ORDINANCE 7.7

Sponsor: Department of Permitting and Inspections; Ordinance Committee

First reading: 05/11/26

Rules suspended and will be placed on the May 18, 2026 Deliberative Agenda

Second reading: 05/18/26

Action: adopted

Date: 05/18/26

Signed by Mayor: 05/20/26

Published: 05/27/26

Effective: 06/16/26

It is hereby Ordained by the City Council of the City of Burlington as follows:

That Chapter 18, Housing, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Burlington be and is hereby amended by amending Article II, Administration and Enforcement; Division 1, Generally; Section 16, Inspection Required; thereof to read as follows:

18-16 Inspection required.

The enforcement officer or their delegate shall make inspections of rental units within the city, including hotel and motel rooms which are regularly let to the same tenant(s) for a period of thirty (30) days or more, for the purpose of determining whether a violation of this chapter exists.

Excluded from periodic inspection shall be all owner-occupied dwellings containing one (1) or two (2) rooms which are rented out for compensation and partial unit short term rentals. Also excluded from inspection are university and college dormitories that conduct regular, comprehensive inspection programs and annually certify compliance with the minimum housing standards ordinance to the enforcement agency. The required certification shall be submitted in writing using the form prescribed by the Director of Permitting and Inspections, due by September 1st annually. The certification shall include affirmation that the students have been notified of their right and the process to make a complaint to the City pursuant to Sec. 18-24. Inspections of dwellings and dwelling units other than those that are subject to periodic inspections, or of hospital rooms, hotel and motel rooms or dormitories not subject to periodic inspections as provided for in this section, shall be made only upon complaint or upon request of the owner thereof.

All records, including inspection reports, records of complaints received and investigated, and plans for inspections of rental units, shall be available for public inspection.

* Material stricken out deleted.

** Material underlined added.

ks/Ordinances 2026/Housing Code/BCO Ch. 18, Art. II, Div. 1

Secs. 18-16.

5/6/2026