(A) Upon proper application for an occupancy permit, the Code Enforcement Officer or his or her designee shall cause an inspection to be made of the premises in question to determine if an occupancy permit may be issued. If the inspection is satisfactory, the Code Enforcement Official shall issue an occupancy permit which shall be valid until the next change of occupancy or until the occupancy permit is revoked by the Code Enforcement Official as provided in § 150.51.
(B) Properties that have a third-party inspection system, such as a HUD housing inspection, shall provide that inspection to the Code Enforcement Official as a substitute for the inspection in subsection (A) above with the consent of the Code Enforcement Official.
(C) The specifications for the occupancy permit inspection will be available at the city’s Municipal Building and made available to the public. The specifications shall be based on the then-adopted version of the International Property Maintenance Code.
(D) All inspections are to be conducted by the city’s Code Enforcement Official or his or her designee.
(E) The property owner may submit to the Code Enforcement Official, a request for property code hardship exemption of a residential occupancy checklist code.
(1) The request must be in writing.
(2) The request must detail reason(s) the property code exemption should be granted.
(3) The request must specify why fixing the deficiency would create a significant hardship. The hardship must be significant and not merely an inconvenience to resolve.
(4) The property code hardship exemption shall not create a life safety issue.
(5) The request will be reviewed by the Code Enforcement Official, and must be approved by the Code Enforcement Official and the City Manager to be granted.
(6) The property code hardship exemption will be reviewed during subsequent inspections and may be revoked if conditions change.
(F) An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of this code, or the rules legally adopted thereunder have been, incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this code do not fully apply, or the requirements of this code are adequately satisfied by other means.
(Ord. 3192, passed 3-21-2019; Ord. 3259, passed 3-8-2021; Ord. 3262, passed 4-12-2022)