File #: O-396-20    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 9/24/2020 In control: Housing & Community Development Department
On agenda: 10/20/2020 Final action: 10/20/2020
Title: Amending Chapter 1767 of the Toledo Municipal Code "Vacant Residential Building Registration" to Include and Create a "Residential Rental Properties Registration" located in the City of Toledo; and declaring an emergency.
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Vacant Residential Building Registration
Department of Neighborhoods
Stephanie Beebe (2605)

Title
Amending Chapter 1767 of the Toledo Municipal Code "Vacant Residential Building Registration" to Include and Create a "Residential Rental Properties Registration" located in the City of Toledo; and declaring an emergency.

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo desires to create a Residential Rental Property Registry under Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 1767. The database will be maintained with the Lucas County Auditor's Office utilizing the software database AREIS. The Residential Rental Registry will work in tandem with the City's Residential Rental Lead Safety Ordinance as adopted in TMC Chapter 1760.

Summary
NOW THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:

SECTION 1. That Toledo Municipal Code Chapter 1767 currently titled "Vacant Residential Building Registration" be and hereby is amended to "Vacant Residential Building Registration and Residential Rental Properties Registration."

SECTION 2. That the current Section 1767.01 "Definitions" which reads as follows is hereby repealed:

The following definitions shall apply to this Chapter:
(a) "Boarded" means a sheet or sheets of plywood or similar material covering all exterior doors, other than a storm door and all exterior windows in accordance with any rules and regulations issued by the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods under subsection 1767.05(b) of this chapter.
(b) "Exterior maintenance and major systems" mean the safe and lawful maintenance of the facade, windows, doors, roof, and other parts of the exterior of the building and the maintenance of its major systems consisting of the roof, the electrical and plumbing systems, the water supply system, the sewer system, and the sidewalk, drive-way, if any, area of the lot, as applicable and as enforced by the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, Department of Neig...

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