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-E Fee Schedules: Here are the licensee fee schedules from some of the cities we reviewed: Brooklyn Park: Two -year license - $150 for single family, duplex (per unit) condo, and each townhouse. Apartments one to 14 units are $l65 and anything larger is an additional $11 per unit. Brooklyn Center: Two -year license - $375 for single family, duplex (per units) condo, and each townhouse. Apartments are $155 per building plus $13 per unit with a minimum charge of $450. Shoreview: One -year license - $100 base fee plus $7.50 per unit. If the complex participates in the Crime Free Multi Housing program, then the unit charge is reduced to $5. Blaine: One -year license - $50 base fee plus $4 per unit. Fridley: One -year license — One unit is $41.25, two units are $82.50, three units are $123.75, four units are $165, and anything over four units is an additional $8.50 per unit. New Brighton: One -year license — based fee is $9.60 per unit plus an additional $2.50 per unit to help fund the Crime Free Multi- housing position in Public Safety. (The $2.50 pays for 10% of that position in 2005 and will increase to 50% over five years.) Also, if provisionally licensed, that fee is $17.00 per unit and it is a six -month license. You will notice after reviewing the above fees that they apply to all classes of rental property. There are no provisions for higher fees for problem complexes as a standard practice, except in the case of provisional licenses. (You will note in the Minnesota Realestate Journal Article previously referred to that Brooklyn Park initially established a three - tiered rate structure based on police calls. It was challenged one property manager in the court system. That provision no longer appears in their code.) You will also note that the other cities have licensed all rental property. In Little Canada's case, most of our problems have been with fourplexes on up. Condos and townhomes have not been an issue. However, we have experience occasional issues with duplexes. We have included a listing of all complexes with four or more units in the City. Caveats: There will be a number of issues we need to be aware of if we implement a rental housing licensing program. They are as follows: Staffing impacts to conduct inspection program. Additional staffing will be needed to do a thorough inspection program. We do not have a good estimate as to what will be necessary at this time. Access to individual units must be done in accordance with State and Federal laws and with respect to tenant privacy. This may make inspection of all units difficult. (The City Attorney should comment.)