Coon Rapids, MN Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)

Coon Rapids City Code § 12-903(6) makes the inspection certificate a precondition of licensure: an owner cannot get a rental license without first passing a City-approved inspection, and the City Manager sets the interval based on the property's inspection history, its record of Federal, State, and Local Law compliance, and any prior property-maintenance or code-enforcement violations. Buildings with four or more units are reinspected on a one-to-four-year cycle; smaller rental properties are reinspected every one to three years. Under § 12-915(3), the inspecting officials are the Chief Building Official, Building Inspector, Fire Inspector, and Police Chief, or their designated representatives, and they may enter a rental dwelling or unit at all reasonable times to enforce Chapter 12-900.

Because Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. § 504B.211) puts the burden of scheduling on the landlord, the Licensee, not the City, is responsible for setting the inspection appointment and notifying any existing tenant before an inspector arrives, and for providing access at the scheduled time. Skipping that duty does not just cost a re-inspection fee: § 12-917 lists failure to schedule or allow a rental or building inspection as one of the grounds the City Manager can cite to deny or refuse to renew a license, and the City Council can suspend or revoke one on the same basis after a hearing.

Separately, § 12-919 lets the Chief Building Official summarily condemn or close a rental unit, without waiting for the regular inspection cycle, whenever conditions rise to an emergency; the owner then has five days to file a notice of appeal with the City Manager for a City Council hearing. A denied or non-renewed Licensee gets a narrower window: seven days to fix the cited conditions before the City Manager must issue the license, per § 12-917(6).