Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/04/2010

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~3 City Council Work Session Topic Report: Rental License Program By: Amber G. Miller, Planning Manager. Background: hi 2003, the city initiated a rental licensing program which required every residential rental unit to be licensed by the city. Part of the rental process included a building inspection to ensure the condition of the rental space met city standards as defined in the city code. The license fee is $75 for two years. City Council discussed the value of having a rental licensing program at the City Council Work Session on December 1, 2009. The Council directed Staff to bring forward an ordinance to repeal the rental licensing section of City Code at a future Council meeting. Staff drafted the ordinance to repeal and it was introduced at City Council January 12, 2010. At the January 26, 2010 meeting of the City Council the ordinance was eligible for adoption; the City Council tabled action and directed Staff to bring options, besides repeal, back before the City Council. Observations: Per Council's direction, staff pulled together some options to work with the existing rental license ordinance. Staff developed several alternatives for Council's consideration at the February 23`a Work Session. The Council expressed a desire to explore Opflon 2 which was an incentive based option. Planning Staff prepared a program based on the discussion and the interest in Option 2 as presented at the Work Session. This program has been reviewed by Building, Police and Fire. If this is an option Council would like to pursue, it would be drafted into ordinance format and brought back before City Council at a future work session. Funding: Dratling and processing the ordinance is covered under regular City Stafftime. Action Statement: Will be based on Council discussion.