As soon as practicable after receiving an application for a rental housing permit, the Housing Inspector shall cause an inspection of the property to be made. Upon application for a rental housing permit, the property owner may rent or lease the premises at his or her own risk, subject to subsequent approval by the Housing Inspector. The property owner or agent shall provide the Housing Inspector with full and complete access to the premises provided the Housing Inspector has given the owner/agent forty-eight hours advance notice. In the event the premises is occupied by a tenant, the property owner or agent shall provide the tenant with notice of the inspection at least twenty-four hours in advance of such inspection. After inspection, the Housing Inspector shall notify the property owner of approval of the application for a rental housing permit, or if approval of the application is denied, of what City code violations must be corrected. The property owner shall correct the violations within thirty days of the date of the notice, and notify the Housing Inspector when the violations have been corrected so that he may cause a re- inspection to be made. Notice to owner/agent and tenants in advance of the re-inspection shall be provided in the same manner notice of the original inspection was provided. The Housing Inspector shall deny issuance of a rental housing permit to any owner whose property does not comply with this code. Where the Housing Inspector determines progress is being made toward the completion of the correction of code violations and the property owner requests additional time to make repairs, the Housing Inspector may grant an extension of time as he may determine reasonable and necessary to complete the required work. It shall be unlawful for any property owner or agent to fail to provide the Housing Inspector with access to the premises to complete an inspection or reinspection, or for residential property to be occupied by a party other than the owner unless an application for a rental housing permit has been made and a permit issued. Any rental housing permit issued under the terms of this code may be suspended or revoked at any time by the Housing Inspector upon satisfactory proof of a violation of any provision of applicable City codes which would have been grounds for denial of an original application for a permit.
(Ord. 58, 2006. Passed 11-6-06.)