(a) The Building Commissioner is hereby authorized to make or cause to be made inspections once every three years, with periodic re-inspections in order to verify and ensure compliance with these inspection requirements throughout the three-year period, to determine the condition of dwellings, dwelling units, occupiable structures and premises located within the City, in order that he or she may perform his duty of safeguarding the health and safety of the occupants of dwelling units and occupiable structures and of the general public, and to determine whether they conform to the provisions of this Code. Such inspections may also be made whenever the Building Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of this Code exists therein or thereon.
(b) The Building Commissioner is authorized to revoke the housing license of any property to which the Building Commissioner is denied access to make an inspection after reasonable advance and prior notices provided to the property owner.
(c) No housing license shall be required for lawful one- and two-family structures occupied by the owners as the owners' principal residence.
(Ord. 2006-44. Passed 12-11-06.)