21-6
REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION FEES:

a.    Each annual registration for the residential rental property inspection program shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee in the amount established by resolution of the city council. The fee shall be used to defray the costs of the administration and enforcement of this chapter. If a residential rental property is approved in the self-certification program, an annual self-certification fee in the amount established by resolution of the city council will be required. The fee shall be used to defray the costs of the administration and enforcement of the program. If a residential rental property is not approved in the self-certification program, an annual inspection fee for an annual inspection in the amount established by resolution of the city council will be required. The annual inspection fee includes the cost of the annual inspection and one compliance reinspection, if necessary. If the owner fails to correct any found violations by the first compliance reinspection, the owner shall pay a reinspection fee for the second and subsequent compliance reinspections in the amount established by resolution of the city council. All fees are nonrefundable.

b.    The annual residential rental property registration and inspection program fee shall be levied for the calendar year and each applicant must pay the full fee for the calendar year upon submission of the application for that year’s residential rental property registration.

c.    The residential rental property registration and inspection program fee required by this chapter is in addition to and not in lieu of any general business license tax that might be required by this code, including chapter 4 (Licensing and Business Regulations), including, but not limited to section 4-7 (Fees).

d.    Penalty.

1.    Failure To Pay Annual Fee. In addition to any available remedies the city may elect to pursue for failure to pay the annual residential rental property program fee when due, the director of finance, or his or her designee, shall add a penalty of twenty percent (20%) of the permit fee on the first day of the month following the due date and ten percent (10%) for each month thereafter while the fee remains unpaid; provided, that the amount of the penalty shall not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the fee due.

2.    Failure To Register. If an owner fails to register for the residential rental property registration and inspection program as required by this chapter, the fee due shall be that amount due and payable from the first date when the person engaged in the residential rental business in the city after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, together with the penalty prescribed in subsection 21-6d1. (Ord. #1702, §1)