(A) Application for Housing Maintenance Certificates shall be made by the owner, and Certificates shall be issued in the name of the applicant. ('88 Code, Title VIII, Ch. 99, § 8.31(6))
(B) Application for Housing Maintenance Certificates and for renewals of Housing Maintenance Certificates shall be made in writing to the Code Official on forms furnished by the Code Official and shall be accompanied by a fee as set forth in division (F) of this section paid as set forth in the rules and regulations made pursuant to this subchapter.
(C) Housing Maintenance Certificates and renewals of Housing Maintenance Certificates shall be issued if, after inspection, it is found that the dwelling is in accordance with all the provisions of this chapter. If the certificate is refused, the applicant for the certificate shall be notified in writing of the refusal and the cause thereof.
(D) Housing Maintenance Certificates shall be issued for a period of one year from its date of issuance unless sooner revoked, and may be renewed for successive periods of not to exceed one year, except the Code Official is authorized, on the first such certificate issued for a dwelling, to issue the certificate for a period longer than one year, but not longer than one year and nine months for the purpose of adjusting the time when such certificates expire and thus, adjusting the time when renewal of such certificates is likely to be requested.
('88 Code, Title VIII, Ch. 99, § 8.31(5))
(E) No Housing Maintenance Certificate shall be renewed unless an application therefor has been made within 30 days prior to the expiration of the present Housing Maintenance Certificate. If timely application is not made, a late fee will be paid as set forth in division (F) of this section.
('88 Code, Title VIII, Ch. 99, § 8.31(9))
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(F) Application fee.
(1) The certificate fee which must accompany application for a Housing Maintenance Certificate is as follows:
Initial inspection
First unit per building $40.00
Each additional unit per
building 30.00
Reinspection of a unit 40.00
Failure to attend a scheduled inspection 25.00
There will be a $25 charge when the owner or owner’s agent fails to attend a scheduled inspection.
There will be no charge for the first reinspection if violations identified at the initial inspection have been corrected.
If however, violations have not been corrected, the property owner will be charged the reinspection fee listed above for the first reinspection visit.
If the remediation required at the first inspection remains uncorrected at the next reinspection, the reinspection fee will be charged at the onset of each subsequent reinspection visit to be required until the work is completed.
Cabins, hotels,
and motels $70.00
(2) Late fees: applicants failing to file timely under the provisions of this section shall pay double the above fees after the due date.
('88 Code, Title VIII, Ch. 99, § 8.31(17))
(Ord. 181-6-83, passed 6-6-83; Am. Ord. 355-6-94, passed 6-6-94; Am. Ord. 546-05-05, passed 5-16-05; Am. Ord. 605-04-09, passed 4-20-09; Am. Ord. 718-02-18, passed 2-19-18)