A. License Fees: Each application for a license shall be accompanied by a license fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each single-unit dwelling. The license fee shall be paid prior to the beginning of that rental residential property's license year.
1. If the license fee is not paid before the beginning of the license year, the fee is delinquent, and the delinquent license fee shall be increased by an additional fifty dollars ($50.00) if paid within thirty (30) days from the beginning of the license year.
2. If the delinquent license fee is not paid within thirty (30) days of the beginning of the license year, then the delinquent license fee, a twenty five dollar ($25.00) administrative fee, and interest at six percent (6%) per annum shall become a lien upon the property after notice as provided in subsection D of this section.
B. Inspection Fees: No inspection fee other than the license fee provided in subsection A of this section shall be charged for the first inspection made upon application for issuance or renewal of a license or one re-inspection to determine if violations cited in the first inspection have been corrected if all units are in compliance at the time of the second inspection. If any rental residential dwelling unit fails at the second inspection, then a re-inspection fee shall be charged. Every failed second inspection and every third or subsequent inspection required thereafter to determine if a violation has been corrected, a re- inspection fee shall be charged of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per rental residential dwelling unit. If any second inspection fee is not paid within thirty (30) days of the inspection or third or subsequent inspection fee not paid prior to the inspection, then the inspection fee, a fifty dollar ($50.00) administrative fee, and interest at six percent (6%) shall become a lien upon the property after notice as provided in subsection D of this section.
C. Inspection Cancellation Fees: An owner shall be permitted to reschedule one appointment per license year if notice is given to the Administrator scheduled to conduct the inspection at least twenty four (24) hours before that inspection. If the owner fails to attend a scheduled inspection or cancels a scheduled inspection with less than twenty four (24) hours' notice, a seventy five dollar ($75.00) rescheduling fee shall be paid prior to the issuance of the license.
D. Notice: Notice shall be given to the owner of the property or taxpayer of record by personal service or certified mail advising of the delinquent fees and penalties, and that if not paid within thirty (30) days they shall become a lien upon the property.
E. Lien: If the delinquent fees and penalties are not paid, that amount shall become a lien on the property upon the filing of a notice of lien in the Office of the Recorder in the county in which the real estate is located. Such lien shall not be valid as to any purchaser whose rights in and to such property have arisen prior to the filing of such notice of lien. (Ord. 18-994, 6-12-2018)