§ 8-129. Certificate of inspection program requirements.

(a)

The certificate of inspection program applies to all rental housing units within approved target areas. Whenever a housing unit within an approved target area has a change in occupancy, by rental, there must exist a valid certificate of inspection for that unit before it can be lawfully reoccupied by a tenant.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any owner of a housing unit to allow any person to occupy that housing unit if the required certificate of inspection for that unit had not been issued by the POD at the time the occupancy commenced for that tenant.

(c)

Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply to tenants who began their tenancy in the subject housing unit prior to the effective date of this program.

(d)

The certificate of inspection must be obtained from the POD.

(e)

After a housing unit has been inspected, the certificate of inspection shall be issued by the POD if that housing unit complies with all applicable Codes.

(f)

If the housing unit does not comply with the applicable provisions of all Codes, the housing unit must be brought into compliance before a certificate of inspection will be issued and occupancy allowed.

(g)

If the property does not comply with the applicable provisions of all Codes, the property shall be brought into compliance before a certificate of inspection will be issued for a housing unit.

(h)

A certificate of inspection will be valid for a term of one year.

(i)

Certificates of inspection may also be issued pursuant to section 8-132.

(j)

The POD shall, within five working days following the date of the determination that a certificate of inspection is required, perform the inspection on the housing unit and issue either a certificate of inspection or a violation notice indicating the violations which must be corrected in order to obtain the required certificate of inspection.

(Code 1992, § 8-274; Ord. No. 219-G, § 1, 1-4-1996; Ord. No. 660-G, § 2, 4-22-2004)