The Director of Public Safety may determine that it is necessary that the owner of any dwelling, building, structure or apartment complex consisting of more than one building, which contains less than 400 dwelling units with a private parking lot for use by the tenants therein, shall provide at least one private policeman or security guard to patrol the buildings and private parking lot at all hours of each day. Such determination by the Director of Public Safety cannot and shall not be made until after a hearing on the matter is held by the Director of Public Safety after due notice to the owners of the apartment complex and each tenant and adjacent property owner is published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. The Director of Public Safety shall, at the public hearing, solicit comments, discussion and public debate concerning the need for such security. The Director of Public Safety may order the owner to hire a security guard pursuant to this section upon a finding from the evidence submitted at the public hearing that a security guard is necessary for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the tenants of the apartment complex and the adjacent property owners and that the lack of a security guard is and does create significant danger to the health, safety and welfare of the tenants of the apartment complex and of the adjacent property owners. The order of the Director of Public Safety shall be submitted in writing to the owner of the apartment complex, to the Chief of Police, to the Mayor and to Council.
(Ord. 250-1980. Passed 10-6-80.)