HomeMy WebLinkAbout22. 17-484 SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 17-460 17-484 ORDINANCE
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PURPOSE: AMEND SECTION 16-49(E) PERTAINING TO RESIDENTIAL
RENTAL INSPECTIONS TO PERMIT DELINQUENT FEES TO BE
PLACED UPON PROPERTY TAX BILLS AS SPECIAL CHARGES
INITIATED BY: DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH AMENDING SECTION 16-
49(E) OF THE OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO RESIDENTIAL
RENTAL INSPECTION FEES TO PERMIT DELINQUENT FEES TO BE PLACED UPON
PROPERTY TAX BILLS AS SPECIAL CHARGES
The Common Council of the City of Oshkosh do ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 16-49(E) of the Oshkosh Municipal Code pertaining to
residential rental inspection fees is hereby amended as follows:
(E) The Department shall charge a fee for the residential rental unit
inspection as approved within the fee schedule adopted by the Common Council.
Inspection Fees shall be collected as a special charge as provided in §66.0627 of the
Wisconsin Statutes and entered on the tax roll if unpaid, or may be collected in any
other manner allowed by law. The enactment of this ordinance shall constitute notice to
property owners of such charge.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, publication and placement of the appropriate signage.
SECTION 3. Publication Notice
Please take notice that the City of Oshkosh enacted ordinance #17-484 (A GENERAL
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH AMENDING SECTION 16-49(E) OF
THE OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO RESIDENTIAL RENTAL
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 17-460 17-484 ORDINANCE
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INSPECTION FEES TO PERMIT DELINQUENT FEES TO BE PLACED UPON
PROPERTY TAX BILLS AS SPECIAL CHARGES) on September 26, 2017. The ordinance
amends the residential rental inspections ordinance to specifically permit delinquent
fees to be placed upon the tax roll and collected as a special charge.
The full text of the ordinance may be obtained at the Office of the City Clerk, 215
Church Avenue and through the City's website at www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us. Clerk's
phone: 920/236-5011.
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Allen Davis, Community Development Director
DATE: September 7, 2017
RE: AMEND SECTION 16-49(E) PERTAINING TO RESIDENTIAL RENTAL
INSPECTIONS TO PERMIT DELINQUENT FEES TO BE PLACED UPON
PROPERTY TAX BILLS AS SPECIAL CHARGES
BACKGROUND
The City of Oshkosh enacted a Residential Rental Inspection Ordinance and Rental Inspection
program in the past year. One element of the Ordinance is the cost recovery of City staff time
for this activity which required a Rental Inspection Fee charged for all rental inspections. Up to
this point, the bills to the landlords for the inspections require payment in 30 days. This
Ordinance Amendment would allow the City to place any unpaid rental inspection fees as a
special charge and placed on the property tax bill.
ANALYSIS
State Statutes permit municipalities to collect charges for current services provided to individual
properties through a special charge which may be included on the tax roll for payment if
delinquent at the time tax bills are prepared and sent to property owners. Municipal Code
specifically allows other delinquent fees to be placed on the property tax roll as a special charge.
Examples of these fees are long grass and weeds, junked vehicles, other junk and debris, and
other code related inspections. This code amendment would bring the rental inspection fee into
conformance with the other City Codes by applying this method of fee collection.
FISCAL IMPACT
The rental inspection services are based on the recovery of City costs for the inspections and
administration of the rental inspection program. Currently, the City invoices the landlords for
the inspections after the inspections are completed. If a landlord would not pay the inspection
fee, the City would attempt to collect the fees, and could eventually turn over the uncollected
bills to a collection agency which would incur reduction in the revenue earned. Adding the
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delinquent inspection fees to the property tax bill would more efficiently and effectively collect
the fees necessary to run the program. It also ensures that the revenue is received and
compensated to the City when the service is performed.
RECOMMENDATION
The Common Council adopt the ordinance change as proposed to allow delinquent inspection
fees to be collected as a special charge.
Submitted,
A&I �Y
Allen Davis
Community Development Director
Approved:
Mark A. Rohloff
City Manager
City Hall, 215 Church Avenue P.O. Box 1 130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 920.236.5000 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us