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Syracuse, New York, Code of Ordinances
REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES PROPERTY CONSERVATION CODE OF THE CITY OF SYRACUSE Article 1. General Provisions, §§ 27-1-27-10
ARTICLE 9. - RENTAL REGISTRY Sec. 27-130. - Rental registry established.
Sec. 27-130. - Rental registry established. The city of Syracuse hereby creates a rental registry for all one-family and two-family non-owner occupied dwellings throughout the city of Syracuse. The rental registry shall consist of identifying information for all owners of one-family and two-family non-owner occupied dwellings. Sec. 27-131. - Rental registry card required. Effective July 1, 2010, no one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling in the city of Syracuse shall be rented and/or occupied before the dwelling has been issued a current rental registry card by the division stating that the dwelling has been registered with the city and passed inspection by the division. Sec. 27-132. - Rental registry fees. (a) The fee for a rental registry card for a one-family non-owner occupied dwelling shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) every three (3) years. This fee includes two (2) inspections by the director or designated representative. (b) The fee for a rental registry card for a two-family non-owner occupied dwelling shall be one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) every three (3) years. This fee includes two (2) inspections by the director or designated representative. (c) For each inspection by the director or designated representative beyond two (2), an inspection fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) will be charged and become part of the fee to be paid to obtain a rental registry card for a one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling. (d) Where the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling has not been registered by the deadline set in this article, a late fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) will be charged and become part of the fee to be paid to obtain a rental registry card for a one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling. (e) No fees for a rental registry card shall be charged for one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwellings in a special neighborhood district, provided that the owner has applied for and paid the applicable fees for the certificate of sufficiency required for the dwelling. Sec. 27-133. - Registration. (a) No later than January 1, 2008, the owner of a one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling shall register the dwelling every three (3) years with the division by completing and submitting a rental registration to the division. The rental registration shall be made on forms provided to the owner by the division. The rental registration shall request relevant information relating to the owner and the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling being registered. This information shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The owner's name, address and telephone number; (2) If the owner is a corporation, general or limited partnership or a limited liability company, the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all officers, partners and/or members; (3) All the information required in section 27-11(c); (4) If the owner has a property manager for the vacant structure being registered, the name, address and telephone number of the property manager, the duties and responsibilities of the property manager and whether the property manager is a licensed real estate broker; and (5) Where the owner resides outside Onondaga County and the owner provides information regarding a responsible person who resides within Onondaga County, the owner shall specify on the rental registration the duties and responsibilities of the responsible person and whether the responsible person is a licensed real estate broker. No post office box addresses will be accepted as addresses for any of the information required in this article. (b) A separate rental registration shall be completed by an owner for each one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling. Any rental registration that contains information for more than one one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling shall not be accepted by the division and shall be returned to the owner. (c) The rental registration shall be signed under oath by the owner. (d) Any submitted rental registration that does not contain complete information for all the items requested shall not be accepted and will be returned to the owner by the division. (e) An owner that is a corporation, general or limited partnership or a limited liability company shall submit a copy of its articles of incorporation, partnership agreement or articles of organization to the division at the time that it submits its rental registration. The failure of the owner to submit a copy of its articles of incorporation, partnership agreement or articles of organization to the division shall render the rental registration incomplete and the rental registration will not be accepted and will be returned to the owner by the division. (f) The one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling shall be registered upon the following conditions having been met: (1) The rental registration is submitted to the division; (2) All applicable rental registry fees set forth in section 27-132 have been paid; and (3) The division confirms that the rental registration has been completely filled out and contains all the requested information, including where applicable, required attachments. Sec. 27-134. - Inspection. (a) Upon the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling being registered, the owner of the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling shall schedule an inspection of the one-family or two-family dwelling with the division. The director or designated representative shall make an inspection of the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling to determine whether or not such dwelling is in substantial compliance with this chapter and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. At the conclusion of the inspection, the director or designated representative shall provide the owner or the owner's representative at the inspection with a copy of the results of the inspection. (b) If the results of the inspection conducted in subsection (a) above is that the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling is in substantial compliance with this chapter and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, the owner of the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling shall be entitled to a rental registry card for the dwelling. (c) If the results of the inspection conducted in subsection (a) above is that the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling is determined to not be in substantial compliance with this chapter and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, the director or designated representative shall issue and serve a notice of violation in accordance with section 27-114 stating what violations of this chapter and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code were determined to be in existence. (d) Where the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling is determined to not be in substantial compliance with this chapter and the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, the director or designated representative shall make a subsequent inspection of the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling, and if the violations set forth in the notice of violation have been satisfied and no further violations are found, the owner of the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling shall be entitled to a rental registry card for the dwelling. (e) If the violations enumerated in a notice of violation issued pursuant to subsection (c) above have not been corrected within the time specified therein, the director may, without further notice, proceed to have the violation removed or corrected pursuant to section 27-117, and may pursue any other penalties provided by law. Sec. 27-135. - Rental registry card. (a) Every one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling shall have a valid rental registry card no later than July 1, 2010. (b) Except as set forth in subsection (d) below, the division shall issue a rental registry card to the owner of the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling for the dwelling where the dwelling has been registered as required by section 27-133, has passed inspection as required by section 27-134 and the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling has no delinquent property taxes or water charges or any outstanding unpaid judgments for code violations. (c) The rental registry card shall be valid for a period of three (3) years from the date of issuance, except that where title to the dwelling has been transferred to a new owner, the rental registry card for the dwelling shall no longer be valid upon the transfer of title to the dwelling. (d) Upon the owner of a one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling in a special neighborhood district being issued a certificate of sufficiency in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, the division shall issue a rental registry card to the owner for the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling. (e) The new owner of every one-family and two-family non-owner occupied dwelling shall have thirty (30) days from the date legal title is transferred to the new owner to register the dwelling with the division and ninety (90) days from the date legal title is transferred or July 1, 2010, whichever date is later, to obtain a rental registry card for the dwelling. (f) Notwithstanding subsection (e) above, no current rental registry card shall be required in connection with the following: (1) Involuntary transfers occurring as a direct result of bankruptcy, condemnation, inheritance, foreclosure and the like, or as a direct result of the sale at public auction by a municipality or other public auction. Provided, however, that the new owner of the one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling as a result of the involuntary transfer shall have thirty (30) days from the date legal title is transferred to the new owner to register the dwelling with the division and ninety (90) days from the date legal title is transferred or July 1, 2010, whichever date is later, to obtain a rental registry card for the dwelling; (2) Transfer to a purchaser who has submitted to the division an affidavit declaring that the dwelling will not be occupied as a residence and will be demolished within ninety (90) days of the date of transfer; (3) Transfer to a purchaser who has submitted to the division an affidavit declaring that the dwelling will be occupied by the owner within ninety (90) days of the date of transfer, and in the interim the dwelling will not be occupied. Sec. 27-136. - Rental registry card not transferable. Rental registry cards cannot be transferred from one owner to another for a one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling. Sec. 27-137. - Conversion to vacant registry. Should the owner of a one-family or two-family non-owner occupied dwelling that has a rental registry card pursuant to this article convert the dwelling to a vacant one-family or two-family structure, the owner shall notify the division immediately of the vacancy and the director or designated representative shall convert the rental registration for the non-owner occupied dwelling/vacant structure to a vacant registration. No additional fees shall be required from the owner at the time of the conversion. However, after the conversion, the owner of the now converted one-family or two-family vacant structure will be required to comply with all the provisions of section 27-116(e), including registering the vacant one-family or two-family vacant structure every three (3) years and paying all applicable vacant registry fees. Sec. 27-138. - Severability. In the event any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this article shall be finally adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful and/or unconstitutional, such determination shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be limited to the portion directly involved in the determination and the remainder of this article shall remain in full force and effect.
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