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Iowa City
City CoUncil Agenda
Specia I Form a I
November 4, 2002 6:30 p.m.
Civic Center - Harvat Hall
410 E. Washington Street www.icgov.org
ITEM 1. CALL TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL,
ITEM 2. PLANNING AND ZONING MAI'I'ERS.
a. Consider ran ordinance vacating the twenty-three foot wide Grand Avenue
Court right-of-way, commencing from the north right-of-way line of Melrose
Avenue and extending northward for a distance of two hundred ninety-five
feet. (Second Consideration)
Comment: At its August 15 meeting, by a vote of 6-1 (Shannon voting no).
the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of the
proposed vaca[ion, subject to creation of utility easements where
necessary, and subject to agreement by The University of Iowa that it will
comply with the Iowa City Historic Preservation Ordinance regarding the
Cannon-Gay House, a National Register-listed house and designated Iowa
City Historic Landmark at 320 Melrose Avenue. A joint meeting of the
Planning and Zoning Commission and city Council was held on October 7,
2002. Letters were received from The University of Iowa dated October 3
agreeing to the conditions. At the Council work session of October 21, staff
was direct to pursue a transportation study in this area. This item is on for
expedited consideration at the request of th~ City Council.
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ITEM 3. CONSIDER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY
CODE TITLE'I4, ENTITLED "UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE," CHAPTER
5, ENTITLED "BUILDING AND HOUSING," ARTICLE E, ENTITLED
"HOUSING CODE" TO REQUIRE THAT ALL LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
EXECUTE AN INFORMATrONAL DISCLOSURE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
FORM AND BY DELETING THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY PROVIDE
WRI'I-rEN NOTICE OF HOUSING VIOLATIONS BEFORE ISSUING A
MUNICIPAL INFRACTION. (SECOND CONSIDERATION)
Comment: This ordinance amends the Housing Code to require that landlords
and tenants sign a form acknowledging specified information including the
maximum occupancy of the rentaJ unit, the names of all tenants, the City's web
site, the "disorderly house" code provision, and responsibility for snow removal
and lawn mowing. Staff estimates that it will take three years to determine the
maximum occupancy for each of the approximate 15,000 rental units. Both the
maximum occupancy and the form will be available on the City's web site. The
ordinance also amends the Housing Code to delete the requirement that the
City provide written notice before a municipal citation is issued, although staff
anticipates that it will continue to provide written notice in nearly every situation.
This ordinance resulted from a recommendation by the Neighborhood Housing
Relations Task Forced. Staff and the neighborhood representatives of the Task
Force are requesting that this be expedited. An earlier version of this ordinance
was set for "pass and adopt'' at the October 22 Council meeting, at which time
the Greater iowa City Apartment Association sought amendments. Neither
staff nor the neighborhood representatives opposed the Apartment
Association's recommendations, and Council adopted them. Because one of
the amendments was a substantiaJ change to the initial draft, the revised
ordinance had its first reading on October 22 rather than its third. The Greater
Iowa City Area Apartment Association does not resist this expedited process.
ITEM 4. ADJOURNMENT.
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