(A) Whenever, upon inspection of a multi-family dwelling for initial registration or renewal of a certificate of registration under the provisions of this chapter, the Building Commissioner finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of the provisions of this section, or of any applicable provisions of the city code, or of any applicable rules or regulations pursuant thereto, the Building Commissioner shall serve the owner or operator with notice of such violation or violations. Such notice shall state that unless the violations cited are corrected within a reasonable time of not less than five days, except for emergency situations, the certificate of registration may be suspended.
(B) At the end of the time the Building Commissioner has allowed for correction of any violation cited, the Building Commissioner or his or her duly authorized designee shall reinspect the multi-family dwelling and if he or she determines that such conditions have not been corrected, he or she may issue an order suspending the certificate to take effect five days following service upon the landlord unless, in the interim, the landlord requests, in writing, a hearing.
(C) Any person whose certificate of registration for a multi-family dwelling is subject to suspension pursuant to a suspension order shall be entitled to a hearing on the suspension action by filing with the City Clerk, a written request for a hearing before the city’s Building Committee within two business days following the receipt of the suspension order. Upon receipt of said request, a hearing shall be scheduled to be held before the city’s Building Committee at a date not more than ten business days thereafter. Upon completion of the hearing, the city’s Building Committee may either:
(1) Confirm the suspension;
(2) Suspend the suspension and allow additional compliance time; or
(3) Rescind the suspension.
(D) If no petition for reconsideration of a suspension order is filed as provided above, then the suspension order shall remain in effect until the violations in question have been corrected, as determined by the Building Commissioner upon inspection of the structure.
(E) In the event a certificate of registration is suspended and such suspension is affirmed after a hearing, if any, then during the period of suspension:
(1) No existing rental agreement shall be renewed and no new rental agreement shall be entered into with respect to any rental unit located within the dwelling; and
(2) They shall have the right to seek enforcement of any other applicable law.
(Prior Code, § 161.04) (Ord. 2653, passed 3-27-1984; Ord. 2693, passed 6-11-1985)