156.01 Purpose | 156.09 Deletions |
156.02 Scope | 156.10 Amendments, Modifications, Additions, and Deletions |
156.03 Code Adopted | 156.11 Rental Certificate Requirements, Conditions, and Fees |
156.04 Code Reference | 156.12 Complaint by Tenant |
156.05 Interpretation | 156.13 Collection of Fees, Fines, Penalties, and Costs |
156.06 Indemnification | 156.14 Appeals |
156.07 Building Inspector | 156.15 Violations |
156.08 Fees | |
1. In compliance with Chapter 364.17 of the Code of Iowa, it is the purpose of this chapter to require property owners, their agents, and others who rent residential dwelling/sleeping units to meet their responsibilities with respect to premise safety and to provide for inspection as a means of compelling compliance therewith. It is not the purpose of this chapter to create any duty on the part of the City, its officers, agents, or employees, owing to any individual member of the public or to protect any particular or circumscribed class of persons. Specifically, it is not the intent of this chapter to create any duty or liability by the City, its officers, agents, or employees, to premises’ occupants, owners, tenants, or any other person.
2. No person shall place reliance upon this chapter, any inspections performed, or certificates issued pursuant to this chapter, as indicating the safety of or quality of construction of any particular premises. Neither this chapter nor inspections made pursuant thereto nor certificates issued are intended to assume the duty of any person to adequately construct and maintain a premises or provide a safe premises or to, in any way, indicate a decrease in the risk associated with the use of occupancy of any premises. A certification that the premises have been inspected pursuant to this chapter shall not in any way constitute a warranty or guarantee of the safety or quality of the premises.
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the maintenance, repair, equipment, use, and occupancy of all residential rental buildings and accessory structures now in existence or hereafter constructed, habilitated, renovated, or converted to residential use within the corporate limits, including, but not limited to, single- and two-family dwellings, multiple-family dwellings and rooming/sleeping units with the following exceptions:
1. Single-family dwellings occupied by the owner, or members of that owner’s immediate family. Such members are defined as parents, grandparents, children, and grandchildren.
2. A duplex, at least one of the units of which is occupied by the owner, and the other unit is occupied by a member of that owner’s immediate family. Such members are defined as parents, grandparents, children, and grandchildren.
3. Transient shelters and group homes subject to state licensing.
4. Hotels, motels, extended stay hotels, and other similar uses subject to state licensing.
For the purposes of this Residential Rental Code, the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) 2018 Edition and Appendix A therein along with the other provisions within this chapter are hereby adopted and shall be further known as the City of Waukee Residential Rental Code. An official copy of the International Property Maintenance Code, 2018 Edition, as adopted, and a certified copy of this chapter can be viewed in the Development Services Department.
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