Urbana — Ch. 12.5 Landlord-Tenant Relationships § 12.5-35

Both the interior and exterior of properties registered under the rental registration and inspection program shall be periodically inspected by the city as set forth herein. (a)
[Establishment of schedule.] The building official shall establish a schedule of periodic inspections of multifamily, single-family, and duplex rental units to ensure compliance with this article, as well as the property maintenance and building codes contained within chapter 5 of the city Code and the permitted use and residential occupancy provisions contained within Article 5 of the Urbana Zoning Ordinance.
(b) [Determination.] The inspection schedule for multifamily, single-family, and duplex rental units shall be determined by the following factors:
(1) Systematic zones throughout the city, as previously established by administrative order (see separate published map of systematic inspection zones).
(2) Tenant or neighbor complaints about a particular structure or area of rental properties, and/or as indicated by fire and police calls or exterior nuisance complaints about a structure or area.
(3) Inspection efforts proportionate to the amount of the housing stock in each rental housing type: multifamily, single-family, and duplex.
(4) Inspection class assigned to a particular building, pursuant to section 12.5-36 .
(5) Overall condition of the neighborhood in which the property is located.
(6) Frequency of prior inspections and date of most recent inspection of the property.
(c) Notice of inspection and right to refuse.
(1) Notice of periodic inspections of rental units, pursuant to this section, shall be given in writing to each owner and each tenant of such rental unit, a minimum of seven (7) days prior to the inspection. Such notice shall be presumed to have been received as of the time it was served personally on such person, or if mailed by first class U.S. mail, ten (10) days prior to the inspection, it will be presumed to have been received at least seven (7) days prior to the inspection. In such notice, the tenants may be addressed as "occupants" and one (1) such notice mailed to the address of the rental unit, shall be regarded as notice to all tenants. Notice to the owner, if mailed, shall be addressed to such owner at the address provided for such owner in the application to register the rental property.
(2) The notice shall advise that objections to such inspection may be lodged by telephone, fax, or e-mail or in person at the city's community development services department.
(3) If any owner or any occupant objects to a periodic inspection, no inspection of the rental unit shall be undertaken without an administrative search warrant issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, setting forth the general scope of the inspection.
(4) Failure to reschedule an inspection or respond to a notice of inspection shall be treated as agreement to the date and time of the proposed inspection. The owner shall be liable for the cost of reinspection if the owner or his/her agent fails to provide access to the rental property as scheduled. Failure to provide access as scheduled or rescheduled, shall also constitute a violation of this section.
(5) The notice and warrant requirements of this subsection do not apply to inspections conducted pursuant to other parts of the city Code.