Municipal Code Chapter 4-14

Apartments and Hotels; Periodic Housing Inspection Program and Caretakers Requirements              

4-14.01 Declaration of Purpose. The council finds that the establishment of a periodic housing inspection program for apartments and hotels and the specification of caretaker requirements for apartments, is necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare, by ensuring the proper maintenance of such housing, by identifying and requiring correction of substandard housing conditions in such housing, and by preventing conditions of deterioration and blight in such housing that could adversely affect economic conditions and the quality of life in the city.