City of Minneapolis – Title 12 – HOUSING – CHAPTER 244. – MAINTENANCE CODE – ARTICLE V. – LIGHT, VENTILATION AND HEATING – 244.430. – Heating facilities.

The owner of every building containing habitable rooms shall provide heating facilities and shall be required to see that said heating facilities are properly installed, safely maintained and in good working condition, and that said facilities are capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms located therein to a minimum temperature as established herein, measured at a distance of thirty-six (36) inches above floor level, and not closer than thirty-six (36) inches from any wall at all times when the outside temperature is at the design level or above. Between October first and April thirtieth the minimum temperature that the required heating facilities must be capable of safely and adequately maintaining shall be at least sixty-eight (68) degrees Fahrenheit and between May first and fifteenth and between September fifteenth and thirtieth the minimum temperature shall be at least sixty-five (65) degrees Fahrenheit. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 71.040; 78-Or-244, § 14, 11-22-78; 2008-Or-039, § 2, 5-16-08)