(a) If the residential rental property is found to have no deficiencies, the City will notify the owner or his agent of the results.
(b) The City will prepare a list of defects, if any, that he finds during the inspection, and forward the list to the owner or his agent when the inspection is completed. If no life-threatening health and/or safely defect is found, the owner will be given thirty days to repair the defect(s), unless the City deems that more or less time is needed. Once the allowed repair time expires, the City will conduct a re-inspection of the residential rental property.
(c) If all defects have not been repaired, the City will have discretion to provide the owner with additional time to repair the defect(s), or order alternative measure(s), which may include additional fees assigned by the City. All property owners or their responsible agent will be required to pay the standard inspection fee as set forth in Section 1484.06 for all re-inspections of a rental unit(s) for each and every re-inspection conducted to verify the correction of said property defects.
(d) If the City finds a life-threatening health and/or safety defect, he will immediately inform the owner or his agent. Any rental unit(s) directly affected by the life-threatening defect(s) shall not be reoccupied unless and until the life-threatening health and/or safety defect is repaired, and the City indicates such in writing.
(e) Each tenant shall be responsible for maintaining his respective rental unit in safe, sanitary, and secure condition, and abide by all duties imposed on him by all applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations.
(Ord. 5090. Passed 9-24-11; Ord. 5102. Passed 3-28-12; Ord. 5294. Passed 8-12-20.)