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A rental unit registration shall be for up to a three year period. An initial registration shall commence on the date of registration and end on December 31 of the third year. Rental registration renewals shall commence on January 1 of the first year of the renewal and end on December 31 of the third year. The city will mail application forms for registration renewal to registered rental unit owners or to their designated local property managers on or before October 1 of the last year of the registration term. Completed applications for registration renewals must be delivered to the city no later than November 15. Failure of the city to mail registration renewal application forms or failure of an owner or local property manager to receive a registration renewal application form does not excuse or waive the registration required by this subchapter.
(Ord. 2-2018, passed 2-20-2018)
Every new owner of a rental unit, whether fee owner or contract purchaser, shall furnish to the City Administrator the new owner's name, address, phone number and fax number and the name, address, phone number and fax number of the new owner's designated local property manager within 60 days of taking possession of the rental property upon closing of the transaction. No new registration fee is be required of the new owner during the year in which such possession takes place, provided that the previous owner has paid all registration fees and has complied with all requirements of this subchapter and any violations of health, zoning, fire or safety codes of the city. If any change in the type of occupancy as originally registered is contemplated by the new owner, a new registration application will be required.
Each rental unit registration holder must post the rental unit registration in a conspicuous spot near the front entry to the rental unit in a public corridor, hallway or lobby if the rental unit is in a multi unit building. In the event a rental unit is a single family home, or is three units or less, delivery of a copy of the rental unit registration in person or by mail to the tenant is required. Failure to post or deliver the registration and keep the registration posted, if required, is a petty misdemeanor, but is not grounds for termination of registration.
Every rental unit must be maintained in compliance with the Building Code, dwelling maintenance standards, nuisance ordinance and noise ordinance of the city as set forth in Mahnomen City Ordinances, respectively as now in force and hereafter amended, revised or replaced, and in compliance with all other standards, ordinances, laws and regulations governing use, occupancy, construction and maintenance of property and conduct of persons in or on that property.
(A) Fire Department personnel, police officers, the City Health Officer, City Building Inspector, City Administrator and their respective designees and representatives, are hereby authorized to make inspections reasonably necessary to the enforcement of this subchapter.
(B) All persons authorized herein to inspect shall have the authority to enter, at all reasonable times, any rental unit or structure containing a rental unit, registered or required to be registered, for the purpose of enforcing this subchapter.
(C) Written notice of a violation of this subchapter may be given to the registration holder by certified mail directed to the address of the registration holder as shown by the Administrator's registration application file. The notice may contain a compliance order stating that compliance with this subchapter shall be made immediately and, in that case, the notice shall advise the registration holder that the property may be re-inspected in not less than 15 days, unless extended by the Administrator, based on good cause.
(D) A registration holder may appeal to the City Council the requirements of any compliance order by filing a written appeal with the office of the City Administrator no later than ten days after the date of issuance of the compliance order. The City Administrator should schedule a hearing within ten days after filing of the notice of appeal. Enforcement of the compliance order shall be stayed pending the decision of the City Council on the appeal. The City Council may reschedule the hearing as the Council determines is necessary.
(Ord. 2-2018, passed 2-20-2018)
(A) No owner or other person shall occupy or let to another person any rental unit unless it and the premises are clean, sanitary, fit for human occupancy, and comply with all applicable legal requirements of the state and the city.
(B) For every rental building the rental unit owner shall provide for garbage pickup service.
(C) For every rental building of three or more units, the rental unit owner shall provide garbage or refuse cans and bulk storage containers sufficient to meet the needs of the occupants of the units.
(D) For every rental unit the owner shall provide for city water and sewer service.
(E) The owner of a rental unit shall be responsible for providing and hanging all screens and storm windows and storm doors whenever the same are required under the provisions of this subchapter or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, except where there is a written agreement between the owner and the occupant. In the absence of such an agreement, maintenance, or replacement of screens, storm doors, and windows, once installed in any one season becomes the responsibility of the occupant. The occupant's responsibility shall be exclusive to his or her dwelling unit.
(F) In every dwelling unit when the control of the supplied heat is the responsibility of a person other than the occupant, a temperature of at least 65 degrees Fahrenheit shall be maintained in all habitable rooms, bathroom, and water closet compartments at a distance of 36 inches above the floor level.
(G) Every owner of a dwelling unit shall provide and maintain the dwelling unit free from hazards to health due to the presence of toxic substances as determined by the appropriate authorities.
(H) The City Administrator shall administer this section of the subchapter and may delegate administration to a designee authorized in writing by the City Administrator.
(I) If the Administrator determines that a violation of this section has occurred, then the Administrator will give notice of the violation to the registration holder and will direct that the registration holder to take steps to prevent further violations.
(Ord. 2-2018, passed 2-20-2018)
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