Bill 12-16 Landlord Registration

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Ordinance Addressing Landlord Registration Program Page 5 (d) Providing any false, material misrepresentation or false statement on each filing of a registration form required in Section 6 -42 is subject to a civil penalty of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). (e) Failure to update the registration within thirty (30) days of a change in ownership and /or registration information, as required by Section 6 -42 of the South Bend Municipal Code, is subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00). (f) Failure to renew the registration as required by Section 6 -42 of the South Bend Municipal Code is subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00). (g) Civil penalties paid in response to violating this Article shall be deposited into Fund No. 221. Such civil penalty monies shall be kept segregated from fees deposited into this fund for accounting purposes, and shall be subject to appropriation by the South Bend Common Council for the replacement of curbs and /or sidewalks which may be located contiguous to a property registered under this program. Location determination shall be based on a public safety priority need basis, as determined by the City's Department of Public Works Director. (h) The penalties allowed under subsections (a) through (e) of this section may not be imposed until after: (1) A notice of violation has been issued to the owner or the owner's designee by personal service or by first class United States Mail, postage prepaid; (2) Passage of thirty (30) days from receipt of the notice, which must be stated in the notice, for the violation to be cured; and (3) Failure of the violation to be cured within the time stated in the notice. See. 6 -45 Performance Measures and Reporting. As part of the annual report, the Department of Code Enforcement shall measure the success of the Landlord Registration Program using the following performance measures, which may be supplemented with additional performance measures: (a) Number of landlords registered under the Program; (b) Number of parcels identified by their individual real property tax identification key number under the Program; (c) Number of fines and civil penalties issued, the number and amount of fines and civil penalties collected, the number and amount of fines and civil penalties unpaid and the status of their collection with such data being organized by the category of the civil penalty identified in the notice of violation; and (d) Status of balances of the Landlord Registration Fund, Fund No. 221 identifying fees and civil penalty dollars transactions separately.