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IV.CityProfileandInterviewSummary <br />Methodology <br />ThisreportfocusesontheapplicabilityofrentallicensingprogramstotheCityofRoseville,amedium <br />sizedsuburbofSt.Paul,Minn.Assuch,inselectingcitiesforanalysis,populationandhousingstocksize, <br />minedaresimilarinsizetoRosevilleand <br />andsuburbanclassificationwereconsidered.The13citiesexa <br />consideredsuburbancommunitiesofMinneapolisandSt.Paul.Twelvecitieshadexistingrentallicense <br />programs.TheexceptiontothisistheCityofRochester,Minn.,whichisalargerurbanizedcenter. <br />Rochesterwasselectedforexaminationbecauseinadditiontolicensingrentalhousingunits,the <br />programrequireslandlordstobelicensedaswell.Stafffromcitydepartmentsadministeringrental <br />licenseprogramswascontactedviaemailtoprovidebackgroundinformationandscheduleatelephone <br />interview.Theinterviewquestionsusedwerebasedonapreviousstudyofrentallicensingprograms <br />conductedbytheCityofMilwaukeein2003andcanbefoundinAppendixAofthisreport.Interviewees <br />wereaskedaboutmotivationsforstartingarentallicensingprogram,detailsonfeesandinspections,as <br />wellasadministrativeandotherchallenges.Atablesummarizingprogrammaticdetailsforeachcitycan <br />befoundinAppendixB. <br />ProfileandInterviewSummary <br />Ofthecitiesthatwereexaminedforthisproject,twocitieshadrentallicensingprogramsoperationalfor <br />morethan40years.Rochesterhadtheoldestoperationalrentallicensingprogram,establishedin1967. <br />Sevencitieshaveprogramsthatwerestartedwithinthelasttenyears.Whileall13citieshavecitywide <br />licenseprograms,thereisvariationamongcitiesregardingwhattypesofrentalunitsrequirelicensing. <br />LicenseTypes <br />Citiesthatoffervaryinglicensetypestypicallydosobecausetheyhavedifferentinspection <br />requirementsforsmallerbuildingsandsinglefamilyhomesanditallowsthemtoclassifypropertiesin <br />needofmorefrequentinspections.BrooklynCenterandShoreviewlicenseallresidentialrentalunits <br />butprovidedifferenttypesoflicensesforbuildingswithfewerthanfourunits.Fiveofthecities <br />interviewedalsouseprovisionallicenses,whichofferasortofprobationaryperiod,typicallysixmonths. <br />Aprovisionallicenseisgiventoapropertyownerwhohasmultipleegregiousviolationsthatremain <br />unrepaireddespiterepairordersfromthecity.Inmanycases,aprovisionallicenseisthestepbefore <br />suspensionorrevocationofalicense.Whileholdingaprovisionallicense,apropertyownerissubjectto <br />morefrequentinspectionsandhigherpenaltyfeesfornoncompliancewithcitycode.Additionally, <br />BrooklynCenteroffersfourdifferentlicensetypesbasedonthenumberofcodeviolationssincethelast <br />initialinspectionandontheaveragenumberofpolicecallsperunitinamultifamilybuilding. <br />10 <br /> <br />