DATE: July 19, 2016
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
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Report and Special Assessment for Residential Rental Inspection Program Fees Past Due
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment I) confirming the report and assessments for overdue Residential Rental Inspection Program fees for the period from January 1, 2015 through May 6, 2016 (Attachment II), and authorizing the assessments to become a special assessment against the properties if not paid on or before July 31, 2016.
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BACKGROUND
The purpose of the Special Assessment confirmation is to consider the proposed report and assessment list for unpaid residential rental inspection program fees and to determine whether a special assessment should be placed on these properties.
The Residential Rental Inspection Ordinance ("Ordinance"), codified in Article 5, Chapter 9 of the Hayward Municipal Code ("HMC"), creates an inspection program for residential rental units in the City. The purpose of the Ordinance is to safeguard the stock of safe and sanitary rental housing by inspecting units for violations of housing and building codes.
The Ordinance provides a process for the inspection of units, notification to property owners, and the imposition of fees/penalty and charges. When a violation has been identified at a property, the City provides a correction notice to the owner identifying the violation(s). If the violation is not corrected by the owner, the Ordinance authorizes fee and penalty charges for any inspection or re-inspection performed. Once the owner has exhausted his or her administrative hearing rights, the owner must pay any fees and penalty charges. If those costs are not paid in full prior to the July deadline each year, the unpaid fees and/or charges are scheduled for special assessment against the property once confirmed and authorized by Council resolution.
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