§ 9-1-82. Inspection of registered rental property; certificate of compliance required.

(a)

The director of the buildings and safety engineering department shall cause an inspection, as closely as possible to once a year, to be made of all rental property required to have a certificate of registration under Section 9-1-81 of the 1984 Detroit City Code.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for a rental property required to be registered pursuant to section 9-1-81 of the 1984 Detroit City Code to be occupied without a certificate of compliance issued by the buildings and safety engineering department in accordance with section 9-1-36 of the 1984 Detroit City Code.

(c)

The buildings and safety engineering department shall issue a certificate of compliance for a rental property where the department determines that the rental property, its units, accessory structures and the premises, including exterior areas, comply with the standards and requirements of this article.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for a rental property, as defined by section 9-1-3 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, on which the original construction was completed prior to January 1, 1978 and required to be registered pursuant to Section 9-1-81 of the 1984 Detroit City Code, to be occupied without a lead-clearance report being obtained and provided to the Buildings and Safety Engineering Department in accordance with Division 3, Subdivision B, of this article, provided, that the owner shall not be required to obtain a lead clearance until the next prescribed annual inspection date for the owner for the rental property occurring after the effective date of this section.

(Ord. No. 18-03, § 1, 7-9-03; Ord. No. 29-09, § 1, 10-20-09)