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SALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 38 of 2011
(Adopting a disproportionate fee study relating to the Landlord/Tenant Initiative Program)
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A DISPROPORTIONATE FEE STUDY RELATING TO THE LANDLORD/TENANT PROGRAM AS PROVIDED IN ORDINANCE NO. 74 OF 2009.
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2009 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 74 of 2009 (the “Ordinance”) amending Chapter 5.04 (Business Licenses) and Chapter 5.14 (Apartment Houses), and enacting Chapter 5.15 (Landlord/Tenant Initiative) of the Salt Lake City Code to establish a landlord/tenant program (sometimes referred to as a “Good Landlord” program); and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance relies, in part, on disproportionate fees for rental dwellings as authorized under Section 10-1-203 of the Utah Code,
WHEREAS, the Ordinance will not become effective until the City Council adopts a disproportionate fee study (the “Fee Study”) by ordinance; and
WHEREAS, it is proposed that the Fee Study attached hereto as Exhibit “A” be adopted; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds (i) the Fee Study defines the costs that constitute disproportionate costs and the amounts that are reasonably related to the costs of municipal services provided by the City, and (ii) the amount of the disproportionate fees shown in the Fee Study are reasonably related to the costs of municipal services provided by the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. The Fee Study prepared by the Salt Lake City Finance Department, dated June 14, 2011 and attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, is hereby adopted.
SECTION 2. Beginning on September 1, 2011, disproportionate fees shall be imposed as provided in Section 5.04.070 of the Salt Lake City Code, but shall not exceed the amounts shown in the Fee Study.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall become effective on the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah this 14th day of June, 2011.
Bill No. 38 of 2011.
Published: July 1, 2011.