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Item # 5_4. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Bob Ruprecht, Building Official DATE: December 13, 2010 SUBJECT: Building Safety Division Update The City recently implemented a rental inspection and licensing program. In 2010 rental licenses were voluntary for property owners and no fee was attached to the license. The Council requested a one year follow-up discussion to determine how to proceed for 2011. Rental licensing has been very time consuming and I would like to discuss how to proceed in the future with regard to fees and ordinance questions. Another question has been raised regarding our ordinance that states all rentals must be licensed but we have a number of zoned single family dwellings that have been converted into multiple dwellings. Our ordinance allows for only single family dwellings in R-1 districts. We have approximately forty volunteer rental applications that are either issued a license or pending inspections. Further, here is an update of other building safety activities. Although new single family building permits are again down this year, activity in our department has been exceptionally busy. Building permit activity has been high in the commercial areas of the city, with permits being issued for the expansion to UHG and new Depot apartment building. Along with that, numerous remodel and build-out permits were issued. On the residential side there were several hundred storm damage related permits issued along with the many repair and re- modelpermits associated with the foreclosures we experienced. We also have undertaken several new projects that including energy audits, rental inspections, and occasional snow plowing. I will be available at the Council meeting for questions and discussion. N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Community Development Divisions\2010\Bldg update to council 12-13-10.docx