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Plan Commission revisions to rooming‑house licensing advance to council (second reading)
Summary
Staff reported Plan Commission changes to rooming-house licensing: allow clerk-issued licenses after inspection when no issues, schedule hearings when problems are found, remove references to a health inspector position, adjust temperature standards, and move violation fees into a fee schedule. The item is in second reading and no council vote was taken at this meeting.
Jeff presented Plan Commission recommendations to amend rooming-house licensing procedures. Key proposed changes include allowing the clerk’s office to issue rooming-house licenses after inspections if no violations are found, scheduling hearings before the ordinance and license body (and potentially to the common council) when problems are identified, removing references to a health inspector (the city does not have that position), adjusting temperature-related requirements, and extracting fee language from the ordinance into a separate fee schedule to permit fee changes without revising the ordinance.
Council members asked clarifying questions about process and timing. The item was identified as a second reading; there was no formal council vote recorded at this meeting. Staff said additional revisions and fee coordination remain possible before final adoption.
