Modesto Municipal Code Art. 6 Self-Certification Program

(a) The city shall develop a self-certification program. A Property may be placed in the self-certification program if: (i) the Property is inspected at least once every twelve (12) months (with a thirty (30) day grace period), and re-inspected upon change of tenancy, by a professional property management company licensed by the State of California; or (ii) the Owner provides documentation that the Property is inspected at least annually. Documentation of annual Property inspections shall be on forms provided by the city, or forms that the Director determines to be substantially equivalent to those forms.

(b) All forms required by this Section shall be signed under penalty of perjury. It shall be unlawful to knowingly falsify any material information on a form, and any such falsification may be prosecuted as a misdemeanor.

(c) City shall conduct an annual audit of the Self-Certification Program. As part of this audit, up to 10% of Residential Rental Properties in the self-certification program, and a sampling of individual units thereon, may be inspected by the city each year. A Property that is selected for an inspection under this subsection, and passes the inspection, shall be exempt from further audit inspections for two (2) years from the date of the initial inspection. After the two (2) year period has expired, the Property shall be eligible to be inspected pursuant to this subsection.

(d) The City may select properties identified as being owned by frequent Health and Safety Code Violators.

(e) The City may randomly select properties within a specified census tract using statistical data or case information.

(f) A Property in which any unit is subject to a Notice of Violation or a Notice and Order from the city shall immediately be removed from the self-certification program.

(Ord. No. 3703-C.S., § 1, effective 10-24-2019)