(a) The Commissioner of the Health Department shall issue a "Lead-Safe Certificate" upon the filing of all of the following with the Health Department:
(1) A completed application for a "Lead-Safe Certificate," to include the name, address, telephone number, and email address of the Owner of the Residential Rental Property or Family Child Care Home and the number of rental units at the address. In the case of ownership under partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, or other non-natural person entity, the application shall include the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses of all current partners, members, statutory agents, corporate officers, trustees, or executors that may exist under such ownership. The address for non-natural person entities shall be the principal place of business and the address for persons shall be the home address. If the Owner is located outside of Lucas County, the Owner shall designate in its application the name, address, telephone number, and email address of an Agent who is a natural person and who resides within Lucas County, as defined by this chapter. An Agent designated under this section shall be of sound mind and at least eighteen (18) years of age. It is the Owner's obligation to notify the Health Department, in writing, of any change in the name, address, telephone number, and/or email address of any Agent designated within sixty (60) days after the change occurs.
(2) A "Lead-Safe Report" issued by a "Local Lead Inspector," as defined in Section 1760.04, who has completed a "Local Lead Inspection" in compliance with the requirements of this Chapter, which "Lead-Safe Report" shall have been made and issued within six months of the Owner's application. In lieu of a "Lead-Safe Report" an application may contain the certification described in section 1760.05(b); and
(3) A filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per unit.
(b) The "Lead-Safe Certificate" shall expire from the date of issuance by the Commissioner as follows:
(1) five (5) years for any property that passes the visual and dust wipe inspection;
(2) twenty (20) years if the property has undergone a complete Lead Abatement designed for the single purpose of permanently eliminating lead hazards consistent with the provisions of Ohio law, or has been determined not to contain lead-based paint pursuant to section 1760.05(b) and a tested composite sample of soil from within the Dripline contains less than four hundred micrograms per gram of lead and a lead clearance examination has been performed by a licensed Lead Risk Assessor.
(c) Upon the sale, purchase, or transfer of ownership of Residential Rental Property or a Family Child Care Home constructed prior to 1978 and which is subject to this Chapter, the Commissioner of the Health Department shall issue an updated "Lead-Safe Certificate" in the name of the new Owner, upon application and receipt of a re-issue fee of $10.00. The updated "Lead-Safe Certificate" shall expire on the same date as indicated in the original Certificate.
(d) A new application for a "Lead-Safe Certificate" shall be made at least thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of the current Certificate. The application shall include the filing of a new "Lead-Safe Report" and filing fee.
(e) Previously issued "Lead-Safe Certificates" as of December 2016 will be recognized and grandfathered-in with an adjusted certificate date to reflect compliance with this Chapter.
(f) Previously completed clearance examinations from December 2016 to October 2020 without an issued "Lead-Safe Certificate" will be recognized but must be submitted with a new application for a "Lead-Safe Certificate." The application shall include the filing of the "Lead-Safe Report" and filing fee.
(g) All fees related to the Lead-Safe Certificate shall be deposited in the Lead Ordinance Fund of the Toledo Lucas County Health District to be used exclusively for the administration, implementation, and enforcement of this Chapter.
(Ord. 397-20. Passed 10-20-20; Ord. 48-23. Passed 1-24-23.)