White Bear Township, Minn., Code of Ordinances ch. 6, art. IV § 6-149

No owner or other person shall occupy or let to another person any dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit unless it and the premises are clean, sanitary, fit for human occupancy, and in compliance with all applicable state and town legal requirements, including the following: (1)
Maintenance of shared or public areas. Every owner of a dwelling containing more than two dwelling units shall maintain in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or public areas of the dwelling and premises thereof.
(2) Maintenance of occupied areas. Every occupant of a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit shall maintain in a clean and sanitary condition that part or those parts of the dwelling, dwelling unit and premises thereof, which the occupant occupies and controls.
(3) Storage and disposal of rubbish. Every occupant of a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit shall store and dispose of all rubbish in a clean, sanitary, and safe manner as prescribed by the town ordinances.
(4) Storage and disposal of garbage. Every occupant of a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit shall store and dispose of all garbage and any other organic waste which might provide food for insects and/or rodents in a clean, sanitary, and safe manner as prescribed by the town ordinances.
(5) Responsibility for storage and disposal of garbage and rubbish. Every owner of a multiple-family dwelling shall supply facilities for the safe and sanitary storage or disposal of rubbish and garbage. For single or two-family dwellings, it shall be the responsibility of the occupant to furnish such facilities.
(6) Responsibility for storm and screen doors and windows. The owner of a rental dwelling containing more than two dwelling units shall be responsible for providing and hanging all screens and storm doors and storm windows when they are required under this article, except where there is written agreement otherwise between the owner and occupant.
(7) Responsibility for pest extermination. Every occupant of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of vermin or rodent infestations on the premises. Every occupant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for such extermination when the occupant's dwelling unit is the only one infested. However, when infestation is caused by the failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a reasonably rodentproof or reasonably verminproof condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner. When infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(8) Rodent harborages prohibited in occupied areas. No occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall accumulate boxes, lumber, scrap metal, or any other similar materials in such a manner that may provide a rodent harborage in or about any dwelling or dwelling unit. Stored materials shall be stacked neatly in piles.
(9) Rodent harborages prohibited in public areas. No owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units shall accumulate or permit the accumulation of boxes, lumber, scrap metal, or any other similar materials in such a manner that may provide a rodent harborage in or about shared or public areas of a dwelling or its premises. Materials stored by the owner or permitted to be stored by the owner shall be stacked neatly in piles.
(10) Prevention of food for rodents. No owner or occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall store, place, or allow to accumulate any materials that may serve as food for rodents in a site accessible to rodents.
(11) Sanitary maintenance of fixtures and facilities. Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall keep all supplied fixtures and facilities therein in a clean and sanitary condition and shall be responsible for the exercise of reasonable care in the proper use and operation thereof.
(12) Minimum heating capability and maintenance. In every dwelling unit or rooming unit when the control of the supplied heat is the responsibility of a person other than the occupant, a temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit or such lesser temperature required by government authority shall be maintained at a distance of three feet above the floor and three feet from exterior walls in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and water closet compartments from September through May.
(13) Removal of snow and ice. The owner of a multiple-family dwelling or dwelling containing more than two dwelling units shall be responsible for the removal of snow and ice from parking lots, driveways, steps and walkways on the premises. Individual snowfalls of three inches or more, or successive snowfalls accumulating to a depth of three inches, shall be removed from parking lots and driveways within 24 hours after cessation of the snowfall. Individual snowfalls of one inch or more, or successive snowfalls accumulating to a depth of one inch, shall be removed from steps and walkways within eight hours after cessation of the snowfall.
(14) Minimum exterior lighting. The owner of a multiple-family dwelling or dwelling containing more than two dwelling units shall be responsible for providing and maintaining effective illumination in all exterior parking lots and walkways.
(15) Maintenance of driving and parking areas. The owner of a multiple-family dwelling containing more than two dwelling units shall be responsible for providing and maintaining, in good condition, paved and delineated parking areas and driveways for tenants.
(16) Maintenance of yards. The owner of a multiple-family dwelling containing more than two dwelling units shall be responsible for providing and maintaining premises yards.