(a) Application for Inspection. Whenever an owner, operator, occupant, bona fide prospective purchaser, mortgagee or bona fide prospective occupant applies to the Property Maintenance Officer for an inspection in order to ascertain if any section of this Real Property Maintenance Code has been violated, the Property Maintenance Officer shall, upon payment of the fee provided in subsection (d) hereof, cause an inspection to be made of the premises and issue an informational certificate or report of the inspection to the applicant, indicating therein any violations of this Code on the premises. The applicant for such inspection shall state in writing his full name, his address and the reasons and basis for which the inspection is requested. The Property Maintenance Officer may deny the application for failure to comply with this requirement.
(b) Application for Status Report. When, in lieu of an inspection, an owner, operator, occupant, lessee, bona fide prospective purchaser, mortgagee or bona fide prospective occupant requests a status report as to whether or not there are any known violations presently pending on the premises, a copy of any notice or order on any violation then pending shall be sent to the applicant upon payment of fees provided in subsection (d) hereof.
(c) Significance and Scope of Inspection or Status Report. No inspection report issued under subsection (a) hereof or status report issued under subsection (b) hereof shall be construed as providing a defense against any violation of this Code or any other ordinance of the City which may be discovered thereafter whether or not the condition or violation existed at the time of any such inspection or status report. The inspection or status report is provided as a convenience to the public and shall not constitute a limitation on the full enforcement of this Code. The inspection or status report shall include only such matters as are embraced in this Code.
(d) Inspection and Status Report Fees.
(1) The minimum fee for any inspection made pursuant to subsection (a) hereof shall be twenty dollars ($20.00). Dwellings of more than ten dwelling units or rooming units shall require an additional fee of fifty cents (50¢) for each unit in excess of ten.
(2) The fee for any status report or copy thereof issued pursuant to subsection (b) hereof shall be four dollars ($4.00).
(3) Neither the City nor any of its agents shall be liable to any owner or subsequent purchaser of real property for violations to this Code not discovered at the time of inspection of the premises.
(Ord. 1974-132. Passed 12-19-74.)