Eagan, MN Property Maintenance: Property Blight (2026)

Eagan City Code § 10.53 adopts the 2021 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), published by the International Code Council, by reference as though it were printed in full in the City Code, with local amendments recorded in Exhibit A to the adopting ordinance showing added language underlined and deleted language struck or replaced. An official copy marked City of Eagan, Official Copy is kept on file with the protective inspections department and is open for public inspection. The section replaced a former building and structure safety and appearance ordinance that had governed the same subject since 2000; Ordinance No.

619, 2nd series, effective March 28, 2023, repealed that older provision and enacted the current IPMC adoption in its place. Any failure to comply with a provision of the adopted IPMC, whether that covers deteriorated exteriors, unsafe structural conditions, inadequate maintenance, or other property conditions the code regulates, is declared unlawful and a public nuisance subject to abatement under the general nuisance procedures elsewhere in Chapter 10. Related sections reinforce blight enforcement on the same properties: Section 10.51 bars storing junk vehicles, discarded household goods, or disrepaired machinery outdoors, and Section 10.54 limits how much firewood can be stacked in a yard and keeps it out of the front yard and away from inhabited structures. The city's protective inspections department, part of Community Development, enforces IPMC violations alongside code enforcement technicians.