The city supports the following requirements as previously adopted by Van Wert County:
(A) On or before January 1, 1992, every owner of 25 or more rental housing units located in 1 or more buildings in Van Wert County, was required to have filed with the Fair Housing Commission, a written report providing information set forth in the following paragraphs for the 3-month period which began with October 1, 1991, and for each 3-month period thereafter, every such owner is required to file with the board, within 30 days after the end of the 3-month period an additional written report.
(B) Reports filed hereunder shall be signed by the owner of the building or his or her authorized agent, shall be on a form to be supplied by the Board on request, and shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and address of each building, the name and address of the owner, the name and address of the managing agent, the name and address of the resident custodian, the total number of units in each building (excluding units rented or available for rent only to employees of the owner or of a managing agent), the approximate rental range for a 1-, 2-, and 3-bedroom apartment (if the building contains such a unit) and the number of units occupied on the last day of the 3-month period by 1 or more black persons and by 1 or more Spanish surnamed persons.
(2) The total number of applicants for rental units in each building during the 3-month period, and the number of such applicants who were black persons and Spanish surnamed persons. For purposes hereof, an applicant means a person who personally appears before the owner or a managing agent, whether at the building involved or at an office of the owner or of a managing agent, for the purpose of renting a unit, whether or not such person submits a written application.
(3) The total number of units in each building which were rented during the period, and the number of such units which were rented to 1 or more black persons and to 1 or more Spanish surnamed persons. For purposes hereof, a unit is rented during the period if during the period it becomes occupied by a new tenant who had not previously resided in the building.
(4) Report forms supplied by the Board shall include a request for voluntary information concerning minority employment practices of the owner or agent signing the report and concerning advertising by the owner or agent in media directed primarily to minority persons.
(1981 Code, § 100.05) (Ord. 6594-93, passed 12-27-1993)