§ 8-87. Registration and inspection.

(a)

All buildings or structures within the scope of this article shall be registered with the city manager or his or her designee. See the fee schedule as currently established or as hereafter adopted by ordinance from time to time.

(1)

No person shall occupy rented buildings covered by this article unless a current, unrevoked registered rental certificate has been issued by the city manager or his or her designee, for the specific named dwelling.

(2)

No person shall operate or permit occupancy of buildings covered by this article unless a current, unrevoked registered rental certificate has been issued by the city manager or his or her designee in said person's name for the specifically named dwelling.

(b)

Failure to register as required by this section shall result in a fee as currently established or as hereafter adopted by ordinance from time to time in addition to the initial fee.

(c)

The city manager or his or her designee shall make an appointment by email to the owner/agent for inspection of the rental dwelling unit within 20 working days of filing for registration by the owner or his or her agent or expiration of the registered rental certificate. The owner/agent must contact the city manager or his or her designee at least 24-hours before the original inspection date, with an alternate date and time, to change the appointment.

(d)

The city manager or his or her designee shall inspect each unit registered and shall issue a registered rental certificate provided that provisions of this article are complied with.

(e)

If violations are found, a certificate will not be issued and the owner shall have 30 days to correct said violations. Any follow-up inspections, due to uncorrected violations or appointments missed by the owner/agent, will be charged an amount as currently established or as hereafter adopted by ordinance from time to time. A time extension may be granted by the city manager or his or

her designee upon evidence of extenuating circumstances. The owner shall complete a form as provided on the city's website to request an extension.

(f)

Less time to enforce a violation may be imposed by the city manager or his or her designee to correct a life or health threatening situation.

(g)

If the violations are not corrected by the time of the follow-up inspection, the owner shall be then given ten more days for corrective action and each follow-up inspection shall be charged to the owner at a cost as currently established or as hereafter adopted by resolution of the city council from time to time.

(h)

Violations not corrected within 60 days may be corrected by the city and the cost may be assessed against the property pursuant to section 16-113.

(Prior Code, § 8.82; Ord. No. 88-19, 10-3-1988; Ord. No. 92-04, 3-2-1992; Ord. No. 2010-10, § 5, 8-2-2010; Ord. No. 2017-04, § 1, 3-20-2017)