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Committee pauses ordinance on housing inspections and fees, asks administration for policy directive and more study
Summary
After a lengthy presentation on housing inspection fees and the department’s move to OpenGov billing, the committee voted to strike the proposed ordinance text and replace it with a policy directive; council then postponed final action to the chair’s discretion so staff and council can further refine fee policy and implementation in OpenGov.
The Ithaca Common Council Committee of the Whole spent an extended portion of its meeting on amendments to Chapter 210 (certificate of compliance) and proposed changes to the housing inspection fee structure needed to integrate inspections billing into the city’s OpenGov permitting system. Department staff warned that the existing code’s per-room, end-of-process fee accounting does not map directly into OpenGov’s property-based records and that a revised fee schedule would streamline billing and online payments.
Lisa (identified in the meeting as the department director) and Rob (director of code enforcement)…
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