ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a Request to RECEIVE AND FILE a REPORT Regarding NON-OWNER OCCUPIED REGISTRATION.
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BACKGROUND: This report back was originally brought back to Council and approved on February 22nd, 2022. However, as part of the discussion, additional information and clarification was requested. This communication provides the original information communicated and includes updated additional information. The underlined portion is the new information added.
Timeline of Non-Owner Occupied Property Registration in the city of Peoria
1989 - A Neighborhood Task Force Report was presented to City Council with a request to receive and file and endorse the general concepts contained in the report. The report included a recommendation that staff explore registering and proactively inspecting rental property. (Minutes attached).
1994 (August)- A policy session and public hearing was held by Council to specifically discuss the issue of rental registration. The goal of adopting a rental registration ordinance was to address the issue of staff spending a significant amount of time on locating owners of rental and vacant property owners. Staff mentioned they encountered issues with property owners providing fake addresses, not being able to locate any known servable addresses, and the cost burden to hire process servers to locate property owners and hold them responsible for the conditions of their properties. (Minutes attached)
1994 (November) - An additional policy session was held to discuss rental registration including a discussion on a rental inspection program. (Minutes Attached)
1995 (January) - An additional policy session was held regarding rental registration including a discussion on a rental inspection program.
1995 (March) - An additional policy session was held regarding rental registration including a discussion on a rental inspection program.
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