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Attachment A Multi- family Rental Housing Licensing The purpose of this program is to protect the public health, safety and welfare of citizens of the City who occupy rental units in Multi- family properties. This would be achieved by adopting a Rental Dwelling inspection program to provide minimum maintenance standards for existing and newly constructed Multi- family rental properties in Roseville, MN. The Multi- family rental housing licensing program would be required for dwellings that have more than 4 units. Properties that are licensed care facilities will be exempt from an inspection program. The program would be set as follows: • Initially all units in each property would be inspected. • Inspections will be done by third -party inspectors. • The City will maintain a list of approved "City- licensed inspectors" and will provide evaluation guidelines for inspections. • Based upon results of the inspections, properties will then be issued a License Type A, B, C, or D. • The City- licensed inspector will send a copy of the inspection to both the City and the rental property owner or their designee. • Costs for having the City - licensed inspector will be paid by the rental property owners and is separate from the license fee. A completed application form and the license fee must also be submitted. The City license fee is $100 per building and $10 per unit. The license will be effective based upon the classification of the property. Property owners who fail to obtain or renew a license within 30 days of expiration will result in a $500 penalty; the penalty will double every 2 weeks it remains unpaid. Prooertv Licensing Requirements The type of license (A, B, C, or D) a property owner receives will be determined by the overall number of property code violations identified during the initial inspection. In addition, the City may, upon receipt of creditable third party complaints or residents with reasonable concerns, require an inspection of a unit. Upon a complaint based inspection the city may require additional units to be inspected. Upon that inspection, the City may require a license category criteria inspection be performed using the same standards as the license renewal inspection (see table below). After the initial 100% inspection, the minimum inspection standards will be followed for license renewal: At least 35% of units will be inspected for properties that have between 5 —20 units. At least 25% of the units will be inspected for properties that have more than 21 units. Type A Recommended Phase 1 Once every 3 years - - (recommended) Type B Attend 25% Phase 1 Once every 2 years - - Type C Attend 50 % Phases 1 & 2 Once a year - - Required and may Type D Attend 75 % Phases 1, 2, & 3 Once every 6 months be brought forth Required to Council. Draft —for discussion purposes only 2 -19 -13