Danville Title XV Ch. 163 Rental Housing Registration § 163.07

(A) Rental dwelling list. The city shall maintain a list of all registered rental dwellings that may include the address of each rental dwelling, the owner’s name, the owner’s contact information, and the local representative’s contact information, if any.


(B) Consent to inspections. Upon receipt of a rental registration certificate, whether pursuant to an initial registration or renewal thereof, the owner shall be deemed to have consented to exterior and interior inspection(s) of the one or more rental dwellings noted on the certificate as provided in this section. Interior inspections shall be on the advance notice by the code official set on a date and time no later than 14 calendar days from the date of the code official’s notification to the owner or local representative of such inspection. The code official shall have the authority to conduct an inspection of the rental dwelling in the absence of the owner’s or local representative’s consent if the tenant has granted such consent.


(C) Cyclical inspections. The code official shall establish a cyclical inspection schedule for all registered rental dwellings that provides for each rental dwelling to be subjected to interior inspection.


(D) Complaints from persons other than tenants. The code official’s receipt of a complaint from a person other than a tenant regarding the exterior of a rental dwelling shall be grounds for the code official to undertake an inspection of said exterior and the property on which the rental dwelling sits so long as the code official does not enter upon the said property unless the tenant, owner, or local representative gives consent to enter. The code official shall proceed pursuant to the city ordinance.


(E) Tenant complaints. The code official shall have the authority to inspect the exterior and interior of any rental dwelling upon a complaint from the tenant of the rental dwelling as provided in § 163.08 of this chapter.


(F) Inspections generally.


(1) Except as otherwise provided in this § 163.07 , for any inspection conducted pursuant to this § 163.07 , the code official shall provide written notice to the tenant as well as the owner or the local representative. The notice of inspection shall state a date and time for the inspection that shall be no more than 14 calendar days from the date when the notice is sent to the aforesaid persons.


(2) The nature and scope of each such inspection shall be limited to the provisions in the city’s codes.


(3) For each rental dwelling inspected, the code official shall determine whether the rental dwelling has any condition that renders it uninhabitable or dangerous and/or unsafe.


(4) Upon completion of any inspection, the code official shall prepare a written inspection report, which shall be mailed to the owner or the local representative and the tenant. The report shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:


(a) Address of the rental dwelling inspected;


(b) Owner’s name;


(c) Tenant’s name;


(d) Date of inspection;


(e) Description of all code violations observed or a statement that no code violations were observed;


(f) A code citation for each identified violation; and


(g) A date to reinstate code violation abatement compliance.


(5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this § 163.07, the city shall retain the right to regularly and periodically conduct inspections of the exteriors of rental dwellings and the properties on which they are located pursuant to the city’s overall enforcement of the city’s property maintenance code ( Chapter 167 ) so long as the code inspector does not enter onto the said property in the absence of the owner’s, local representative’s or tenant’s consent.


(Ord. 9467, passed 2-6-24; Am. Ord. 9538, passed 5-6-25)