(a) The landlord of a multifamily dwelling complex shall pay the city fees to offset the city’s cost of administration, registration and inspection.
(b) Fees shall be in accordance with a schedule approved by the city council to include:
(1) A registration fee based upon the number of housing units which shall be:
a. Submitted annually with the registration form required by § 7-401; and
b. Submitted with a new registration upon a change of ownership of the complex.
(2) A re-inspection fee shall be assessed for each follow up inspection; and
(3) An administrative fee for a complex on probationary status or suspension or revocation which shall be assessed on a monthly basis, however no separate fee shall be charged for re-inspections as long as the complex remains in probationary status or suspension.
(c) The fee requirements described above shall not include a dwelling unit on a college, university, or seminary occupied by a student or a student and the student’s family and in which the dwelling unit is owned by the respective college, university or seminary, nor to a dwelling unit operated by a local government housing authority.
(Ord. 12791, § 1, passed 12-3-1996; Ord. 13181, § 1, passed 10-2-1997; Ord. 14929, §§ 1, 2, passed 1-15-2002; Ord. 17827, § 4, passed 10-9-2007; Ord. 19697-05-2011, § 1, passed 5-24-2011; Ord. 19998-12-2011, § 5, passed 12-6-2011; Ord. 21105-01-2014, § 2, passed 2-28-2014; eff. 2-4-2014; Ord. 25772-09-2022, § 1, passed 9-27-2022, eff. 10-1-2022)