(a) Upon submission of the completed rental property registration form and issuance of a City of Johnstown Rental License, the City may schedule an inspection of a residential rental property. The City will provide a minimum of 15 days notice of such an inspection. The City will conduct the inspection of the residential dwelling unit(s), and the residential rental property common areas, basement, exterior and yards. Residential rental property units will be completed by the City once every three years.
(b) The residential rental property owner or his agent must notify the tenants of such inspection of property at least three days in advance of the inspection.
(c) The City will use a checklist comprised of housing related criteria to determine whether the residential rental property meets minimum housing code standards with respect to said criteria. The City will limit inspection to the checklist criteria, barring any life-threatening health or safely violation that is not covered in the checklist.
(d) The residential rental property owner or his agent must be present at all scheduled property inspections. If such person is not present on a scheduled date and time, the residential rental property owner will then be charged a rescheduling fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00). A residential rental property owner may cancel or reschedule a property inspection without penalty if they notify the Department of Community and Economic Development at least twenty-four hours before the scheduled appointment. Failure to reschedule an inspection or respond to a notice of inspection shall be treated as agreement to the date and time of the proposed inspection. The owner shall pay a seventy-five dollar ($75.00) re-inspection fee if the owner or his/her agent fails to provide access to the rental property as scheduled. Failure to provide access as scheduled or rescheduled shall also constitute a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 5090. Passed 9-24-11; Ord. 5102. Passed 3-28-12; Ord. 5294. Passed 8-12-20.)