Item 4: Ordinance on Rental Housing Code

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ATTACHMENT B Option 2: Extends Sunset Date to September 30, 2016 ORDINANCE NO. ________ AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE RENTAL HOUSING CODE; AMENDING SECTION 8.440 OF THE EUGENE CODE, 1971; AND EXTENDING THE RENTAL HOUSING CODE SUNSET DATE. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds as follows: A. Sections 8.400 through 8.440, and 8.995 of the Eugene Code, 1971, (“the Rental Housing Code”) were adopted by Ordinance No. 20329 on November 22, 2004. Ordinance No. 20329 also provided that the Ordinance and the Rental Housing Code be repealed effective December 31, 2008. B. On May 27, 2008, Ordinance No. 20408 extended the sunset date to December 31, 2011. On November 28, 2011, Ordinance No. 20480 extended the sunset date to September 30, 2012. C. The Council has determined that the September 30, 2012 repeal date of the rental housing code should be extended for four years, and that revisions be made to the Eugene Code to allow for flexibility of the billing process. THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 8.440 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is amended to provide as follows: 8.440Rental Housing – Registration and Fees . (1) All rental housing not excluded under 8.410(2) shall be registered with the city on a form and in a manner to be determined by the city manager. (2) For the purpose of offsetting the costs to the city associated with the enforcement of this code, the city manager, using the process contained in section 2.020 of this code, shall set a[n annual] fee for each dwelling unit covered by a rental agreement. (3) The following unit types, while subject to the standards, enforcement procedures, and other requirements established in sections 8.400 through 8.440 of this code, shall be exempt from the fee payment requirements: (a) Rentals with a recorded deed restriction requiring the units to be rented affordably to households at or below 60 percent of the Area Median Income; and (b) Rentals that have been approved by the city for an exemption from property taxes pursuant to sections 2.910 to 2.922 and 2.937 to 2.940 of this code or that are recognized by the city as exempt from property taxes pursuant to ORS 307.092. (4) The owner or the owner’s agent shall be responsible for paying the [annual] fee. The total [annual] fee shall be paid for any dwelling unit which is covered by this Rental Housing Code for any portion of [that calendar year] a billing period, and no refunds will be provided after fees are paid if a dwelling unit: (a) Ceases to be a rental; or Ordinance - Page 1 of 2