A. Purpose And Intent: The City Council finds:
1. A significant portion of the City's housing stock consists of rental dwellings;
2. Proper management of rental dwelling housing is important to the health, safety, and welfare of persons residing in such housing as well as to City residents generally; and
3. A rental dwelling owner, or the owner's agent, who manages the owner's rental dwellings in accordance with applicable provisions of this chapter, thereby reducing demand for City services to such dwellings, shall receive a reduction in the disproportionate rental fee payable under section 5.04.070 of this title.
B. Establishment Of Landlord/Tenant Initiative Program: There is hereby established a Voluntary Incentive Program, to be known as the Landlord/Tenant Initiative (sometimes also referred to as a "Good Landlord Program") wherein disproportionate rental fees payable under section 5.04.070 of this title will be reduced for any owner of a rental dwelling who meets the requirements of this chapter.
1. All applicants for a rental dwelling business license shall be informed of the availability of the program.
2. The costs that constitute disproportionate costs and the amounts that are reasonably related to the costs of services provided by the City shall be as set forth in a disproportionate costs study adopted by the City Council by ordinance. (Ord. 31-17, 2017)