(A) All Rental Housing Properties and Rental Housing Units are subject to routine periodic inspection by the City as provided by this chapter to determine whether they comply with applicable provisions of this Code. Specifically the maintenance or the failure to maintain any real property, structures, or uses or activities thereon in violation of any of the provisions of Titles III, IV, V, VII, IX and X of the Madera Municipal Code, or as specified in Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 17920.3 et seq., or of the State Housing Law or § 104 of the Uniform Code for Building Conservation, except those Rental Housing Units inspected through the Self-Certification Program where a minimum of 10% of such units shall be subject to routine periodic inspection by the City.
(B) If there are multiple Rental Housing Units on a single Rental Housing Property, the inspection shall be made of all Common Areas and all Rental Housing Units.
(C) The Owner or Local contact representative, or their designee, shall be present at the Rental Housing Property at the time of the inspection. The time of the inspection shall be the time indicated in the notice issued pursuant to § 4-16.12 of this Code, or the time that the inspection was properly re-scheduled in accordance with § 4-16.13 of this Code. Violation of this subsection may result in the imposition of a re-scheduling fee.
(D) The frequency of such routine periodic inspections shall be set on a three year basis where each Rental Housing Property or Rental Housing Unit subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be inspected at least once every three years unless otherwise set pursuant to § 4-16.09 or § 4-16.15 of this Code.
(Ord. 942 C.S., passed 6-21-17)