Agenda - Council - 10/27/2015 - Laserfiche WebLink

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• It is a community values issue and large swaths of the Forest Lake population have a very rural mentality and don't like property regulation. • Forest Lake's planner expects that the City might start to regulate multi -family sometime in the near future but that single-family regulations are likely a long ways off, will require more suburbanization and attitude shifts. Other Take-Aways • In most cities, the rental license is not transferrable, Saint Cloud being the exception. • Some cities, Coon Rapids for example, have experimented with using third -party inspectors but most have ultimately decided that there is benefit to having the inspections performed by city staff (increased oversight and accountability?). o West Saint Paul continues to use third party inspectors and actually lets property owners choose an inspector from a list of city approved vendors. • At a minimum, having some kind of registration program gives the City accurate contact information with which to reach the owner if there is an emergency at the property. • Many cities allow family members of owner to rent without going through licensing. • Group homes do not require licensing because they are licensed through the state.