(a) The owner or operator of a premises with a rental unit shall have the exterior of the premises, its structures and its rental units inspected minimally every 3 years, to determine compliance with the Health, Safety and Sanitation Code, Nuisance Code, Housing Code, and Zoning Code, under the following circumstances:
(1) If two or more notices and orders to comply have been issued to the owner or operator pursuant to Section 1341.04 or Section 1341.05 of this Chapter, excluding failure to register, within any two year period, concerning the same premises, and have not been complied within the time provided in the notices and orders to comply, the premises that was the subject of the notices and orders to comply shall be subject to semi-annual mandatory inspections as specified in this section;
(2) If the owner or operator has been convicted of a violation of this Chapter, all premises and structures with a rental unit that the owner owns or that the operator operates shall be subject to semi-annual mandatory inspections as specified in this section; and
(3) If the owner or operator has had a premises ordered razed by the Housing Appeals Board pursuant to Section 1341.08 of this Chapter, all premises and structures with a rental unit that the owner owns or that the operator operates shall be subject to semi-annual mandatory inspections as specified in this section.
(b) A notice and order to comply that is outstanding on or after January 1, 2004, or that is issued subsequent to December 1, 2003, may constitute an uncomplied notice and order to comply for purposes of enforcement of the semi-annual mandatory inspections required by subsection (a)(1) hereof.
(c) A conviction that was obtained on or after January 1, 2003 shall constitute a conviction for purposes of enforcement of the semi-annual mandatory inspections required by subsection (a)(2) hereof.
(d) No owner or operator of a premises with a rental unit shall fail to obtain a rental unit mandatory inspection from the Department of Community Development, Code Enforcement Division when the provisions of this section require a rental unit mandatory inspection.
(e) A rental unit semi-annual mandatory inspection fee, per rental unit, shall be imposed as follows, or as the City Commission shall subsequently establish by regulation:
(1) A fee of $125.00 for a premises with one rental unit;
(2) A fee of $175.00 for a premises with two rental units;
(3) A fee of $225.00 for a premises with three rental units;
(4) A fee of $250.00 for a premises with four rental units; and
(5) A fee of $265.00 for the first rental unit on a premises with five or more rental units, and a fee of $15.00 per rental unit for each additional rental unit on the premises.
(f) A rental unit mandatory inspection re-inspection fee, per rental unit, for each re-inspection semi-annually subsequent to the first two inspections semi-annually, per rental unit, shall be imposed in the amount of $50.00, or as the City Commission shall subsequently establish by regulation.
(g) Money collected under this section shall be used exclusively for the purpose of funding and administering rental unit mandatory inspections by the City.
(Ord. 15-181. Passed 12-14-15.)
(Ord. 15-181. Passed 12-14-15.)