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Within 90 days from the enactment of the ordinance from which this chapter is derived, each owner, agent or landlord of any existing residential rental dwelling unit must register his dwelling units with the Village Manager and make application for an inspection of the premises by the Village Building Inspector. Such registration and application for the inspection shall be on forms provided by the Village and shall contain the name, address and telephone number of the owner, agent and landlord, and shall describe the premises, the number of units being let, and such other information as required by the Village. Furthermore, any existing residential structure that is converted into a rental dwelling unit, that previously had not been, be subjected to the same provisions aforementioned and those in §
283-6. Failure to do so will result in Village public utilities not being turned on until a registration, inspection and a compliance certificate have been issued for said property.
[Amended 6-11-2012]
In order to retain the certificate of compliance, any person, corporation, owner, agent, designated representative or landlord, each year on or before 30 days from the anniversary date of the certificate of compliance, provide the Village Building Official with certain required information about the unit(s), on a check list form to be developed by the Village with the recertification fee as established by resolution of the Village Board of Trustees. Failure to annually complete and file the check list will result in the revocation of the certificate of compliance and subject any person, corporation, owner, agent, designated representative or landlord to provisions as established in §
1-2.
A. The information to be furnished on the checklist shall include the
following:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of the person, corporation,
owner, agent, designated representative or landlord responsible for
said unit together with the location and number of units being let.
(2) The date on which the batteries in the smoke detector in the unit
were last changed.
(3) The date on which the fire extinguishers in the unit were last changed.
(4) The date on which the furnace and the water heater were last inspected
to ensure that such equipment is in working order.
(5) The name, address, and phone number of the person authorized to make
or order made repairs or services for the property, if in violation
of Village or state codes, if the person is different than any person,
corporation, owner, agent, designated representative or landlord.
(6) The name of the current tenant.
B. Manner of registering.
(1) The registration must be 30 days prior to the anniversary date of
initial compliance certification, every two years, or when there is
a turnover by any person, corporation, owner, agent, designated representative,
landlord to the Village and to the Village Building Official.
(2) Any person, corporation, owner, agent, designated representative
or landlord, by filing an application, shall be deemed to have given
consent to the Village Building Official to enter each rental unit,
at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, to inspect the premises
at any time after the application is made or a certificate of compliance
is issued.
Each initial application for registration shall be accompanied
by a registration fee in the amount established by resolution.
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Unless a compliant is received as provided for in §
283-12, any unit which immediately passes inspection, without any discrepancies, and does not require a reinspection, need not be reinsepected for a period of two years; however, if legitimate complaints are received as provided in §
283-11C, or if in the initial inspection, discrepancies requiring correction are noted, then the premises shall be inspected annually for the next two years. After two years with no discrepancies noted, it may return to the two-year inspection cycle.
If any dwelling unit or complex shall be subject to periodic
physical inspections from another governmental unit such as Farmers'
Home Administration, HUD, etc., the Village shall waive its inspection
requirements if the following criteria are met:
A. That the dwelling unit or complex shall be registered with the Village as provided for under §§
283-5 through
283-7.
B. That the criteria for the physical inspection by the other governmental
agency are substantially the same as, or are similar to, those provided
for under this article.
C. That the physical inspections by the other governmental agency shall
take place at least as often as required under this article.
D. That the owner, agent or landlord of the premises have received and
provided to the Village Building Inspector a copy of a certification
showing that the premises have passed the inspection conducted by
the other governmental agency.
E. That there have been no signed complaints received by the Village
Manager indicating that there is a probable violation of any of the
standards of this article.
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Noncompliance with the terms and provisions of this article shall be reported to the Village manager in writing and with a request for appropriate enforcement. Further, if any person, corporation, owner, agent, designated representative or landlord shall fail to comply with any notice of violation issued by the Village Building Official or if any person, corporation, owner, agent, designated representative or landlord should fail to provide the Village with the annual information from §
283-7, the certificate of compliance shall be revoked and any person, corporation, owner, agent, designated representative or landlord shall immediately surrender such certificate to the Village.