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Owners of units, including rental units, subject to this chapter must file a written application with the building official and obtain a valid certificate of compliance for each rental unit prior to applying for a business license pursuant to Title 5 of this code. Applications for certificates of compliance may be obtained from the City Building Division. To be considered for approval applications for certificates of compliance must be complete in accordance with this chapter and any applicable regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter and include the current fee specified in regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
(Ord. 2017-06 § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 2007-06 § 1, 2007; Ord. 2006-01 §1, 2006)
Within twenty (20) working days of the time an application for Certificate of Compliance submitted to the Building Official is complete in accordance with this chapter, the Building Official shall cause the unit or units specified in the application to be inspected. The Building Official shall issue a Certificate of Compliance for units that comply with applicable laws. For units with a balcony, or balcony structure, the unit owner must have an inspection performed by a licensed general contractor, structural pest control licensee, licensed architect, or licensed engineer prior to the issuance of a certificate of compliance. If repairs are required, the licensed professional who performed the inspection may not also perform the repair.
(Ord. 2017-06 § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 2007-06 § 1, 2007; Ord. 2006-01 §1, 2006)
Nothing contained herein shall prevent or restrict the authority of the City's code enforcement officials to inspect any apartment, house or hotel, or the premises thereof, in response to a citizen complaint alleging code violations or other violations of law at such an apartment, house or hotel, and to pursue all code enforcement remedies permissible under this code or other laws following such a complaint-based inspection of an apartment, house or hotel.
(Ord. 2017-06 § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 2007- 06 § 1, 2007; Ord. 2006-01 §1, 2006)
Every owner of a rental unit located within the City shall permit the City's periodic inspection of the apartment, house and hotel, and the property on which such unit is located, following notice from the city. The building inspector, or his or her designee, shall cause each unit to be inspected once every three (3) years to ensure compliance with all applicable City ordinances or other laws relating to housing, including the substandard housing provisions of the Housing Code contained in Chapter 15.22 of this Code. The Building Inspector shall inform the unit owner if a periodic balcony inspection will be required by a licensed general contractor, structural pest control licensee, licensed architect, or licensed engineer.
(Ord. 2017-06 § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 2007-06 § 1, 2007; Ord. 2006-01 §1, 2006)
A unit that exhibits a deficiency or deficiencies shall be subject to re-inspections as set forth in the administrative regulations adopted pursuant to Section 8.30.170 of Chapter 8.30.
(Ord. 2017-06 § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 2007-06 § 1, 2007; Ord. 2006-01 §1, 2006)
The building inspector, or his or her designee, shall give a minimum of thirty (30) days advance written notice of the date and time of the periodic inspection to the owner of the unit and to the occupants thereof. Such notice shall provide the address and phone number where additional information concerning the inspection may be obtained. Notice to the unit's owner and occupants shall be mailed by first class mail to the owner's last known address as it appears in the records of the county assessor and to the unit's occupants.
(Ord. 2017-06 § 2 (part), 2017; Ord. 2007-06 § 1, 2007; Ord. 2006-01 §1, 2006)
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