the Domestic Abuse Act, Minn. Stat. § 518B.01, Subd. 2(b), as it may be amended from time to time, and when there is a report of “Domestic Abuse” as defined in the Domestic Abuse Act, Minn. Stat. § 518B.01, Subd. 2(a), as it may be amended from time to time, or when the tenant is the victim of an order for protection violation under Domestic Abuse Act, Minn. Stat. § 518B.01, Subd. 14, as it may be amended from time to time, except when the victim consented to a violation of a court order and the violation resulted in the city service call.


(Ord. 15-09, passed 9-14-2015)