Mountain View Municipal Code Div. 3 Inspection Fees Cost Recovery

Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sec. 17951, the city council may prescribe fees to defray the cost of enforcement related to housing complaints.

(Ord. No. 4.94, 3/8/94.)

A per-unit baseline inspection fee for multiple-family housing based on the size of the complex shall be charged to the owner pursuant to the inspection program described in Division 2 of this article. The baseline inspection fee shall be established by council resolution. Properties upon which serious City Code violations exist may be charged a higher per-unit baseline inspection fee which reflects a greater percentage of the city's inspection cost.

(Ord. No. 4.94, 3/8/94; Ord. No. 18.94, 11/9/94; Ord. No. 7.96, 8/27/96.)

A preliminary assessment inspection, and one (1) follow-up inspection if required, shall be performed at no charge for each hotel and motel. The owner of a hotel or motel that is placed on the targeted inspection program as set forth in this article shall be charged an hourly baseline inspection fee for all additional inspections and reinspections pursuant to the inspection program described in Division 2 of this article. The fee shall be in an amount established by council resolution.

(Ord. No. 18.94, 11/9/94.)

A reinspection fee shall be charged to the owner of multiple-family housing for the fourth and each subsequent inspection of the same complex pursuant to the inspection program described in Division 2 of this article. The reinspection fee shall be established by council resolution.

(Ord. No. 4.94, 3/8/94; Ord. No. 7.96, 8/27/96.)

When a guest, tenant, occupant or other person submits a service request complaint to the city regarding potential City Code violations in a hotel, motel or multi-family housing unit or complex, city staff will attempt to reach the manager/owner by phone to allow them the opportunity to make a correction on their own. If the manager or owner cannot be reached, or the matter is not resolved within a reasonable time, and city staff make a site visit and confirm that the service request was valid and the complaint involves a "serious violation" as defined in the city's classification system for housing code violations, a valid service request fee will be charged to the owner. Inspections pursuant to a valid service request shall be charged at the reinspection fee rate as established by council resolution.

(Ord. No. 4.94, 3/8/94; Ord. No. 18.94, 11/9/94.)

If any person required to pay a fee under the provisions of this article shall fail or refuse to pay the same, such fee may be collected in a proper action brought for that purpose. Any person who fails to pay a required fee pursuant to this article within thirty (30) days after it becomes due, may be subject to an interest penalty of the maximum amount allowable by law, plus reasonable collection and costs including attorneys' fees.

(Ord. No. 4.94, 3/8/94.)