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Department Approval <br />AEQUEST FOR, COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 03/17/0Z <br />Item No.: 9.a I <br />City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Consider Adoption of Rental Registration Ordinance <br />1.0 BACKGROUND <br />2 <br />1.1 Staff is requesting that that the City Council consider the adoption of an ordinance requiring the <br />registration with the city of rental properties that have I to 4 units. <br />5 <br />E"'I't, 1.2 The HRA established the Citizen Advisory Group in May 2006 with the specific purpose of <br />7 reviewing the draft rental licensing ordinance to study issues associated with rental properties and <br />to make recommendations to the RHRA on how it might address areas of concern. <br />1.3 The 14-member Citizen Advisory Group held 6 two-hour meetings throughout the summer. The <br />group reviewed data, heard from codes, building, police and fire staff as well as reviewed other <br />2 ordinances and their effectiveness. Over the course of their meetings, the group agreed that the <br />following are key issues regarding rental housing and housing codes in general. <br />�El Lack of accurate data on rental properties <br />5 �El Staff lack of authority to enter properties suspected of overcrowding <br />Protracted process for resolving complaints <br />7 �El Too many cars and lack of adequate parking <br />Impact of implementation of the new Property Maintenance Ordinance <br />20 1.4 The Citizen Advisory Group, supported by the HRA, recommended to the City Council that an <br />2 ordinance be drafted and adopted requiring a Rental Registration Program be established. <br />2 1.5 On August 20, 2007, staff presented a draft ordinance that required the registration of all rental <br />2,4 properties within Roseville that had between 1-4 units. The original ordinance allowed for the City <br />25 to inspect interiors of rental properties. Based on City Council discussion, staff was directed to <br />2 Ci, work with the City Attorney and remove language regarding the interior inspections and code <br />27 enforcement matters. <br />28 <br />2 1.6 On March 3, 2008, staff presented a revised draft ordinance to the City Council. The revised draft <br />has removed the language allowing the city to inspect interiors of the rental units. However, staff <br />and the City Council noted that there were still some corrections that needed to be made in order <br />2 to make the ordinance internally consistent with previous direction. The City Council tabled <br />action of the ordinance until the March 17, 2008 City Council meeting. <br />34 <br />Page I of 3 <br />