(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)