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1.7 The revised ordinance (Attachment A) has the following substantive changes from the March 3, 2008 draft: 7 1.7.1 A definition of unit" has been added that is a little different than suggested by Councilmember Roe, Please review, 440 44 1.7.2 Section 907,05(2) was rewritten in order to simplify the language, Please review, 42 1) 1.7.3 907.07 has been considerably revised, The listing of violations that may lead to 44 Z the revocation or suspension of the rental registration was moved into 907.07 44 5 (from 907.09 in the previous draft), The "appropriate action" language was 44 stricken in order to remove any ambiguity regarding what it is. Also, the 44 7 previous ordinance had the three strikes concept that could lead to registration 44 suspension or revocation. That has been removed and the ordinance now allows 44 the City to suspend/revoke the license after on one violation. It is staff's opinion 50 that there may be such egregious violations of laws, codes, or ordinances that the 5 City will need to take action after the first violation, 52 2.0 POLICY OBJECTIVE 5 `31' 5,4 2.1 The adoption of the rental registration is consistent with findings of the Citizens Advisory Group 55 on Rental Housing and Imagine Roseville 2025 Housing Goals with the development of more 5 Ci, stringent codes for rental properties of four or fewer units. (Goal 6.C.2) 57 3.0 FINANCIAL IMPACTS 3.1 At the August 20, 2007, City Council meeting it was stated that fees collected as part of the registration would generate about $25,000 in revenue with the anticipated cost of implementing the program was estimated to be about $50,000. However, these figures anticipated larger staff costs 2 due to the requirement of interior inspections. As this is no longer the case, staff anticipates most ("JJ3 of the time needed to implement and manage the rental registration program cost will be able to be absorbed by existing staff. Start up costs for the creation, printing, and mailing of rental 5 registration forms are not expected to cost more than $5,000.00, with annual costs of about $29500.00. Cii 7 3.2 Staff anticipates that revenue will be lower than projected. Depending on what fee is charged for rental registration and how many units will be registered, staff is estimating that between $12,500 to $20,000 can be generated. 70 4.0 STAFF RECOMMENDATION 7 72 4.1 Staff recommend adoption of the rental registration ordinance as contained in Attachment A and 7 `31' the adoption of the rental registration ordinance summary in Attachment B. 7,4 75 5.0 REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION 7 Ci,