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POLICY OBJECTIVE It is the purpose of Roseville's Rental License ordinance to assure that Multifamily Rental Dwellings (MRDs) with 5 or more units in Roseville are decent, safe, sanitary, and well maintained. The implementation of an MRD licensing program is a mechanism to ensure that rental housing will not become a nuisance to the neighborhood; will not foster blight and deterioration; and/or will not create a disincentive to reinvestment in the community. The operation of an MRD is a business enterprise that entails responsibilities. Operators are responsible to assure that residents and children may pursue the normal activities of life in surroundings that meet the following criteria: safe, secure, and sanitary; free from crimes and criminal activity, noises, nuisances, or annoyances; and free from unreasonable fears about safety of persons and security of property. Property maintenance through the rental license ordinance is a key tool to preserving high-quality � residential neighborhoods. In addition, the Land Use chapter (Chapter 3) and the Housing and Neighborhoods chapter (Chapter 6) of the Comprehensive Plan support the City's efforts to maintain livability of the City's residential neighborhoods with specific policies related to property maintenance and code compliance. Policy 61 of Chapter 3 states that the City should promote maintenance and � reinvestment in housing and Policy 2.6 of Chapter 6 guides the City to use code-compliance activities as one method to prevent neighborhood decline. FINANCIAL IMPACTS The cost of Roseville's rentallicense program upon the Roseville Senior Apartment Building (with 127 � units) would be: •$20.00 per unit x 127 units =$2,540.00 • $100.00 per building = $100.00 • Tota1= $2,640.00 • Yearly Cost: o With a Type A license: $880.00 per year o With a Type B license: $1,320.00 per year o With a Type C license: $2,640.00 per year � o With a Type D license: $5,280.00 per year STAFF RECOMMENDATION �� Staff recommends that the Council deny Roseville Senior Apartment Building's request for an exemption from Roseville's rental license program and require the building be licensed and inspected as per City Code Chapter 908. REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION Deny Roseville Senior Apartment Building's request for an exemption from Roseville's rental license program and require the building be licensed as per City Code Chapter 908. Prepared by: Don Munson, Permit Coordinator ACtachments: A: Map of 1045 Larpenteur Avenue B: Exemption request letter C: Email regarding request for exemption Page 2 of 2