10644-19 New Article 14 to Chapter 6 of the South Bend Municipal Code: Rental Safety Verification Program

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(q) At the time the owner informs the Department of the arrangements made with the occupant or tenant to complete the Inspection Report, the owner shall provide the following contact information to the Department: (1) The name, telephone number, email address and the commercial domicile address of the owner's physical business location. Additional listing of a secondary address which is not required to be physical, may also be given when used for availability to the public; (2) The name, address,phone number, e-mail address of: a. The person(s) residing in Indiana authorized to manage the rental unit; or b. The person listed as the "responsible party" with the Internal Revenue Service;or c. The person who is authorized to act as agent for the owner for purposes of service of process and receiving and receipting for notices and demands on record with the Indiana Secretary of State's Business Services Division; or d. The property manager, if any. (3) Real property tax identification key number of each rental unit and/or rental unit community owned in the City; (4) An affirmation of whether the rental units, the real property of which the rental units are a part, and any other rental unit property owned in the City, are subject to any un- remediated citation or violation of the federal, state and local codes and ordinances; (5) A statement of the number of rental units on each separate parcel of real property. Sec. 6-83. Revocation of Inspection Certificate. (a)The Department may revoke an Inspection Certificate,by sending notice to the owner of record via first-class and certified mail and publication if mail service is returned undeliverable, for the following causes: (1) The rental unit has deteriorated, does not pass minimal standards and the owner is unresponsive or refuses to make repairs. (2) The rental unit has deteriorated significantly to the point of becoming condemned. (3) The rental unit appears to have significantly deteriorated since the Inspection Report was last completed and owner is unresponsive to new Inspection Report requirement. (4) The owner supplied false information knowingly with intent to deceive or false private inspection. (5) Since last Inspection Report, owner or occupant illegally converted space in the rental unit to increase the occupancy. (6) Since last Inspection Report, owner failed to correct Code violations within time allowed. (7) The rental unit has been designated as a chronic problem property pursuant to the South Bend Municipal Code. Sec. 6-84. Approved certification for rental. After the Inspection Report is completed and the rental unit receives an Inspection Certificate, the Department will provide the owner with the appropriate certification which the Department encourages is placed in a conspicuous location, such as in the facade of the building facing a public street and containing a building entry, or in a conspicuous interior location. Sec. 6-85. Transfer of Inspection Certificate (a) An Inspection Certificate may be transferred to a new owner, except as prohibited in this section, by the owner filing with the Department the required owner information and agent information,if applicable.This includes transfers of ownership between corporations or other legal entities even where there is identical ownership interest in the acquiring legal entity as in the previous legal entity. An Inspection Certificate may not be transferred, or a new Inspection Certificate issued to any owner, owned in whole or in part by an owner, that currently has any Inspection Certificate revoked, or has been issued a Conditional Occupancy Certification or has a rental unit condemned by any agency that has the authority to condemn. (b) The new owner shall have thirty(30) days from the date the rental unit was transferred to the new owner to file with the Department the required owner information and agent information, if applicable, and failure to do so will result in a penalty of$250.00. 7