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<br />· Will there be inspections prior to issuing a registration? <br />As discussed during the October 2008 'work session, this registration program does not <br />include an inspection component. This program is meant to locate rental units to help <br />with education, maintain contact information, and track rental trends. If, in the future, <br />inspections are needed, the program can be modified to require internal and/or external <br />inspections. <br /> <br />· What happens if a registration is reiected'! suspended'! or revoked? <br />While it would be against City ordinance to lease a dwelling unit without an approved <br />rental registration certificate, a city does not have the power to evict a tenant if the <br />property is in violation of the ordinance and a registration is denied, suspended, or <br />revoked. The attached letter from the City Attorney provides additional information on <br />enforcement (Attachment A). When there is a violation that goes unresolved, the City <br />would need to file a lawsuit against the property owner to require them to come into <br />conformance with the ordinance and resolve whatever violations led to the registration <br />being denied, suspended, or revoked. <br /> <br />· What is the registration fee and penalty fee? <br />Staff is proposing a registration fee of $40 per dwelling unit to cover the cost of the <br />program. The registration fee is intended to cover the cost of implementing, maintaining, <br />and enforcing the program. This fee can be adjusted up or down in subsequent years to <br />ensure that the program costs are being covered by the fee. The penalty fee for failing to <br />register a property is twice the registration fee. <br /> <br />In preparation for this program, staff is moving forward with obtaining the rental <br />registration module for PermitWorks, the recently purchased permit processing software. <br />Including the database software, staff time, City Attorney time, mailings, postage, and <br />educational materials, the estimated cost of the first year implementation and <br />maintenance is $11,000, though costs may fluctuate depending on the final number of <br />rental properties and the responsiveness of the property owners. For the sake of <br />budgeting, staff estimates that there are 280 rental properties, which would produce <br />$11,200 in revenue to cover the cost of the program. The City of Roseville is charging <br />$25/unit, and they were concerned that the registration fee was not covering the cost of <br />their program, though they are still in the early part of the program. <br /> <br />Residential Rental Properties <br /> <br />Of the nearly 2,900 dwelling units in the City, approximately 220 were classified as non- <br />homestead in April 2009. While a non-homestead classification is a good indicator of rental <br />housing, it does not mean that a dwelling unit is being rented. For example, a person may be <br />living there part of the year but homesteading in another state. Additionally, there is another <br />classification of homesteaded properties called "relative homestead." A relative homestead <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council meetingfor June 8, 2009 <br /> <br />\ \A hdocs 1 \ah \A Hdata \Plann ing \ Community Development\Community Enhancement Program\Rental Regulation \060809 - CC Memo - Rental <br />Registration. doc <br /> <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />