19 of 1919 - A resolution appointing a committee to investigate and report on the increased rentals of apartment REMARKS:
. Resolution No..._1_9
-...By CommissionerGreen
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To appoint a committee to
investigate and report on the
increased rentals of apartment
houses
hrinffifed t7,the ibetd of Cyw1w-.riarwmsra
and r ye': OA-7`= 61—\� \�
S 1 P 9 • 1919 jAt
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Pree utad to the�gle.ers of Cemenaionera
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SFP 1 C 1919^'�
Presented to the Board of C mmhsioners
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and Ordered Filed, i
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ROLL CALL �
VOTING A NAY `V .4
74 Salt Lake City,Utah, ... Mare 24 ,l82 1
Barnes �---
Burton
I move that resolution #19 of 1919, to appoint
Crxbbe
Green __ a committee to investigate and report on the
Mr.chairman., _� li increased rentals of apartment houses, presented
Result
to the Board of Commissioners Sept. 9, 1919,
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and laid over until Sept. 16, again taken up and
laid over subject to call, be taken up and filed.
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Commissioner of Public Affairs & Finance
MAR 2.1192
Passed by the Board mi of Salt Lake Ci ,Utah, .
City Recorder Mayor
H.A.RICH • D.CHASE RICH
RICH & RICH
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
.u1rn SALT LAKE CITY
PHONE Wwnwrcry 8491
Sept. 24* W19.
Ana. III. Mat Ferry, M yerr
Salt Lake City,,Corporation,
City & County Building,
City.
my Dear dir r
I am enolssing herewith copy of a letter whtoh is
se3f-.explanatery. In view of the very commendable efforts on the
part of City Commissioners to reduce the high cost of living and
to place the Masts for the present abnormal prides, I consider it
part of my duty as a citizen of this State to help advertise those
persons whom I consider are taking undue adtsntage of the present
situation.
Mr. L. Z... Pendleton, Jr. the owner of the LaBelle Apts.
has raised. the rent in his apartment house three imes within the
past yearend one—half. Na has done this f the fact that
his operating expense and assessed valuatio of the premises have
remained within a very few dollars of what it was in 1917. When
he announced the Iset increase, he came around and said '-I guess
you know that the other apartments in the City have gone ug in rent
so I suppose I'll have to raise my rent too'.
I. wish to be distinctly understood as not objecting to
paying $40t.00 per month for am apartment to live in; but only as
registering a protest for being compelled to pay mum for an
'apartment upon which the owner would eke a reasonable profit if
it rented for about $IC.Oa Ions'per month..
Trusting that the City Commissioners will continue in
their good work, and that they will Aran find' a way of increasing
the assessed valuation of property where the owners are extracting
from a helpless public unreasonable prof its, I have the honor tar
be,.
Very sincerely,
Aver
naimm
Salt I ha *IV, 'Utah,
he,ialO+laiq .e 1F19.
lor A. J. Peerdlet Pr..,
,
City.
tear Sir;
e
. teeOars surprised
recently to learn that rot*an
41art ent.a aitdatsd at" he* 6th last had b.en .4.10,044
04elowom #3i40 ts $0.0b . month,, .,su'�s t
. tete astonishment,' yell i�r*sd Ate thatther="ire ,eta
raised only hea.utsrt 'othsr is in;the City had ens ?�'.
If the Bats wrs" +pi srs being worth
the am nt sf the insr�assc in , tt, fie weal' be me 4tsperi-
time ea our part. alas with y nt a.thi► b of price,
Soreater-1a4 to relit*, Our .has bad. ern and
Very shabby,. eaa the rviear you ma tt ,i bankrupt ths
leigUnk insosege to WA it fitting as^preasisni
art>r taly!'thsr., are praotieallr no epartoonts
or house in th arty 44 he purchased er ratted by pert*** of
uu
our she ' We L eat feel as. t�;ea seo afford pay the .
imareasisd, rust oeasideri . vo ug . a sttiteg; nethe e r a
lgwre a< fit tt a' . . While uta rsaiistp;that it
is hinolealr re the rentof your a artmentst 'to any figurey es:ti cetera* .th� the Courts.•till "as !ire # Wile' vt is to ;and u 1lit g t: the inures.•
in rent , o r _altsrtatiili..Pet! stay kir.a the
praise% rent
until tie,1`; ° . eaflics bei tots `the1 *treat. T
'"�teruattw 1 'et;least, insure Court colts and.at
irn sr rd s ni k�l at rttty a oirsulat�.
As beiw t`re rreatie them) 1 a`4 preset, no legal way
to prevent you from tenants. R.arirrlrer, before yen take
st a is: srce 14ga ly this unjust :Opine, xa.Weill rispoet!'nlly
11 o 1 year attention to *loot which .het poaarib:ty?`hew avar1eakadt '
The r'° has sailed s'spesia"l arossisn
of the L td to meet 8�sr"!Stab, 1419,
to take �'to reduce tits lest of living out
punish
who a robbing the p $`"e '"this Stags.
tts'teke furtherin etattag a fee lasts at whisk
ye* ara wady *waxer bat0xr5snien f argottexu
30@391�11[:
Yost sri net how Ja too $42.40 per•month. He
ao isor ei• in wing t Tears. A year
sad Soo-half ago` ap+s� 0 n!s , tor 1*!,$0_`__�po�ew
rental as 1.ibt s spr' .00,
a,��qq�It . !ha +►X h i�
with°sn �raass + r.r ai*4 a`i . This. tuorsasos
Wore latest claret r # that �c operating axpsnsas
Imre anapain•l praat , . Oa*.
To 9 tasnt that you lotion is wa-
ps►t ti. *Ai u*ti►ir#' thh� 'bier the approximate +aspens*
o9 ss~ ntaining the► 9,* ..stt the rental rsso rsl from sans.
tgigar 191'!.
R. B. * ilao.00
Ass.ssod.ire i�p►tieei:, ...t139330.00 11900.00
a1*ses. Ineoss
:**Zter. . $ Apts. at 9*7.90 - 19940.00
4saZ .� .
Repairs 100.04
Tawas 9924�•�
Water
Taxes
ota 9 797.
T 3 Loss lxcp saProfest giNIIrT
0n the ogofiesti saiustion whi t# *ndoubtediy vary
high ♦ ap s rsptat for o7. par month, you would 1M
high
on yoursstmant.
Tsar 19344
Assess$ valuation is the tams.
*ep.nsas Imam,
/sniter ) 1110.00 9 apts. at $*9 00 # 9500.00
Coal 100:00`
Royal!, 14)0 r0A
1140M,%1400
Less IspenOse
Prof i 14142
Although the .pernting .zpsnss.laks laver in this year,
th. r.nt was raised to $50.094 making a diirid nd of 18% on your in-
rss nint
Year 1919.
Assessed Ys1.*tiers is the saws.
lispJanitor �s$ 2t0.o0 a apts. ai xn$40.00 $ 3440.00
Coal
Repairs 1 .0tf •
Tomm
l4at„1ra two 11119.17f Less *spouses r97
P ofit• p+swots
The net income makes a return on the investment of
fir.
S"fii►s, the ittora*se in operating expenses for 1919
Oyer 1917 are ap ri�aat s.00, 1a the in►n se. in profit,
at Wa6.00 pert month is and a $de.00 per month the in-
crease in profit is 011 i't0,
Trusting that the above wi13 cause you to hesitate
Wore enforcing your new* demands, and that your moral
obtigntions to the een unitl 11111 prove td ba itrengsr than nay
**sire for increased insane Buie to the prone** unfortunate air-
estanees, se are,
lhespeotfvlly,
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VOTING AYE NAY
Salt Lake City,Utah, Sept. 3, , 91 9.
Crabbe
1 Green i i_
- I move that the resolution be adop ed.
Neslen
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Scheid- _ '. Z
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! Mr. Chairman -_----
RESOLUTION
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WHI:RFAS, It has been called to the attention of the
Board of Commissioners that apartment house owners and other
owners of residence property in Salt Lake City have increased
rentals beyond the necessities of the situation: and
W1-IT.ERAS, increases in rentals have a direct bearing ,
upon and aid in the increased high cost of living:
NOW THEREFORE, BR IT RESOLVED, That a commission. -f
c ._ec _:p f.cintcd :y e 3oari of C-. Imiss_orlors to make in-
vestigation of the entire situation with relation to rental of t'
property for residence purposes for. Salt Lake City, with power
to call before it such witnesses as it may be necessary, and to
call to its aid the members of the Law Department of this city
to assist in said investigation, and said commission shall at
an early date report to this board or to any other public official :c
its recommendations as to methods of remedying the situation,
and if no -remedy can be found by which such rentals Inay be re- i.. F
duced, the said com::,issioner shall recommend what steps may be ji
taken that the public may secu^e,by increased taxation or other- "Y
wise, a proper share of such increased rentals, if such action Y...
shall be deemed just. Said commissions. ;hall be in the '=Y
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Department of4t vUc::.41(.��,..,,..evand under the irection of the
commissioner ofq /aliettdQ ,.uccuLtil I
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Utah, September 1919. `;Li
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City Recorder !