Housing
63.220
Sign Restrictions
Planning and Zoning (507) 328-7100
There are specific rules regarding the number of signs, construction criteria, placement, size, and location. If you have a question regarding a sign, call Rochester/Olmsted Planning Department.
63.224 subd. 4
However, any sign which advertises either the sale or rental of the building upon which the sign is located that does not exceed 24 square feet in area, four feet tall in height, or less, is exempt from the Rochester Sign Regulations. Advertising signs of any type are not permitted in the street boulevard or upon any public property.
STANDARDS
34.01-34.17
Minimum Housing Standards
Building Safety (507) 328-2600
All residential dwellings must have: Properly functioning kitchen sink, bathroom sink, toilet, bathtub or shower, running hot and cold water, adequate and safely functioning heat and electricity, adequate number of windows and proper ventilation, garbage storage containers, and a safe way to exit the building.
38.01-38.153
Rental Property
Building Safety (507) 328-2600
All rental property within the City of Rochester must be registered with Building Safety *as meeting all safety requirements and have a current rental certificate.
37.01, 35.12
All rental property must be fit for human occupancy, and must be kept clean and safe.
38.154, 21.05
Rochester Crime Prevention Unit (507) 328-6890
Any owner of rental property may request that the Rochester Police Department conduct a criminal history/background investigation of a prospective tenant.
38.152
Disorderly Use
Police Non-Emergency (507) 328-6800
Building Safety (507) 328-2600
Landlords are responsible for taking appropriate action against tenants or tenant’s guests who are disorderly on the property. Disorderly use of the property ranges from loud music, assault (other than domestic), obscenity, overcrowding, unlawful sale of alcoholic beverages, gambling, and disorderly conduct, to indecent conduct, prostitution, participating in a disorderly house, drug offenses, and weapon offenses. Three violations of this ordinance can result in loss of the landlord’s rental certificate.
35.23, 35.24
Public Health or Safety Hazards
Building Safety (507) 328-2600
A person who creates, maintains, or allows to continue a property condition that poses a risk to public health or safety must fix the condition within 5 days of notification. If the owner or occupant does not do so within 5 days, authorized city personnel may enter the property and do so, then bill the property owner.
35.12
Every occupant shall keep the area which he or she controls clean and sanitary.
63.242 (1)
Exterior Storage
Building Safety (507) 328-2600
Planning and Zoning (507) 328-7100
In most residential areas, materials, machinery, and equipment must be stored within a building or be fully screened so as to not be visible from adjoining properties, except for the following when kept in good order: laundry drying and minor recreational equipment, construction and landscaping materials and equipment currently used on the premises, agricultural materials and equipment if intended for use on the property, off-street parking of passenger vehicles and pick-up trucks, and storage of firewood.
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