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62 Subd. 7. Resident Agent Required. Owners of rental dwellings with five (5) or more individual units appoint a resident agent who shall reside within the rental dwelling to be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the rental dwelling and common areas and to handle licensing issues with the City. Owners of rental dwellings containing fewer than five (5) units who do not reside within the counties of Ramsey, Hennepin, Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Scott, Washington, Wright, Chisago, Isanti or Sherburne shall appoint an agent that resides within one of these counties that shall be the responsible resident agent. Subd. 8. Register of Occupancy, The owner or its resident agent shall keep a current register of occupancy for each rental dwelling. This register of occupancy may be reviewed by the City at the time. Said register of occupancy shall contain, at a minimum, the following information: 1. Address(es) of the rental dwelling; 2. Number of bedrooms of each unit; 3. Number of units in each building; and 4. Number of adult and children (under 18) currently occupying each unit. 1336.08 INSPECTIONS. Subd. I inspections. The City will inspect all rental dwellings periodically to determine compliance with this Chapter, the City Code and the International Property Maintenance Code. After each inspection, the City shall provide the owner or resident agent with a compliance order pursuant to Section 1336.08. The owner or resident agent must correct the violations within the time period specified in the compliance order. If the violations are not corrected, the City may suspend or revoke the license under Section 1336.08, unless it is the initial license period, in which case, the license is valid until the end of the owner's existing lease with the current tenant as noted in Section 1336.08. The City may, however, immediately suspend or revoke a license if an unsafe or dangerous condition exists as described in Section 1336.06 subd. 3. Subd. 2 Occupant Initiated Inspections. An occupant who believes that his or her rental dwelling is not in compliance with the provision of this Chapter, City Code or the International Housing Maintenance Code may provide written notice to the owner or resident agent of the rental dwelling specifying the alleged deficiency. If the owner or resident agent does not take action to correct the alleged problem the occupant may contact the City and request an inspection of the rental dwelling by the Housing Inspector upon showing proof that the owner or resident agent had been properly notified and has been given a reasonable time in which to correct deficiencies. The cost of the inspection shall be paid by the owner if the City's inspection reveals actual deficiencies as described by the occupant.