Title
Amend Article XII - Residential Rental Registration and Remedial Action Program
Action
Action:
Approve the Community Safety Committee's recommendation to amend the Residential Rental Registration and Remedial Action Program Ordinance.
Body
Committee Chair:
Justin Harlow, Community Safety
Staff Resource(s):
Kerr Putney, Police
Mark Newbold, Police
Current Ordinance
* City Council adopted the most recent version of Article XII - Residential Rental Registration and Remedial Action Program Ordinance on May 29, 2012, which allowed the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department to establish a registration requirement for owners of residential rental property when excessive levels of disorder activity have occurred on or in the property.
* North Carolina State law regarding rental registration programs was amended in 2017 and required the City to amend its current rental registration ordinance. These requirements included:
? Removal of the mandatory registration requirement,
? Removal of the initial meeting fee, and
? Decriminalizing violations of the ordinance (enforceable with civil penalties).
* The proposed amendment removes language that conflicts with North Carolina State law.
Proposed Changes
* Registration only required upon property reaching disorder risk threshold.
* Failure to comply with rental ordinance could result in civil penalty of $50.
* Remove language on administrative fee for initial meeting.
* Remove subsection requiring posting proof of registration.
* Language added to clarify right to appeal.
Committee Discussion
* The Community Safety Committee (Committee) initially received a presentation and memo on November 7, 2016. Recently, this topic was again brought to the Committee on November 15, 2018, December 11, 2018, and February 20, 2019 concerning the proposed amendments to the Residential Rental Registration and Remedial Action Program Ordinance.
* The Committee voted to recommend the amendments to full City Council (Harlow, Win...
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