(A) The city shall provide the owner, agent or person in charge of the rental property to be inspected with at least a five-calendar-day notice of the inspection date and time. The inspection date and time shall neither include the weekends or holidays, nor hours earlier than 8:00 a.m. or later than 5:00 p.m. The owner, agent or person in charge of the rental property must accompany the inspector during the inspection. If access to the rental property is not possible because of the failure of the owner, agent or person in charge to appear within 15 minutes of the scheduled time, this shall be deemed a violation of good faith and a rescheduling fee of fifty dollars ($50) may be assessed for rescheduling the inspection, in addition to any otherwise applicable fees for such inspection. In the event of a second or any subsequent failure by the owner, agent or person in charge of the rental property to appear within 15 minutes of the scheduled time, the same shall be deemed a violation of this chapter and subject to the penalties set forth in this chapter.
(B) The initial inspection fee of the rental property shall be one hundred dollars ($100). If a subsequent inspection is reguired to address violations, the subsequent inspection fee shall be fifty dollars ($50). If the violations have not been corrected upon the third re-inspection, the property shall be deemed as uninhabitable for human habitation and no occupancy shall be allowed.
(C) The city’s Code Enforcement Officer, and/or Building Official or designee, shall inspect all common areas of multiple-family dwelling unit(s). If violations threatening to health and life are found, deeming the property as uninhabitable for human habitation, the violations must be abated before any occupancy will be allowed according to applicable provisions of the city’s Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. 21-037, passed 12-1-21)