HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - New and revised fees for rental housing regulation RESOLUTION NO. 11-203
RESOLUTION ADOPTING NEW AND REVISED FEES
FOR RENTAL HOUSING REGULATION
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa, that the following fees
shall be adopted or adjusted to recover the approximate actual costs of city services from those
who use and benefit from these services,pursuant to Section 13.300, Ames Municipal Code:
A. Multi-family Dwellings.
Three-Six Apartments $19.60/apartment
Seven to Twenty Apartments $18.80/apartment
Over Twenty Apartments $16.83/apartment
Due and payable June 19 of each year is hereby established for multi-family dwellings
(Apartment buildings).
B. Lodging House and Boarding House. A fee of nineteen dollars and ten cents ($19.10)
per room, due and payable June 19 of each year, is hereby established for what are called
Rooming Houses, Boarding Houses, and Lodging Houses.
C. Fraternity and Sorority Houses. A fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) per structure, due and
payable June 19 of each year, is hereby established for Fraternity and Sorority Houses.
D. Owner-Occupied Single-Family Dwelling with Roomers Paying Rent to the Owner.
A fee of twenty-four dollars and thirty cents ($24.30) per rental room, due June 19 of
each year, is hereby established for single family dwellings with rooms to rent.
E. One- or Two-Family Rental Housing. A fee of twenty-four dollars and thirty cents
($24.30) per unit for single family dwellings and twenty dollars ($20.00) per unit for
duplexes, due June 19 of each year, is hereby established for one and two unit dwellings.
F. Special Request Inspection. A fee of fifty-two dollars ($52.00) per dwelling unit for
inspections made at the special request of the owner, a realtor, or potential buyer of a
property, is hereby established.
G. Reinspection Fee. A fee of fifty-two dollars ($52.00) per dwelling unit for a
reinspection after one free reinspection, is hereby established.
H. Appeals and Hearings. For petitions for hearings or appeals to the Housing Code Board
of Appeals a fee of seventy-eight dollars ($78.00) shall be charged to defray the costs
thereof.
I. Condominiums. A fee of twenty-four dollars and thirty cents ($24.30) per unit for
condominiums, due June 19 of each year, is hereby established.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the aforesaid fees shall be in effect from and after Aprill,
2011.
Adopted this 261h day of April, 2011.
Diane R. Voss, City ClerkAnn H. Campbell,Mayor