Title
Ordinance to Amend and Reenact the City Code of the City of Hampton, Virginia by Amending Article VIII of Chapter 9 Entitled, “Identification and Inspection of Rental Dwelling Units” Pertaining to Expansion of the North Phoebus District Boundaries
Purpose
Background Statement:
In October of 2013, City Council established a number of rental inspection districts within the City of Hampton, one of which was the North Phoebus District. The purpose of the rental inspection program is to ensure safe, decent and sanitary housing, stabilize neighborhoods and reduce and/or prevent blight.
City staff received a request from stakeholders in the Phoebus area to expand the original North Phoebus District to include adjacent properties. Pursuant to Code of Virginia section 36-105:1:1 and section 9-241 of the Code of the City of Hampton, a finding must be made that (i) there is a need to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the occupants of dwelling units inside the expanded district; (ii) the residential rental dwelling units within the expanded district are either (a) blighted or in the process of deteriorating, or (b) the residential rental dwelling units are in the need of inspection by the community development department to prevent deterioration, taking into account the number, age and condition of residential dwelling units inside the expanded district boundaries; and (iii) the inspection of residential rental dwelling units inside the expanded district boundaries is necessary to maintain safe, decent and sanitary living conditions for tenants and other residents living within the expanded district boundaries.
Staff has determined that based on the average age of housing in the expanded district (65 years), the percent of rental units in the expanded district (49%), the value of the housing as a percentage of the City’s average (66%) and the condition of the dwellings, that the criteria are satisfied as set forth by the Code of Virginia and the Code...
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