18-18 Amend 1306.43 & 1306.44 Regarding Housing License Requirements

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Placed on first reading and referred to Hous- ing Committee 2/5/18, second reading 2/20/18, deferred 6/18/18, 7/2/18, 9/17/18. Recommended for adoption 9/10/18. Please substitute for the original. ORDINANCE NO. 18 -18 BY: Anderson, Bullock, George, Litter, O'Leary, O'Malley, Rader AN ORDINANCE to take effect on January 1, 2019, provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Sections 1306.43, Housing and Vacant Property cerise, aFA— Section 1306.44, License Application Form and Fee, Section 1306.45, Issuance of License, and Section 1306.47, License Expiration, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood in order to update the code with respect to the regulation of condominium associa- tions and unit owners and other housing license requirements in the City. WHEREAS, various provisions within Chapter 1306 of the Code stand to be amended in order to update the code with respect to the regulation of condominium associations and unit owners and other housing license requirements in the City; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised Code, municipalities have the power of local self - government; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Revised Code, municipalities have the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfare, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordi- nance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect on January 1, 2019, because of the timing of the licensure applications granted herein; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Section 1306.43, Housing and Vacant Property License, of the Codified Ordi- nances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 1306.43 HOUSING AND VACANT PROPERTY LICENSE. (a) Application. This section applies to: (1) Any structure or portion of any structure in which there are one or more rental dwelling units or in which a rooming house is operated, whether occupied or not; (2) Condominium property as defined in Ohio R.C. Chapter 5311, whether occupied or not, in which case the owner of the condominium property or the unit owners association shall be required to obtain the housing license as provid- ed herein; and (3) Vacant dwelling structures or commercial structures, whether rental prop- erty or not.