Laserfiche WebLink
Page 5 <br />absolutely no land to accomplish the additional parking stall, <br />staff would not require the impossible. Another example would <br />be allowing a reasonable time frame to accomplish costly, but <br />non-health/safety or welfare corrections. <br />8. Fees <br />Staff is proposing a license fee, a license transfer fee, and an <br />inspection fee. The license fee would cover the yearly inspection <br />and follow-up inspection for corrections. The inspection fee <br />would be applied if additional follow-up inspections need to be <br />made for corrections or an inspection is made in response to a <br />complaint. <br />Attached to this memo is a chart showing what various <br />communities charge for rental dwelling licenses. The norm for <br />which seems to be around $20.00 per unit. At $20/unit, a 68 <br />unit apartment would require a $1,360 yearly license fee. This <br />fee seems high. If we use a progressive scale whereby larger <br />buildings receive some sort of a discount, then smaller <br />apartments will pay more money per unit. Smaller apartment <br />buildings may have to charge higher rents because of the higher <br />license fee cost per unit, giving the larger apartments a <br />competitive edge. <br />Other communities charge a flat fee per building of say $150, <br />and then so much per unit. It is assumed that the flat fee is to <br />cover the paperwork that is needed to administer a license, <br />which is no harder for a large building than it would be for a <br />small building. Again, this system would favor larger buildings <br />as far as the cost of the license per unit. <br />Staff feels that it is unrealistic to charge enough at this point, <br />with the number of apartment units we have, to cover the rental <br />housing inspection program. However, approximately $20,000 <br />of license fees could be gathered to aid the program financially. <br />Staff does not expect the City Council to come up with a specific <br />fee at this point, but we would like your comments. <br />9. Which Units are Priority <br />Staff recommends starting the housing rental inspection <br />program with apartments. If an inspector is hired we would <br />anticipate all apartments being inspected and licensed in 1996. <br />• There will be numerous corrections, especially on the older <br />apartments, during the first round of inspections. These <br />cc-house/bz/stever <br />