2008-003CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO: 2008-003
• ESTABLISHING A RENTAL LICENSING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
CODE DEFICIENCY POINT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FREQUENCY
OF INSPECTIONS FOR DETERMINING SUBSTANDARD DWELLINGS.
• REVISING RENTAL DWELLING LICENSE FEES AND ESTABLISHING
DWELLING INSPECTION FEES.
• REVISING REINSPECTION FEES.
WHEREAS, the City Council has enacted City Ordinance Section 407, which assures
that rental housing in the City is decent, safe and sanitary; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that regular inspections ensure that the
City's rental housing stock is decent, safe and sanitary; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires a system to determine substandard dwellings and to
categorize dwellings into three groups whereby properties with very few deficiencies
would be inspected on approximately athree-year cycle, properties with some
deficiencies would be inspected on approximately atwo-year cycle, and properties with
many deficiencies would be inspected on approximately aone-year cycle; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish fees to fund the inspectors who perform
the annual rental license and the periodic rental license inspections; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish increased fees for multiple re-
inspection of unresolved rental property deficiencies to defray the costs of multiple
inspections.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council adopts the Rental
License classification system developed by the Inspections Division whereby:
a) Deficiency points are associated with the severity of the deficiency; and
b) Properties with average of 4 or fewer points will be classified as Category A and
inspected on approximately athree-year cycle, properties with an average of 5 to
10 points will be classified as Category B and inspected on approximately atwo-
year cycle, and properties with an average of 11 or more points will be classified
as Category C and inspected on approximately aone-year cycle; and
c) Deficiency points will be also used in the determination of a substandard dwelling
as defined in Section 407.10; and
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AND ALSO, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council adopts the following fees for the
annual rental license and the periodic rental license inspections and re-inspections:
Cost/Building Cost/Dwellin Unit
Annual Rental License Fee $35.00 $5.00
Cost/Building Cost/Dwelling Unit Ins ected
Periodic Inspection Fee -Initial
Inspection $65.00 $20.00
First Re-ins ection $35.00 $35.00
Each Additional Re-inspection Double The
Previous Amount Double The Previous Amount
Final Com liance Ins ection $0.00 $0.00
Cost/Building Cost/Condo Unit
Periodic Inspection Fee -Initial
Inspection Per Condominium $0.00 $45.00
First Re-ins ection Condo $35.00 $35.00
Each Additional Re-inspection
Condominium $0.00 Double The Previous Amount
Final Com liance Ins ection $0.00 $0.00
Adopted by the City Council this 4th day of February, 2008
By:
ne Maxwell, Mayor
ATTEST
- J
~. Terry Ob aier, City Clerk
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