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Neighborhood Livability Working Group <br />Issues to Consider <br /> Options for administering the ordinance include the West University Public Safety Station manager or <br />nt program within the Building and Permit Services <br />Division. The latter may be a good fit as recovery fines can be handled as civil, rather than criminal, <br />penalties. <br /> The following stakeholder perspectives represent individual member concerns regarding this strategy: <br /> We should focus on enforcing existing codes and ordinances first and provide clear and consistent <br />R <br />enforcement guidelines for police and the public. <br /> How can a landlord be held liable for tenant behaviors they were not aware of? A landlord should <br />R <br />not be considered a "social host" any more than the community college, university, city or state. <br /> We need to provide clear allowances for landlords that have made good faith efforts to address <br />R <br />tenant behaviors. <br /> We need to quantify that we have a chronic problem before enacting an ordinance. How many noise <br />R <br />or MIP violations have occurred at the same house? <br /> We need to make sure that existing enforcement efforts are making those responsible for the problem <br />R <br />pay before turning to absentee owners. <br /> The enforcement and sanctions of this strategy need a lot more refinement. Just like tenants, many <br />R <br />landlords provide quality service to the community and any new laws should specifically define the <br />negative behavior of the responsible party that we are wishing to mitigate. <br /> <br />Measuring Effectiveness <br />The effectiveness of this strategy will be measured by the number of loud party complaints received, and <br />responses to alcohol-related medical calls. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />20 <br />Page <br /> <br />