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Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Levine, Commissioners Bauer, VanScoy, and Brauer. <br />Voting No: Andrusko and Nosan. Absent: None. <br />5.04: Public Hearing: Consider Ordinance #16-09 Amendment to the Residential Rental <br />Licensing Program <br />Public Hearing <br />Chairperson Levine called the public hearing to order at 8:33 p.m. <br />Presentation <br />Community Development Director Gladhill presented the staff report stating the purpose of this <br />case is to consider amendments to the City's residential rental licensing program. This initiative <br />originates from the City Council's Strategic Plan. Based on an initial public <br />engagement/workshop authorized by the City Council and subsequent Staff discussion, Staff <br />proposes the following amendments to the program. <br />1. Single -Family Dwellings (detached and attached/townhome) subject to licensure <br />(registration), but not inspection. Inspections would only occur on a complaint basis. A <br />fee of $25 would be collected. <br />2. Frequency of multi -family inspection reduced to once every three (3) years <br />a. Common Areas inspected <br />b. Portion of individual units inspected <br />Community Development Director Gladhill stated in addition, the City would chart out a path for <br />future amendments, only if necessary. These options are not being recommended at this time. <br />1. If clusters of rental homes with exterior code violations presented itself, the City would <br />consider adding an exterior inspection requirement. <br />2. If clusters of interior code violations presented itself through the complaint -based system, <br />the City would consider adding interior inspections. This would be on a tiered/incentive- <br />based approach, as outlined below. <br />Community Development Director Gladhill reported as has been discussed in the past as part of <br />this topic, the City does not believe there to be a widespread issue with rental properties in <br />Ramsey; the goal of this program is preventative in nature. However, there are isolated issues and <br />pockets of issues believed to be in existence. The amendments to the program would improve <br />communication with owners/landlords and provide an additional tool in the event the owner is <br />unresponsive to corrective needs while not creating a burdensome process both for owner and <br />City. The proposed amendment would create a program that is still much more relaxed than the <br />Planning Commission/October 6, 2016 <br />Page 9 of 13 <br />