[RP TownTalk] Should apartments pay their fair share in taxes?

[Roland Walker]

>  My understanding is that fee is for inspecting the units

Your understanding is different than what the code says.  You may wish to read

   Chapter 42 LICENSES

42-6 sets out a fee schedule.  The apartment rental license fee is $75/unit.

If you read the budget, you will see the revenue from these fees,
applied to every unit.

R

On 6/5/07, Rob Oppenheim <rob.oppenheim at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
>  On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 16:20:05 -0400, Roland Walker wrote:
>
>  >We do have such a fee.  It is $75/unit.
>
>  My understanding is that fee is for inspecting the units.
>  And while it is similar to what I am proposing, it is different than a
>  true rental license fee. (And even if it is the same thing, it is too
> small.)
>
>  Section 55-5 establishes a rental license fee of $100, but 55-4(c) exempts
>  apt buildings. "Any owner of record of a multi-family apartment house, as
>  defined in § H-210.0 of the Housing Code, shall be exempt from this section
> ..."
>
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