Title
Amending Chapter 34.24 of the Legislative Code pertaining to Excessive Consumption of City Services.
Body
SECTION 1
WHEREAS, in support of Mayor Carter’s 2023 budget, the Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) seeks to increase excessive consumption of city services fees, as detailed in Chapter 34.24 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code, by 8%; and
WHEREAS, the fee increases proposed more accurately reflect the cost of providing services; and
WHEREAS, DSI continues to experience substantial growth in personnel costs such as health care and wages; and
WHEREAS, General Fund pressures create the need to decrease the gap between fee revenue and program expenses.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul does hereby ordain:
SECTION 2
Section 34.24 of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
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(4) Excessive consumption of inspection services, fee, and liability.
a. The city shall be entitled to collect its costs of enforcement from a property owner who consumes either reinspection services or excessive initial inspection services. An excessive consumption of either reinspections or excessive initial inspection services occurs after:
1. Written notice of a violation is served under section 34.24.(3) following an initial inspection; and
2. One additional initial inspection is performed at the same location within a consecutive twelve-month period after the first initial inspection for which a notice of violation was served; and
3. During each of the two initial inspections under subparagraph (3), the enforcement officer finds violations of the Saint Paul Legislative Code under the jurisdiction of the department of safety and inspections which are new violations; or
4. Written notice of a violation is served under section 34.24.(3) following an in...
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