HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.l. Ordinance Amendment to Rental Licensing City Code Title 9 RESENAOUNFT SUMMARY
CITY COUNCIL
City Council Regular Meeting: December "20, 2011
AGENDA ITEM: Ordinance Amendment to Rental AGENDA SECTION:
Licensing City Code Title 9 Consent
PREPARED BY: Kim Lindquist, Community Development AGENDA NO. - 1 . 1•
Director
ATTACHMENTS: Ordinance Amendment APPROVED BY
DA)
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to Approve Ordinance.
DISCUSSION
= In January`2008 the City Council approved an ordinance requiring a license to rent a dwelling unit.
The ordinance lays out the permitting process and what ordinance criteria are required to receive a
'license. One of the standards notes that a fee is required. Additionally, the license is for a two year
period starting March 1: What this means is that people who apply at other times throughout the
year do not obtain a 2 year license but some lesser amount depending upon when the license was
applied for and issued. Additionally, the way the ordinance is currently written the fee is also for the
two year permit starting March 1. Therefore we often have people submit the fee (currently $25)
with their application and we must refund a prorated portion.
Staff is recommending the ordinance be modified so the license is valid for two years from the time
of issuance, regardless of when that occurs in the calendar year. Likewise thefee would be fof the 2-
year period. This will reduce the need to send refunds to people and also reduce the need to have
people apply: for permits to meet the March 1 deadline. The change represents less work for
landlords and less administrative time for staff. All other aspects of the ordinance remain
unchanged.
RECOMMENDATION
Motion to approve the attached ordinance.
City of Rosemount
Ordinance No. 2011-
' AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
CITY OF-ROSEMOUNT CITY CODE TITLE 9, CHAPTER 8
RELATING TO THE RENTAL LICENSING AND INSPECTION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA,• ORDAINS that the
City Code of the City of Rosemount is amended as follows:
The Rosemount City Code Title 9, Chapter 8, is amended to:
Section 9 -8 -4: License Required:
. C. Term: All licenses are issued for a period of two (2) years from the date of issuance. Thesc
period is from March 1 to thc last day of February of thc second year following the year thc liccn3c
was is3ucd. a:
Section 9 -8 -5: License Fee:
The city council will determine the license fee by resolution. Applicants must pay the fee at the time
of application. For liccn3ing period3 of 1cs3 - than two (2) ycar3, thc fcc will be prorated.
ENACTED AND ORDAINED into an Ordinance this DATE
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
William H. Droste, Mayor
' ATTEST:
} Amy`Domeier, City Clerk
Published in the Rosemount Town Pages this day of , 2011.