The purpose of this chapter is to improve the livability and value of the city’s rental housing stock and to promote revitalization of the city’s neighborhoods. Studies have shown that rental housing, if left unregulated, tends to generate a disproportionately higher level of code violations and code enforcement problems that can ultimately lead to blight and crime within a neighborhood. Identifying and inspecting rental housing and requiring compliance with the city’s structures and property codes will help reduce housing deterioration and blight in the city’s neighborhoods and will promote revitalization.
(Ord. 9467, passed 2-6-24)