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Posted June 28, 2019
The City of Charlotte is considering revisions to its Minimum Housing Code Ordinance, with changes that could impact housing affordability by raising the cost of property management and code compliance for landlords.
A full list of the proposed changes is available here, along with the presentation made last week to City Council’s Neighborhood Development Committee. They include:
- Requiring roof drains, gutters and downspouts be maintained in good repair and free from obstructions and designed to discharge rainwater away from
the structure. - Requiring any existing air conditioning systems to be ‘in good working condition.’
- Requiring that cabinet doors and drawers be ‘operating as intended and have functional hardware.’
- Requiring that exhaust ducts for clothes dryers be equipped with a back-draft
damper. - New fines of $500 per day for failure to correct any dangerous violations within 48 hours.
- Enhanced penalties for Environmental Court convictions that include probation or up to 30 days in jail.
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