Re: [nndl] Re: [NNADL] Thoughts on Neighborhood Plan

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THis is a serious proposal and worthy of our time and consideration.

Thanks,

Mary

Sebastian Wren wrote:
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>> Jody Horton Wrote
>> As you have said more than once in meetings, and as Thomosovic said
>> when he spoke to the NA this summer, occupancy limits are extremely
>> hard to enforce. This is not a promising place to start.
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> What Tomasovic was asking neighborhood members of ANC to support, and
> what I think we should discuss and consider, is an initiative that
> mirrors the policies already in place in Ft. Worth. There, every
> landlord must register their properties with the city and report how
> many tenants they have in each of their properties on an annual basis.
> The city then has a right to visit the properties (I believe he said
> every two years) and inspect them for code violations including
> occupancy limits, safety, and nuisances.
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> According to Tomasovic, this Ft. Worth policy immediately took care of
> the slum-lord problem, and if we adopted it here in Austin, it would
> also alleviate the over-populated stealth-dorm problem.
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> It is certainly worth considering.
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> Cheers.
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