29-04 Amend 1306.44 License Application Form & Fees

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PLACED ONi IST READING& REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEB 3/15/04. PLACED ON 2ND READING 475/04. DEFERRED on 4/19/04. ORDINANCE NO. 29-04 FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie. An ORDINANCE to amend section 1306.44, License Application Form and Fee, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose of updating housing license fees and paying the cost of periodic inspections. WHEREAS, the preservation and maintenance of the housing stock of the City is vital to the preservation of the high quality of life enjoyed by the residents of Lakewood, and WHEREAS, studies and inspections made by the Building Department, Community Development Department and independent agencies all confirm that the greatest concentration of code violations and deteriorat on occurs in rental dwelling unitS, and WHEREAS, consultants and experts both inside and outside City government agree that regular and frequent inspections of the category of residential units in which violations are most likely to occur are the most cost-efficient method of guarding against deterioration, and WHEREAS, housing license and inspection fees have not been increased since 1998 and the costs of issuing housing licenses and conducting inspections has materially increased. Now therefore, BE rf ORDAINED BYTHE C~q~' OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. That Section 1306.44, License Application Form and F~e, ofthe Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood currently reading as follows: 1306,44 LICENSE APPLICATION FORM AND FEE. (a) Every application for a housing license shall be on a form approved by the official charged with the enforcement of this Code. It shall state the name and address of the applicant, the nature and extent of his interest in the building for which the license is required, the name and address of the owner of the building, the location of the building, the number of rooms therein, the number of dwelling units therein, the number of rooming units therein and such other information as may be required by the official charged with the enforcement of the Code. (b) The housing license fees shall be as follows: oWner-occupied condominium units - two dollars ($2.00); .nonowner-occupied condominium units - six dollars ($6.00i; owner-occupied three-family dwellings - twenty-five dollars ($25.00); all other structures requiring housing licenses pursuant to Section 1306.43 - twenty dollars ($20.00) per dwelling unit or rooming unit. (c) Housing license fees shall be for the purpose of paying the cost of periodic inspection and in no case shall the fee provided for herein be less than twenty dollars ($20.00) per building nor more than: Multiple-family buildings and rooming units in which individual suites and/or rooms must be inspected - two thousand dollars ($2,000); Condominium buildings in which common areasf including exteriors, will be inspected - one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).