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City C®uneil Study Sessi®n M®nday, August 20, 2007 Page 18 Councilmember Pust concurred with Councilmember Roe's recollec- tion, opining that her recollections indicated that the advisory group's recommendation called for a two (2) year data gathering opportunity prior to taking the enforcement step. Further discussion included registration versus licensing programs; whether to consider multi-family rentals beyond smaller unit rentals; inspection considerations and issues; identifying smaller rental units; and whether to remove enforcement issues from the proposed ordi- nance to allow for data gathering and monitoring. Ms. Bennett clarified her perception of Council direction, to be an or- dinance addressing mandatory rental property registration, with no method to address problem properties. Ms. Bennett opined that her understanding of the issue was that the existing code addressed exte- rior issues, but no provisions were currently available to access the in- terior to determine safety and health compliance and avoid potential negative ramifications. ®n uns®n, City ®f ®seville wilding f~eia Mr. Munson advised that a large problem was in overcrowding, and the need for staff to access interiors to determine any health and safety concerns. Discussion included finding common ground between rental property owners and I-IRA objectives; tools in existing code to allow staff to determine any problem properties, whether rental or owner-occupied, related to health and safety concerns; willingness of property owners to register their rental properties; and areas of the draft ordinance not incorporating written legal opinions and comments from the City At- torney. It was Council consensus that staff return with a more refined and ed- ited version for a rental property registration ordinance, excluding code enforcement issues. However, staff was requested to keep those code enforcement revisions for later Council consideration.