(a) All rental housing properties are subject to inspection by the Property Maintenance Officer every 5 years and/or at each change of tenant. At the time of such inspection, all interior and exterior parts of the rental housing property must be available and accessible for such inspection, and the owner, operator, agent, and occupant are required to provide the necessary arrangements to facilitate such inspection. Such inspection shall be made between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., unless one of the following conditions exists:
(1) The premises are not available during the foregoing hours for inspection; or
(2) There is reason to believe that a violation exists of a character which is an immediate threat to health or safety, requiring inspection and abatement without delay.
(b) Where a rental housing property consists of more than one rental housing unit, and inspection is required due to a change in tenancy rather than the 5-year inspection, those rental housing units in the rental housing property in which no change in tenancy has occurred will not be subject to inspection unless otherwise required under this Code. Rental housing units in which no change in tenancy has occurred remain subject to the 5-year inspection.
(Ord. 122-01. Passed 12-19-01; Ord. 92-2003. Passed 10-7-03.)