2010-02-03 5-A Power Point-PIP-
24/7 F esidential
Property Managers
for Large Multi Family
Housing Complexes
State Housing Law
A manager, janitor, housekeeper, or other responsible
a person shall reside upon the premises and shall have
charge of every apartment house in which there are 16 or
more apartments, and of every hotel in which there are 12
or more 9 uest rooms, in the event that the owner of an
apartment house or hotel does not reside upon said
r premises.
If the owner does not reside upon the premises of any
apartment house in which there are more than four but less
than 16 apartments, a notice stating the owner's name and
address, or the name and address of the owner's agent must
be p (Title 25 of the California Code of Regulations, Section
42)
Alameda Housing Code
By reference the California State Housing
Law is already adopted into the Alameda
Municipal Code as the Alameda Housing
Code.
On -site 24/7 manager required for 16
ID
residential units.
is On -site 24/7 manager required for 12 +hotel
or motel units.
is Property Manager's contact info posted on-
ID
site for a115+ residential p
Ordinances in Surrounding
Jurisdictions
Oakland
On -site 24/7 manager
required for 16 +residential
units.
On -site 24/7 manager
required for 12 +hotel or
motel units.
Property Manager's contact
info posted on -site for all 5+
residential properties.
Adopted into Oakland
Housing Code
Berkeley
On -site 24/7 manager
required for 16 +residential
units.
On -site 24/7 manager
required for 12 +hotel or
motel units.
Property Manager's contact
info posted on -site for all 5+
residential properties.
Adopted into Berkeley
Housing Code
E,nforcement of Current Alameda
r,
Housing Code Violations
Allegations of Alameda Housing Code violations
owl are initiated upon receipt of a complaint and are
investigated by Code Enforcement.
Complaint Received.
•Initial Investigation to determine validity of
complaint.
is Valid complaints are pursued through enforcement
letters, Notice and Orders, Citations and Civil or
Criminal proceedings.
Possible Changes to Alameda
r,
Housing Code
Status Quo.
L ower thre shold for on site man ger
requirement (12+ units, 10+ units).
Add compliance verification with on -site
manager requirement (existing or enhanced)
at time of Business License Renewal.
Annual
is to verify compliance
with on -site manager requirement (existing
or enhanced).
Status Quo
♦Industry standard.
a
No record of non- complianceO
Tools are in place in existing Alameda
Municipal Code to deal with any future
instances of non compliance.
Consistent with neighboring communities.
Lower threshold for on -site
manger requirement.
(12+ units? 10+ units
a Possible reduction in rental income.
Possible reduction in property values for multi-
family buildings.
Possible elimination of affordable housing units.
Possible increased resolution of housing code
issues without City's interaction based on more
complexes with an on -site manager.
is 109 Multi Family complexes with 16 +units.
is 67 Multi Family complexes with 10 to 15 units.
is 214 Multi Family complexes with 6 to 9 units.
Add compliance verification with on- site
manager requirement (existing or enhanced)
at time of Business License Renewal,,
Minimal additional paperwork requiredO
Increased review time for license renewal,,
Increased business license fee to cover staff
time to verify compliance,,
Annual inspection to verify
compliance with on -site manager
requirement (existing or enhanced),,
V
Increased cost to property owner to cover
staff time for required inspection.
r
Impact to existing workload for scheduling
and performing compliance inspection.
Reduced level of service for current
enforcement workload, or
Additional staff
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