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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 693ORDINANCE NO, 693 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO HULTIPLE DWELLINGS AND THE LICENSING THEREOF, THE CITY OF COLUHBIA HEIGHTS DOES ORDAIN: Section No person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert, use, o¢cppy, maintain, operate or allow any multiple dwelling in the City of Columbia Heights to be used, occupied, maintained or operated contrary to this ordinance. Section 2. "Multiple Dwelling" is herein defined as any building or structure containing therein three or more dwelling units whether used solely or exclusively for residential purposes or otherwise. Section 3. No person, firm or corporation shall allow to be occupied or let to another for occupancy any unit in a multiple dwelling, except hotels, for which a registration statement has not been properly made and filed in duplicate with the building inspector. Said registration statement shall be made and filed within sixty (60) days after February 24, 1969, en forms furnished by the building inspector for such purpose and shall set forth be following information: Name and address of the owner of the multiple dwelling. In cases where the owner of the multiple dwelling lives out§ide of Columbia Heights city limits, the registration shall be made by an operator who shall be legally responsible for compliance with this and other City of Columbia Heights ordinances. The operator shall live in Columbia Heights. Name and address of any operator or agent actively managing said multiple dwelling. Name and address of alt partners (if the registrant is a partnership). Name and address of all officers of the corporation (if the registrant is a corporation). e o Name and address of the vendees if the multiple dwelling is being sold on a contract for deed. f. Legal address of the multYple dwelling. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. Number and kind of units within the multiple dwel 1 ing. Number of toilet and bath faci. litles shared by the odcupants of two or more units. i. Heights of the multiple dwelling in stories. j. Construction of the exterior of the building. k. Total floor area of the building. Total area provided on premises for off-street parking. Number of automobiles maintained and parked upon the premises. Execution of statement. Registration shall be subscribed and sworn to by the registrant before an officer duly qualified to take oaths and shall be made by the owner if the owner is a natural person; if the owner is a corporation, by an officer thereof; if the owner is a partnership, by a partner thereof; and if an unincorporated association, by the manager or managing officer thereof. Renewal of registration is required annually by this ordinance and shall be made by filling out the required renewal forms furnished by the building inspector. Such renewal of registrations may be made only where there has not been a change in the ownership, operator, agent or type of occupancy as originally registered. No such registration shall be assignable. If the name or address of any of the persons required to be registered shall change, or if any change is made in the number or type of units registered, then new registration statements shall be properly made and filed with the building inspector within ten (lO) days from the date of such change. All multiple dwellings, except hotels, shall be registered annually. Commencing with the year t970 the registration of all multiple dwellings shall be renewed not later than the 1st day of December of 1969. Thereafter registration for the multiple dwel 1 ing shal I be filed no later than December 1 of the preceding year. An annual fee of $10.00 for the first four un~ts and $2.00 for each additional unit shall be collected by the building inspector for each registration under this ordinance. However, if any registration is not made within the time set forth in this ordinance, then the registration fee shall be double the amount of fee required by this ordinance plus $1.00 for each calendar month or fraction thereof after the date the registration should have been made providing that no registration fee, including penalties, shall exceed $25.00 for any one registration. All registration fees collected shall be paid to the City Treasurer. Section 7. Posting. Every registrant of a multiple dwelling shall post the receipted copy of the registration received from the building inspector and occupancy recOrd card issued by the building inspector. These items shall be conspicuously posted ~n a frame with a glass covering by the registrant in a public corridor or hallway or lobby of the multiple dwelling for which they are issued. Section 8, Inspection. The building inspector shall inspect the premises one or more times a year to assure such compliance with this ordinance. Except an emergency that involves an immediate hazard to the health, safety and welfare of human beings, no entry into the premises for the purposes of inspection to determine the compliance shall be made without consent of the owner or occupant after notice of intent to inspect. Where consent is refused, then the City may proceed to inspect after a hearing before the City Council with five (5) days registered written notice to the last known address of the owner or occupant and where the City Council determines from such hearing that the inspection is reasonably necessary to assure compliance with this chapter. Section 9. No license shall be issued or renewed to an owner with respect to any premises in which there exists a willful violation of the zoning ordinance, building or construction code, or other similar ordinance which relates to lands and buildings or their construction or use, and which affects the premises involved. Secti. on 10. Should any section, subdivision, clause or other provision of this ordinance be declared by a Court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not effect the validity of the ordinance as a whole nor any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid. Section Il. Any person violating this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by fine not to exceed $100.00 or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days. Section 12. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after thirty (30) days after its passage. First reading: February 10, 1969 Second reading: February 24, 1969 Offered by: King Seconded by: Jeska Roll Call: Ali Ayes