§ 7-207. Authority to inspect.

(a)

Personnel . The administrator or designee is authorized to make reasonable and necessary inspections of rental housing units and premises to determine compliance with this article.

(b)

Access . Every owner, agent, manager or tenant of a rental housing unit shall, upon reasonable notice, allow access to any part of such rental housing unit at all reasonable times for the purpose of making such inspections. If complaint is made to the city of conditions in any rental unit which are in violation of any applicable city code, the city is authorized to investigate such complaint without notice. If the owner, agent, manager or tenant refuses access to make an inspection, the city is authorized to obtain an inspection warrant. The owner, agent, or manager of a rental housing unit that does not have a valid certificate of occupancy or that has a certificate of occupancy issued more than one (1) year previously shall, upon vacation of such unit by a tenant, notify the city to schedule re-inspection of the unit within seventy-two (72) hours.

(c)

Scope . An inspector may expand the scope of an inspection to include other city code violations noted during the inspection.

(d)

Compliance . If upon inspection, violations of interior or exterior standards exist, the owner, agent or manager will be required to correct all violations within a reasonable period of time as determined by the inspector. In the event the rental housing unit becomes unoccupied, future occupancy will be prohibited until all violations have been corrected and the unit has been reinspected by the city and deemed to be in compliance.

(Ord. of 11-1-11(2), § 1; Ord. of 9-4-2018(1) ))