Memorandum from Little Rock Housing and neighborhood Director Victor Turner to City Manager Bruce Moore which details proposed revisions of the Rental Inspection Ordinance.
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Proposed Revision to LIttle Rock Rental Inspection Ordinance
Memorandum from Little Rock Housing and neighborhood Director Victor Turner to City Manager Bruce Moore which details proposed revisions of the Rental Inspection Ordinance.
Memorandum from Little Rock Housing and neighborhood Director Victor Turner to City Manager Bruce Moore which details proposed revisions of the Rental Inspection Ordinance.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS
500 West Markham, Suite 120W
Little Rock, AR 72201
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MEMORANDUM
To: BRUCE T, MOORE, CITY MANAGER
FROM: VICTOR T. TURNER, DIRECTOR
HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAMS
SUBJECT: RENTAL INSPECTION ORDINANCE — PROPOSED REVISIONS
DATE: SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
Attached are proposed revisions to the Rental Inspection Ordinance and a
revised rental inspection notification letter. Staff has met with interested parties
on multiple occasions to obtain feedback and suggestions to strengthen the
existing ordinance.
The proposed revisions include changes to the frequency of rental inspections
and establishes a set percentage of units to be inspected annually. Please
advise if there are additional changes you would like to make to the documents.
Included in the attachments is a marked-up version of the rental inspection
ordinance and a clean version of the document. If no any additional changes are
needed, the documents are ready to be shared with the City Attorney's Office for
legal review.
If you have questions or need additional information, please advise.
Attachments: (3)Sec. 8-581, Rental Inspection Goals
Rental Housing Units inspection goals will be established based on the following criteria
‘The City of Little Rock will randomly inspect and / or review inspections conducted on 20% of the total
registered rental units annually selected by the Housing and Neighborhood Programs Code Enforcement
Division based on those units and or complexes registered with the City of Little Rock Treasury office. The
‘current number of units registered is in excess of 30,000.
Complexes with multiple buildings will be inspected based upon a random sampling (20%-40%) with
equal percentages of units being inspected in each building and at a minimum one unit inspected per building.
‘Newly constructed complexes or units (