86-07 Amend 1306.44 ID Adult Tenants & number of Minors

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PLEASE SUBSTITUTE FOR ORDINANCE N0. 86-07. placed on 1ST REDING & REFERRED TO THE RULES COMMITTEE 10/1/07, 2ND READING 10/15/07. BY: BUTLER & ORDINANCES ANTONIO, BULLOCK, DEVER, MADIGAN, POWERS, ORDINANCE NO 86-07 SUMMERS. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it received the affirmative vote of at least five (5) elected members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 1306.44 of the Codified Ordinances to add a requirement that applicants for housing licenses identify adult tenants and the number of minor tenants living in the residential property at the time of the application, WHEREAS, income tax revenues are lost to the City of Lakewood when working tenants living in non-owner-occupied homes fail to tender tax returns to the City and the City is unable to identify them; and WHEREAS, overcrowding in rental units is a violation of the Codified Ordinances and yet is rarely tracked by the City due to the City's lack of information regarding tenants; and WHEREAS, an updated code affecting housing licenses issued in the City of Lakewood is necessary to ensure that the City can better eliminate zoning and building violations occurring at properties throughout the City; and WHEREAS, the City and its residents have a vested interest in ensuring that all tax rev- enues are collected fairly from residents who utilize city services and that public safety officials are able to eliminate zoning and building violations occurring at properties in Lakewood; and WHEREAS, a requirement in the Codified Ordinances that landlords seeking housing licenses report the identities of their adult tenants and the number of minor tenants to the City will be beneficial to the people of Lakewood without being unduly burdensome on the landlords; and WHEREAS, the Ohio Constitution permits municipalities to exercise all powers of local self-government and to adopt and enforce within their limits such local police, sanitary and other similar regulations, as are not in conflict with general laws; NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City of Lakewood, State of Ohio, that: Section 1. That Section 1306,44 of the Codified Ordinances, currently reading as fol- Iows 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 condo- minium units -two dollars ($2.00); nonowner-occupied condominium units - six dollars ($6.00); owner-occupied three-family dwellings -twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per dwelling unit or rooming unit; all non- owner-occupied one and two-family dwellings seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per dwelling