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10644-19 New Article 14 to Chapter 6 of the South Bend Municipal Code: Rental Safety Verification Program
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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 <br /> tenant to complete the Inspection Report, the owner shall provide the following contact <br /> information to the Department: <br /> (1) The name, telephone number, email address and the commercial domicile address of the <br /> owner's physical business location. Additional listing of a secondary address which is not <br /> required to be physical, may also be given when used for availability to the public; <br /> (2) The name, address,phone number, e-mail address of: <br /> a. The person(s) residing in Indiana authorized to manage the rental unit; or <br /> b. The person listed as the "responsible party" with the Internal Revenue Service;or <br /> c. The person who is authorized to act as agent for the owner for purposes of service <br /> of process and receiving and receipting for notices and demands on record with the <br /> Indiana Secretary of State's Business Services Division; or <br /> d. The property manager, if any. <br /> (3) Real property tax identification key number of each rental unit and/or rental unit <br /> community owned in the City; <br /> (4) An affirmation of whether the rental units, the real property of which the rental units are <br /> a part, and any other rental unit property owned in the City, are subject to any un- <br /> remediated citation or violation of the federal, state and local codes and ordinances; <br /> (5) A statement of the number of rental units on each separate parcel of real property. <br /> Sec. 6-83. Revocation of Inspection Certificate. <br /> (a)The Department may revoke an Inspection Certificate,by sending notice to the owner of record <br /> via first-class and certified mail and publication if mail service is returned undeliverable, for the <br /> following causes: <br /> (1) The rental unit has deteriorated, does not pass minimal standards and the owner is <br /> unresponsive or refuses to make repairs. <br /> (2) The rental unit has deteriorated significantly to the point of becoming condemned. <br /> (3) The rental unit appears to have significantly deteriorated since the Inspection Report was <br /> last completed and owner is unresponsive to new Inspection Report requirement. <br /> (4) The owner supplied false information knowingly with intent to deceive or false private <br /> inspection. <br /> (5) Since last Inspection Report, owner or occupant illegally converted space in the rental <br /> unit to increase the occupancy. <br /> (6) Since last Inspection Report, owner failed to correct Code violations within time allowed. <br /> (7) The rental unit has been designated as a chronic problem property pursuant to the South <br /> Bend Municipal Code. <br /> Sec. 6-84. Approved certification for rental. <br /> After the Inspection Report is completed and the rental unit receives an Inspection Certificate, the <br /> Department will provide the owner with the appropriate certification which the Department <br /> encourages is placed in a conspicuous location, such as in the facade of the building facing a <br /> public street and containing a building entry, or in a conspicuous interior location. <br /> Sec. 6-85. Transfer of Inspection Certificate <br /> (a) An Inspection Certificate may be transferred to a new owner, except as prohibited in this <br /> section, by the owner filing with the Department the required owner information and agent <br /> information,if applicable.This includes transfers of ownership between corporations or other legal <br /> entities even where there is identical ownership interest in the acquiring legal entity as in the <br /> previous legal entity. An Inspection Certificate may not be transferred, or a new Inspection <br /> Certificate issued to any owner, owned in whole or in part by an owner, that currently has any <br /> Inspection Certificate revoked, or has been issued a Conditional Occupancy Certification or has a <br /> rental unit condemned by any agency that has the authority to condemn. <br /> (b) The new owner shall have thirty(30) days from the date the rental unit was transferred to the <br /> new owner to file with the Department the required owner information and agent information, if <br /> applicable, and failure to do so will result in a penalty of$250.00. <br /> 7 <br />
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