City of Annapolis - File #: R-26-19

• File #: R-26-19
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Second Reader
• File created: 5/28/2019
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/3/2019
• Final action: 6/10/2019
• Title: Rental Operating Licenses and Inspections of Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis Properties - For the purpose of requiring rental operating licenses and inspections of Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis properties.
• Sponsors: Marc Rodriguez, Sheila Finlayson, Elly Tierney, Rob Savidge, Rhonda Pindell Charles, Fred Paone

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/10/2019	1	City Council	amended	Pass
6/10/2019	1	City Council	adopt on second reader	Pass
6/10/2019	1	City Council	amended	Pass
6/10/2019	1	City Council	adopt as amended	Pass
6/10/2019	1	City Council
6/5/2019	1	Housing and Human Welfare Committee	recommend favorably	Pass
6/3/2019	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass

Title
Rental Operating Licenses and Inspections of Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis Properties - For the purpose of requiring rental operating licenses and inspections of Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis properties.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Resolution 26-19

Introduced by: Alderman Rodriguez, Alderwoman Finlayson,
Alderwoman Tierney, Alderman Savidge, Alderwoman PindellCharles
and Alderman Paone

A RESOLUTION concerning

Rental Operating Licenses and Inspections of
Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis Properties

FOR the purpose of requiring rental operating licenses and inspections of Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis properties.

WHEREAS, the City of Annapolis has the primary authority, under its police powers, to provide for the general welfare of all residents of the City of Annapolis; and

WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis ("HACA") provides public housing to hundreds of Annapolis citizens and their families; and

WHEREAS, the City of Annapolis and HACA have an obligation to protect the health and safety of public housing residents; and

WHEREAS, the City of Annapolis and HACA have the responsibility to ensure that HACA properties are held to the same safety, sanitary, and habitable standards found throughout the City; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to 24 CFR ? 902.20, federal law requires the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") to inspect the physical conditions of public housing, but such inspections do not relieve HACA from its own obligation to inspect its housing units; and

WHEREAS, in addition to conducting inspections, HACA is responsible for emergency, routine, and preventative maintenance services; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Annotated Code of Maryland, Housing and Community Development Article ("HCD"), ? 12-403, Maryland law requires all public housing properties of HACA be "subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, health, fire, housing, subdivisi...