[OldNorth] -- Rental housing permits etc

[Scott Lay]

I agree that the exclusion of rooms/units rented in owner occupied houses
makes sense.  If the owner lives on site, there are rarely problems and, if
there are, the owner is, well on-site.  So, I would recommend that, as long
as the owner lives X% of the year on site, they be excluded.  The other
issues is sabbatical rentals, which shouldn't trigger a business license
requirement, but could require notification and contact information of where
folks are going to be.

Aside from loud and unruly gatherings, I would just like the database to be
able to call the owners when the grass gets three feet high or the lawn is
turned into a parking lot.  Both are nuisance issues for which complaints
can be filed with the city leading to fines, but our city has better things
to do and the owners can fix it by calling their tenants.

Scott

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Dan Quickert <dequickert at omsoft.com> wrote:

> There's something fishy about this: it's called a "Rental Housing Safety
> Ordinance" yet most of it addresses "loud  and unruly gatherings".
>
> The latter is a real issue; but the only connection to rental safety and
> licensing seems to be the ability to find the owner in the rental database.
> Did I miss something?
>
> I have a definite concern about the inclusion of rooms rented in a private
> residence. So when Grandma needs a little help or companionship, and rents
> out the spare room, she'll need to get a business license and pay a tax?
>
> I would like to see single rooms in owner-occupied homes excluded from this
> - unless there is a compelling reason for their inclusion?
>
>
> Dan Quickert
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