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Page 4 <br />The Police Department views this section as an aid to work with <br />the landlord to remove disorderly tenants. The Police <br />Department feels that the only landlords that would have a <br />problem with this section are those that condone disorderly <br />conduct. Calls for service in apartments buildings are extremely <br />high in comparison to a typical single-family home. The Police <br />Department feels this section is critical and would work hand in <br />hand with a program they are developing in cooperation with <br />local landlords called "Crime Free Multi-Housing Program." <br />6. Tenant List <br />Section 1007.06 (4) (B) (ii) (b), found on page 8 of the attached <br />ordinance, requires that landlords provide a list of all occupants <br />including their date of birth, social security number, and drivers <br />license number. This tenant list is also being recommended by <br />the Police Department. Social Security numbers are protected <br />information. Therefore, the Police Department is recommending <br />this item not be required information. <br />Apparently there is an abnormally high number of felons and <br />others with outstanding warrants that abide in apartments. <br />• Unlike asingle-family home where you can control who is under <br />your roof, in an apartment building tenants could have a child <br />molester living under the same roof and not know it. <br />7. Health Safety Welfare VS Aesthetics <br />Section 1007.16 titled "Exterior Premises" found on page 12 of <br />the attached ordinance, deals with the aesthetics of the rental <br />premise. Issues such as landscaping, screening, and lighting, <br />were not added to this section because they are dealt with <br />adequately in our zoning ordinance. <br />Staff feels the priority with the housing ordinance must be the <br />health, safety, and welfare of the tenants. However, the <br />aesthetics of rental dwellings is also important to adjacent <br />property values and the general image of the city. This section <br />may be getting into issues that some of the council were not <br />anticipating, however, staff recommends we keep this section in <br />the ordinance. <br />The requirements of this section must be administered with <br />• some flexibility. For example, if an existing apartment is one <br />parking stall shy of what would normally be required, but has <br />cc-house/bz/stever <br />