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<br />allows a property owner to homestead a property through a relative that lives at the property, but <br />the property owner does not actually live at the property. Relative homesteads are not tracked <br />separately from traditional homesteads in the Ramsey County property database, but a relative <br />homestead would be considered a rental property. Based on a comparison of the owner names to <br />the homesteaded names in the property database, staff estimated between 60 and 70 relative <br />homestead properties in the City. Since this is a new program, it will take time to locate and <br />educate property owners on the registration requirements. <br /> <br />Education <br /> <br />Educating property owners and tenants on City regulations is a primary component of this <br />programe Staff is in the process of preparing an educational pamphlet and an update to the <br />website to facilitate this process and educate property owners. An article for the newsletter will <br />also be prepared. The materials will be made available to the City Council as s,oon as they are <br />completed. The educational materials will be distributed with every rental registration. <br /> <br />Implementation/Work Plan <br /> <br />The ordinance provides 120 days for existing properties to register after the adoption of the <br />ordinance, which would be October 17, 2009. Our goal is to have the initial round of <br />registrations complete by the end of August or early September. In conversations with Roseville <br />staff and their relatively new program, the implementation step has taken them more time than <br />they originally anticipated. <br /> <br />The first round of letters should go out by the end of June with registration processing starting in <br />July. By the end of July, a reminder letter will go out to those properties that did not respond. If <br />the property is not a rental property, they will still need to respond to the City so that we know it <br />is not a rental property. <br /> <br />After this year, the registration will expire at midnight on June 30 of each year. Staff chose a <br />date mid-year so as to spread out the work from the business licensing program, which requires <br />renewals at the end of each year, and because a mid-year date is more in line with student rental <br />timeframes. <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills <br />City Council meetingfor June 8, 2009 <br /> <br />\ \Ahdocsl\ah\AHdata\Planning\Community Development \ Community Enhancement Program\Rental Regulation \060809 - CC Memo - Rental <br />Registration. doc <br /> <br />Page 4 of 5 <br />