18-18 Amend 1306.43 & 1306.44 Regarding Housing License Requirements

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B. Vacant commercial or mixed -use building: $200.00 per structure. (e) Change of Information. The applicant shall inform the Building Commis- sioner in writing of any change in the information provided under subsection (b) of this section not more than 30 days after the change is made. (f) Corporations and Limited Liability Companies. if the applicant is a corpo- ration or a limited liability company, an officer of the corporation or managing member of the limited liability company shall provide the information required under subsections (a) and (b) of this section. (g) Other Business Entities. If the applicant is an association or partnership, a member or partner shall provide the information required under subsections (a) and (b) of this section. shall be repealed, and new Section 1306.44, License Application Form and Fee, shall be enacted to read as follows: 1306.44 LICENSE APPLICATION FORM AND FEE. (a) In General. An applicant for a housing or vacant property license shall: (1) Submit to the Building Commissioner or his or her designee (as used in this section, "Building Commissioner ") an application on a form prescribed by the Building Commissioner; and (2) Except as provided for in division (a)(3) of this section, in the case of an application for a housing license, certify that the applicant or an agent of the ap- plicant has complied with at least two of the following requirements if the appli- cant has not had a housing license declared null and void pursuant to Section 1306.48: A. That the applicant uses a written rental agreement as defined in Section 5321.01(D) of the Ohio Revised Code; or B. That the applicant uses a reputable tenant screening agency for criminal and eviction background checks; or C. That the applicant or agent of the applicant has within the past two years at- tended a landlord - tenant informational seminar approved by the Building Com- missioner; and (3) In the case of an application for a housing license, if the applicant has had a housing license declared null and void pursuant to Section 1306.48 in the pre- vious two years, certify that the applicant or an agent of the applicant has com- plied with all three of the requirements in Section 1306.44(a)(2) and demon- strate compliance with all outstanding citations or correction notices issued pur- suant to Chapter 1306 and with any outstanding fines or assessments issued pur- suant to Chapter 510; and (4) In the case of an application for a vacant property license, a copy of the declarations page for at least one policy of liability insurance covering the prop- erty and acknowledging that the property is vacant; and the combination to a Knox Box system or such other rapid -entry system of comparable quality au- thorized by the Chief of Fire containing keys necessary to aid the Division of Fire in obtaining access to the structure when responding to calls for an emer- gency service; and (5) Pay to the Building Commissioner the application fee established by this section. (b) Required Application Information. In addition to any other information re- quired on an application form, the application form shall require: (1) The applicant's name and the address of the applicant's principal place of business; and (2) A description of the dwelling structure and the structure's address, includ- ing unit numbers; and