Tenants may deposit their rental payments into a REAP account only after the Director-DPH has certified that the work necessary to abate the lead hazards in the unsafe residential unit has not been performed by the owner. Such certification shall be based on a written report by a citing department containing the following information: the estimate for the abatement work; the amount of monies available from the Health Code Article 11 abatement fund ("Payment of Property Owner's Delinquencies for Abatement and Removal of Nuisances"); those monies which are likely to be made available from the Health Code Article 11 abatement fund within the next month; and, the amount of money likely to be collected from rental deposits by tenants into REAP accounts pending completion of the anticipated abatement work. The Director-DPH shall make his or her decision to utilize the REAP at a particular building based on the information contained in this report and on any other factors which are reasonable under the circumstances.
The Director-DPH shall notify all affected tenants by mail of the utilization of REAP, including an explanation of how rental payments may be deposited into the account. A record of all deposits made by tenants shall be maintained by the Director-DPH. The Director-DPH shall provide, at least once a month for the duration of rent deposits into REAP accounts, a report to the landlord and the tenants concerning the activity in the REAP accounts, including but not limited to, provision for payment of reasonable administrative costs pursuant to Section 74.11. The records of such account(s) shall be reasonably available for public inspection.
(Added by Ord. 398-96, App. 10/21/96; amended by Ord. 328-00, File No. 001923, App. 12/18/2000)