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The program works like this: Each year City Code Compliance officers define the areas to be <br />116 <br />inspected then send out a lettertelling property owners when someone from the City will by <br />117 <br />walking by their home making a visual inspection from the street to see if there are any <br />118 <br />apparent code violations. If violations are found(such as long grass or peeling paint),staff <br />119 <br />send a letter about the violation and work with the property owner to remedy the situation. <br />120 <br />The NEPhas performed over 22,642 residential and commercial property inspections since <br />121 <br />2008and eliminated 90% of the notedviolations. The program has received many supportive <br />122 <br />comments about its effectiveness and has been endorsed by the League of Women Voters. <br />123 <br />Attachment Fprovides the program outcomes since inception as well as the areas to be <br />124 <br />inspected in 2016. <br />125 <br />126 <br />Rental Licensing and Rental Registration <br />127 <br />Rental Licensing <br />128 <br />In 2014, the City of Roseville passed an ordinance requiring multifamily properties with more <br />129 <br />than 4 units to be inspected and licensed.Thisprogram is partially funded bythefees <br />130 <br />associated with the license application and partially by the Community Development <br />131 <br />Department. Designed to incentivize rental property owners to maintaintheirbuildings, each <br />132 <br />property is inspected and then given a rating based on the number of code violations found. <br />133 <br />The inspection includes a look at the site conditions, building exteriors, common areas such as <br />134 <br />mechanical rooms, and 25% of the individual units. <br />135 <br />Thisprogram has been well received by the property owners and has allowedCitystaffto <br />136 <br />provide vital educational information to property owners of buildings thatwerebuilt prior to <br />137 <br />some of thecurrent life safety requirements. Attachment Gprovides ayear-to-date summary. <br />138 <br />Rental Registration <br />139 <br />In 2008, the City of Roseville passed an ordinance requiring residential properties (with four <br />140 <br />or fewer units) used as rentals to register with the City. In the first year of the program, 358 <br />141 <br />properties registered with the City. In2015, 800 properties registered. This program is also <br />142 <br />funded by the fees associated with the reapplication and partially by the Community <br />143 <br />Development Department. The Rental Registration Program was adopted, in part, based on <br />144 <br />the recommendations of Imagine Roseville 2025 HousingGoals (Goal 6.C.2) , which <br />145 <br />recommended stronger codes for rental properties of 4 or fewer units,and also a task force <br />146 <br />that was formed to focus on understanding what the rental issues where in Roseville. The <br />147 <br />Rental Registration Program also provides a way to identify and quantify rental units within <br />148 <br />the City. <br />149 <br />In 2015, the RHRA hired an intern to review the ordinance and determine what if any changes <br />150 <br />were needed. As a result of that review, the ordinance now has a stated policy for late <br />151 <br />registrations and requires property owners to post a certificate of registration in the rental unit. <br />152 <br />Roseville Abatement Program* <br />153 <br />The Roseville Abatement Programwas firstfunded by the RHRA levyin 2008 with <br />154 <br />$105,000, which is used on a revolving basis to pay the upfront cost to execute an abatement. <br />155 <br />The cost of the abatement is then put on the property tax billand eventuallypaid <br />156 <br />back to the City by the property owner. <br />157 <br />Page 4of 7 <br /> <br />