The purpose of this Chapter is to establish certain responsibilities and duties of landlords and tenants essential to make such dwellings safe, sanitary, and fit for human habitation, to provide for registration with the Building Department, to provide for biennial property maintenance inspections, to require a certificate of compliance issued by the Building Department in order to occupy residential rental dwellings, and to designate penalties for violations of this chapter. Further, the purposes of this article are:
(a) To ensure that all non-owner-occupied multifamily and mobile/manufactured home housing units are being maintained in conformance with all applicable building and safety codes, rules, and regulations for the protection of the public health and safety of the residents of the rental units and the community;
(b) To proactively identify blighted and deteriorated rental housing stock and to ensure the rehabilitation or abatement of rental properties that do not meet minimum building and housing code standards, exterior maintenance standards, fire code standards, and site maintenance standards all in an attempt to create and maintain a healthy, safe and crime and nuisance free environment to further preserve and enhance the quality of life for the residents of the City living in multifamily and mobile/manufactured home dwellings, as well as the community as a whole;
(c) To regulate multifamily and mobile/manufactured home rental housing through registration, inspection, and certification to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and to achieve the goals of this Chapter; and
(d) To assist the City with information to provide more adequate police, fire, and emergency protection; more equal and equitable real and personal property taxation; better efficiency and economy in furnishing public utility services; and more comprehensive and informed planning and zoning for uses of land and structures within the City.
(Ord. 23-1036. Passed 7-5-23; Ord. 24-1042. Passed 6-5-24.)