A motion was made by Committee Member Flood, seconded by Committee
Member Hollander, that this Ordinance be amended as read into the record.
The motion to amend carried by a voice vote.
The following spoke to this item:
- Chair George
- Committee Member Piagentini
- Jason Fowler
- Committee Member Dorsey
Jason Fowler read the following proposed amendment into record:
Amend LMCO Section 119.03(B)(9)(b) to read as follows: "On an annual basis,
the Department of Codes and Regulations shall be required to randomly select
10% of registrants and conduct an inspection of the rental housing unit. Any
rental unit or apartment complex that is found to have two (2) or more existing
violations of the Property Maintenance Code on its exterior or interior common
areas, must be made available by the Owner for an interior inspection by the
Department of Codes & Regulations to ensure the unit is in compliance with
the Property Maintenance Code. These interior inspections shall total no more
than the annual 10% of random inspections. The Owner must schedule the
inspection within fifteen (15) days of the date the violations were found to
exist. Newly built rental housing units, as verified by cross-reference and
inquiry into building permits, shall not be eligible for inspection for ten (10)
years. Recently renovated rental housing units, as verified by cross-reference
and inquiry into building permits, shall not be eligible for inspection for five (5)
years . Inspections shall be used to verify the premises is sufficiently
maintained pursuant to KRS 383.595(1)(a). The Department in its discretion
may utilize the affidavit required by subsection (8) as proof of compliance in
lieu of or in conjunction with a physical inspection of a property. Failure of an
Owner to allow the Department of Codes and Regulations to physically inspect
a unit within registered rental housing or in a property for which registration is
sought shall be considered a violation of this section for the purposes of LMCO
§ 119.99(A). "
A motion was made by Committee Member Dorsey, seconded by Committee
Member Flood, that this Ordinance be amended as read into the record.
The motion to amend carried by a voice vote.
The following spoke to this item:
- Chair George
- Committee Member Hollander
- Robert Kirchdorfer, Codes and Regulations
- Jason Fowler
- Committee Member Dorsey
- Council Member Purvis
- Committee Member Piagentini
Chair George read the following proposed amendment into the record:
Strike the following from LMCO Section 119.03(B)(9)(b): "Newly built rental
housing units, as verified by cross-reference and inquiry into building permits,
shall not be eligible for inspection for ten (10) years. Recently renovated rental