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CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FEE FOR RENTAL HOUSING INSPECTION LICENSE AND ADOPTING RENTAL HOUSING EVALUATION GUIDELINES. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE CANADA AS FOLLOWS: 1. FINDINGS AND RECITALS: (A) The City of Little Canada ("City") has established a program of licensing rental housing in the City, to ensure that housing units available for rent meet or exceed minimum safety and health standards. (B) The program relies in part on the inspection of rental housing units by qualified private inspectors to be hired by property owners, instead of inspectors employed by the City. (C) The City wishes to ensure that all inspectors abide by a standard code of procedures and abide by a code of ethics to ensure that the program serves its purpose of protecting the public. (D) The City will incur expenses in processing license applications and overseeing the licensed inspectors, and may defi•ay those costs by adoption of reasonable license fees. 2. LICENSE FEE IMPOSED. The City hereby imposes a fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) upon any application for a Rental Housing Inspector license from the City, and upon any application for annual renewal of said license. The fee is due for each inspector applying for a license or reuewal. 3. ADOPTION OF RENTAL HOUSING EVALUATION GUIDELINES. The City Council adopts the proposed "City of Little Canada Rental Housing Program Rental Housing Evaluator Guidelines," attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A, as the statement of standards, terms and conditions applicable to every Rental Housing hrspector license issued by the City. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its approval. Approved by the City Council of Little Canada this day of , 2009. William Blesener, Mayor AYES - ATTEST: NAYS- Joel R. Hanson, City Administrator