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Item # 23.

Work Session and Regular Meeting

Meeting Date:	04/28/2020
Department:	Development Services

AGENDA CAPTION:

Consider Action to Approve an Ordinance Amending Chapter 34 "Environment", to Add a New Article VIII "Landlord-Tenant Affairs" of the Addison Code of Ordinances.

BACKGROUND:

Regulations pertaining to landlord and tenant affairs are currently located within Chapter 18. While reviewing Chapter 18 to adopt the updated International Code Council Building Codes, Staff is proposing to relocate this section to a different Chapter within the Code of Ordinances. Chapter 18 addresses the construction and alteration of buildings within the Town. Standards for landlord and tenant affairs are more typical of ongoing business regulations than development regulations. Therefore, Staff believes that it would be more appropriate to relocate the existing landlord-tenant affairs section to a new Article VIII in Chapter 34 "Environment". This Chapter is where other property standards and code enforcement related issues are located within the Code of Ordinances.

There are no substantive changes proposed with this relocation. The non-substantive changes are related to adding a purpose and adoption statement, changing references to the Building Official to the Code Official in order to recognize that code enforcement is now in charge of enforcement of these provisions, and to remove duplicative fee refund language.

RECOMMENDATION:

Administration recommends approval.

Attachments
Ordinance - Chapter 34 Article VIII Landlord Tenant Affairs