Upon receipt of a completed application, such application to be provided by the City of Sleepy Eye, for any rental license, the City Clerk shall forward a copy of such application to the rental inspector, whereupon the inspector shall, within ten (10) days after receiving such application, inspect the dwelling to be licensed to determine whether such dwelling complies with the provisions of applicable codes. No rental license shall be issued by the City unless the dwelling complies with provisions of this Code which pertain to such dwelling. In addition, no license shall be issued if the dwelling does not meet the requirements of this chapter. An inspection shall be completed with every license application.
Period allowed for correction of inspection violations shall be set by the rental inspector but shall not exceed thirty (30) days unless such violations threaten life and health which shall not exceed ten (10) days. The rental inspector shall notify the owner and property manager, if any, as named in the application, shall be notified of inspection violations via first class mail or hand delivery to the address in the application.
The City shall notify the owner if a license is denied, or the license is being suspended, revoked, or not renewed. A suspension or revocation shall take effect thirty-five (35) calendar days after the date of the notification order, or at such late date as set out in the notification. (Ord. 147, 7-9-2019)