(A) The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health, safety, and the general welfare of the people of the city.
(B) These general objectives include, among others, the following:
(1) To protect the character and stability of residential areas within the city;
(2) To correct and prevent housing conditions that adversely affect or are likely to adversely affect the life, safety, general welfare, and health, including the physical, mental, and social well-being of person occupying dwellings within the city;
(3) To provide minimum standards for cooking, heating, and sanitary equipment necessary to the health and safety of occupants of buildings;
(4) To provide minimum standards for light and ventilation, necessary to health and safety;
(5) To prevent the overcrowding of dwellings by providing minimum space standards per occupant for each dwelling unit;
(6) To provide minimum standards for the maintenance of existing residential buildings, and to thus prevent slums and blight;
(7) To preserve the value of land and buildings throughout the city; and
(8) To ensure that rental property does not strain public utilities and city staffing resources.
(Ord. passed 4-6-2016)