(a) Application for a Certificate required herein shall be made by the owner, or an agent of the owner, upon forms provided by the Service Department. The Department shall inform the applicant that it has a constitutional right to refuse entry by City inspectors without a search warrant.
If the applicant shall consent to the inspection, the parties shall then agree to a time during the working hours of the Department, or at some other mutually agreeable time, when the inspection is to be made.
If the applicant refuses to consent to the inspection, the inspector of the Department shall procure a search warrant as provided by law to gain entry.
(Ord. 1989-89. Passed 7-11-89; Ord. 1996-181. Passed 3-18-97.)
(b) The following schedule for issuing a certificate of inspection shall be followed, except when weather conditions prohibit the inspection or where a longer period of time is required because of the larger number of units in a building or structure or other causes beyond the control of the City:
(Ord. 1991-66. Passed 5-7-91.)
(Ord. 1991-66. Passed 5-7-91.)
(1) Within five working days after receipt of the application and required fee, the inspector of the Department shall cause an inspection of the designated property to the made.
(2) The inspector of the Department shall then issue a certificate of inspection containing the following information within five working days after gaining access to the subject property:
A. The street address, permanent parcel number, or other identifying characteristics of the property;
B. The name and address of the owner, as defined in this chapter;
C. The authorized use and occupancy of the building or structure; and
(Ord. 1996-181. Passed 3-18-97.)
(Ord. 1996-181. Passed 3-18-97.)
D. An inspection report concerning the condition of the sidewalks, lateral sewers and, where applicable, individual residential sewage system on the subject property.
(Ord. 2004-128. Passed 10-5-04.)
(3) Except in the case of danger to the public health or safety, the certificate of inspection shall contain the order of the inspector of the Department for the correction of any Code violations noted on the certificate, which shall be corrected by the owner of the property within ninety days of the issuance of the certificate unless, for good cause shown, the inspector has extended that time for compliance. If the owner of a property does not comply with the violations enumerated in the certificate of inspection prior to the time the title is transferred to the purchaser, then the purchaser of that property shall be required to comply with the violations contained in the certificate of inspection within the time allotted in the notice given to the prior owner as that time may be extended by the inspector.
(4) Such certificate of inspection shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance.
(5) In case of resale within the one year period, this certificate shall be transferred to any subsequent bona fide purchaser and shall be valid for the remainder of that period.
(Ord. 1989-89. Passed 7-11-89.)
(c) In the event the violations are on property owned by a condominium association, the association will be notified of the violations and the association shall have ninety days from the date of the notification to correction the violations. Any violation that is to be corrected by the association will not prohibit or delay the transfer of the title to the condominium unit.
(Ord. 1996-181. Passed 3-18-97.)