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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Deborah Lang, Assistant Corporation Counsel
DATE: March 6, 2018
SUBJECT:
An ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on remodeling, change of occupancy, or change of use of single family homes to lodging houses, boarding houses, or congregate living facilities and the issuance of rental licenses or the required revised certificate of occupancy to convert single family homes to lodging houses, boarding houses or congregate living facilities when the occupants do not fit the definition of family in the City of Aurora.
PURPOSE:
To obtain City Council's approval to place a temporary moratorium on remodeling, change of occupancy, or change of use of single family homes to lodging houses, boarding houses, or congregate living facilities and the issuance of rental licenses or the required revised certificate of occupancy to convert single family homes to lodging houses, boarding houses or congregate living facilities when the occupants do not fit the definition of family in the City of Aurora.
BACKGROUND:
Chapter 12 of the City of Aurora ordinances has not been amended since the addition of Crime Free Housing in 2008 and an amendment in 2009 for a change in fee structures and vacant property registration.
DISCUSSION:
Since the 2008 recession, some neighborhoods throughout the City of Aurora have experienced a change from single family homes to single family homes converted to lodging houses, boarding houses or congregate living facilities. Since then, the building code standards have changed and there is a need to update the city's ordinances to maintain safe living facilities for occupants.
This moratorium would afford staff the opportunity to research the laws in other communities, as well as the best practices and any related legal matters, so that we may come up with the appropriate code changes to address the above issues. We anticipate we should be able to bring before the Council the needed revisions to the or...
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