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^ Motion #4 Delete Section 101.2 (Scope) and amend it to clarify that the code applies only to exterior maintenance of owner occupied structures and that interior standards and inspections apply only as to rental licensing requirements. This would make the scope of the maintenance code consistent with staff recommendations. Interior health and life-safety standards should apply to owner occupied as well as rentals. Staff is observing more and more homes where elderly residents are not physically or financially able to maintain the interior of their homes. Some end up garbage homes, some end up clutter homes, some can't repair roof and/or plumbing leaks that extensively damage the interior of their home. These are often sold to companies that perform minimal repairs and then rent them out, becoming a visual nuisance to neighbors and lowering property values. Motion #5 Delete Section 104. 4(Right of Entry) Instead, create inspection rights and procedures as part of the rental licensing code. • Currently code enforcement staff (as with all other governmental bodies) is limited in ,._ its authority to enter a property by the Constitution. This Section merely clarifies that the code enforcement officer must follow the law (which would in these cases require a search warrant issued by a court). .�•, Motion #6 Delete Section 106.3 (Prosecution of Violations) This would remove the creation of strict liability misdemeanors, and the charging of liens against the property. Leave existing enforcement ordinances and procedures in place. Motion #7 Delete Section 106.4 (Violation Penalties) and all of Section 107 Leave existing enforcement ordinances and procedures in place. See, for example, the Hopkins Property Maintenance Code. • The violation penalties listed in Section 106.4 are authorities the city currently has available for use now. �