(a) Each permit may be revoked upon the city’s issuance of any notice of a fourth health, nuisance or other violation when the permit holder has been subject to three health, nuisance or other code violations resulting in citations and fines payable to the city within the previous three calendar years, excluding any notices or violations issued pursuant to § 96.100 or §§ 94.041, 94.043 and 94.044 of this Code, as to any property in the city.
(b) No action revoking a permit pursuant to this subchapter for a residential rental unit shall be undertaken by the city without notice and a reasonable opportunity for the owner to bring the unit into compliance with applicable city ordinances. The director of planning and development services shall have the authority to revoke any permit for a particular residential rental unit if it is determined that the property is in serious and continued substantial noncompliance with any applicable city ordinance.
(c) Appeals from a decision revoking a permit for a residential rental unit shall be pursuant to the appeals process of the International Property Maintenance Code and §§ 30.040 through 30.046 of this Code. No action revoking a permit for a residential rental unit shall be deemed effective until all appeals have been exhausted, including any appeal to circuit court, or the time for filing any appeal shall have passed without an appeal being filed.
(d) Once revoked, the property owner shall make an application for a residential rental permit if the property owner proposes to use the property as a residential rental unit. A permit shall not be issued until completion of the following:
(1) Abatement of any health, nuisance or other code violation at the property;
(2) Satisfactory city inspection and approval of the dwelling unit’s habitability; and
(3) Payment of all outstanding code enforcement citations issued by the city to the owner or responsible party for the subject property.
(1992 Code, § 11-113) (Ord. 111-03, passed 11-17-2003; Ord. 49-11, passed 7-5-2011; Ord. 109-23, passed 11-21-2023)