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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 33 of 1996
(Rental Dwellings)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.14, SALT LAKE CITY CODE,
RELATING TO RENTAL DWELLINGS.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City. Utah:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 5.14, Salt Lake City Code, relating
to rental dwellings be, and the same hereby is, amended to read
as follows:
Chapter 5.14
Rental Dwellings
5.14.010 Definitions.
A. "Dwelling" means any building or portion thereof which
is designated or used for residential purposes of one or more
families. The term "dwelling" excludes living space within
hotels, motels, bed and breakfast establishments, boardinghouses
and lodging houses.
B. "Rental dwelling" means any dwelling which is available
to be rented, loaned, leased or hired out, or which is arranged,
designed, or built to be rented, leased or hired out for periods
of one month or longer.
5.14.020. License - Required.
A. It is unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or
association, as owner, lessee or agent thereof, to keep, conduct,
operate or maintain any rental dwelling within the limits of Salt
Lake City, or cause or permit the same to be done, unless such
person, firm, corporation, association or partnership holds a
current, unrevoked operating regulatory business license under
this chapter.
B. * * *
C. * * *
5.14.030. License - Application.
An application for a rental dwelling business regulatory
license shall be made to the license office of the city, and
shall contain the following information:
A. The location and address of said rental dwelling;
B. The number of the units located in said rental
dwelling;
C. * * *
D. * * *
5.14.040. License - Fees.
The license fee for a rental dwelling regulatory business
license shall be the sum of thirty dollars per year or any part
thereof plus three dollars for each rental dwelling unit per
annum or any portion thereof.
5.14.050. License - Issuance restrictions.
A.
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B. No operating regulatory license shall be issued or
renewed for a rental dwelling unless the applicant, owner and
operator agree as a condition precedent, by signing the license
application, to such inspections, and the city may require,
pursuant to Section 5.14.060, et seq., or its successor, to
determine whether the rental dwelling is in compliance with
applicable requirements. The failure of the applicant and/or
operator to consent to such inspection shall be grounds for the
denial and/or revocation of the renewal of a regulatory license.
5.14.060. Investigation - By city.
The original application for a rental dwelling regulatory
license and all renewals thereof shall be referred for approval
to the departments listed in the following sections for
investigation as to whether or not all laws, ordinances and
regulations pertaining to life/fire safety, fire protection and
prevention, and applicable codes have been and are being complied
with.
5.14.070. Investigation - By fire department.
The original application for a rental dwelling regulatory
license, and renewals thereof, shall be referred to the fire
department for investigation as to whether or not all laws,
ordinances and regulations pertaining to life/fire safety and
fire protection and prevention have been and are being complied
with. The fire department shall report to the license office
within seven days as to the fitness of the applicant regarding
compliance with said laws and ordinances, and it shall further be
the duty of the fire department, after license has been granted,
to continually, and at least annually, examine and inspect the
licensed premises with regard to code compliance to approve
renewal of such regulatory licenses. Should it subsequently
appear that any law or ordinance is violated, such fact shall be
at once reported to the license office, at which time such office
will inform the mayor and take action in regards to the
revocation of the license as the mayor deems just and proper.
5.14.080 Investigation -By building and housing services.
The original application for a rental dwelling regulatory
business license shall be referred to the building and housing
services division for investigation as to whether or not the
requirements of the existing residential housing code, Uniform
Building Code and Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous
Buildings, as adopted and amended in Title 18 of this code, are
being complied with. The building and housing services division
shall report to the license office within seven days as to the
fitness of the applicant regarding compliance with said
ordinances and regulations. It shall further be the duty of such
office, as the license has been granted, to continually, and at
least once annually, examine and inspect the licensed premises
with regard to building code and zoning code compliances and
approve renewals of such regulatory licenses. Should it
subsequently appear that any ordinance, regulation or requirement
of the city is being violated, the fact shall at once be reported
to the license office, at which time the license office will
inform the mayor and take action in regards to the revocation of
said license as the mayor deems just and proper.
5.14.090. Issuance of license.
5.14.100 Tenant application fees.
A. The City Council finds:
1. That there is at present a shortage of available rental
housing within Salt Lake City, particularly for low and middle
income persons.
2. Some rental dwelling landlords or managers have been
charging potential tenants a nonrefundable application fee which
far exceeds the landlords' or managers' out-of-pocket costs of
processing such applications.
3. The effect of such excessive application fees is that a
significant number of low and middle income persons are unable to
obtain housing in the city, resulting in a serious housing crisis
within the city.
4. It is necessary and proper that Salt Lake City prohibit
such application fees in order to provide for the safety,
preserve the health, promote the prosperity and improve the
morals, peace, good order, comfort and convenience of the city
and its inhabitants.
B. For purposes of this section, "tenant application fee"
means the fee charged by a holder of a rental dwelling operating
regulatory license, or by any owner, operator or manager of a
rental dwelling within Salt Lake City, in connection with or as a
condition of processing, handling or considering an application
for tenancy at such premises. Tenant application fee shall not
include refundable cleaning deposits, refundable security
deposits, or other refundable deposits required as a condition of
entering into a rental or lease agreement.
C. It is unlawful for any holder of a rental dwelling
operating regulatory license, or any owner, operator or manager
of a rental dwelling within Salt Lake City, to require any person
or persons applying for tenancy at such premises to pay any
tenant application fee whatsoever in connection with such
application, whether refundable or otherwise.
D. A violation of this section shall constitute a
misdemeanor and shall be grounds for the denial of a rental
dwelling operating regulatory license application or the
revocation of an existing license.
5.14.110. Violation - Penalty.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect as follows:
a For structures designated or used for rental dwellings
for five or more families this ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon its first publication;
b. For structures designated or used for rental dwellings
for three or four families this ordinance shall take effect on
October 1, 1996;
c For structures designated or used for rental dwellings
for one or two families this ordinance shall take effect on
January 2, 1997.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this
llth day of June
ATTEST:
, 1996.
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CITY RECORDER
Transmitted to Mayor on
CHAIRPERSON
June 24, 1996
Mayor's Action: XXXX Approved.
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Bill No. °51 of 1996.
Published: July 5, 1996
ATTEST:
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Vetoed.
APPROVED AS TO FORK.
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