Sec. 13-60. - Enforcement.
The police department may perform inspection audits of the security plan and/or the
elderly/disabled multi-family housing development at any time.
The police department shall annually perform random inspections for security plan
compliance of no less than fifty (50) percent of the elderly/disabled multi-family
housing developments located in the city.
If, upon inspection, the police department determines that a landlord has failed to
comply with the provisions of this article by reason of:
(1)
Failure to maintain a security plan for inspection;
(2)
Non-compliance with the security plan requirements for the development; or
(3)
Deficiency in the level of security provided by said plan;
The police department shall issue a written notice to the landlord outlining the basis
for the finding of noncompliance along with an order mandating full compliance with
this article within thirty (30) days. In the event a landlord wishes to appeal a determination
of noncompliance by the police department, the landlord may file such an appeal with
Providence Housing Court.
Upon the expiration of the thirty-day compliance period, the landlord of a housing
development still in violation of the order shall be subject to a fine of one hundred
fifty dollars ($150.00) per day, effective from the date of issuance of the notice
of noncompliance. Tenants and/or tenant organizations of elderly/disabled multi-family
housing developments shall have the right to request investigation by the police department
if they believe that their landlords have failed to comply with the provisions of
this article.
(Ord. No. 2021-20, § 1, 6-1-21)