1921.13 RENTAL UNIT MANDATORY INSPECTION REQUIRED.

          (a)    Every owner of property that is residential rental property must register said property according to state law.

   (b)   Every owner or operator of property that is residential rental property shall have the interior and exterior of such property inspected by the Department of Community Development - Health Division to determine compliance with the Housing Code, the Fire Code, and the Zoning Code, under the following circumstances:

            (1)    If two (2) or more notices of violation have been issued to the owner or operator pursuant to Section 1905.05 of the Health Code within any two (2) year period, relative to the same property, and the orders contained in such notices are not complied with within the time provided, the property shall be subject to semi-annual mandatory inspections until such property is brought into compliance with the orders, and for a period of two (2) years thereafter; or

               (2)    If the owner or operator has been found to have maintained a nuisance by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Chapter 3767, as may be amended from time to time, the property that was the subject of the finding shall be subject to semi-annual mandatory inspections for a period of two (2) years.

   (c)   No owner or operator of residential rental property shall fail to obtain a rental unit mandatory inspection from the Department of Community Development - Health Division when the provisions of this section require a rental unit mandatory inspection.

   (d)   A rental unit-semi-annual mandatory inspection fee, per rental unit, which shall include the first two (2) inspections, shall be imposed as follows:

      (1)    A fee of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for property with one rental unit;

      (2)    A fee of one hundred and seventy-five dollars ($175.00) for property with two (2) rental units;

      (3)    A fee of two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225.00) for property with three (3) rental units;

      (4)    A fee of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for property with four (4) rental units; and

      (5)    A fee of two hundred and sixty-five dollars ($265.00) for the first rental unit on property with five (5) or more rental units, and a fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per rental unit for each additional rental unit on the property.

   (e)   A re-inspection fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00), per rental unit, shall be imposed for each semi-annual inspection subsequent to the first two (2) inspections.

      (f)   Penalty. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an owner or operator who fails to schedule an inspection within thirty (30) days as required in subsection (b) of this section shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000).

   (g)   Fees and fines collected pursuant to this section shall be used exclusively to help defray the costs to the City for rental unit mandatory inspections.

(Ord. 2022-4-26. Passed 4-13-22; Ord. 2023-9-82. Passed 9-27-23.)