Colorado Springs Business Journal

Posts Tagged ‘code enforcement’

Rental community takes lead on code enforcement fees

by Becky Hurley Published: July 10,2009

They weren’t about to wait for junk cars, old mattresses and weeds to rim their parking lots — or for seedy criminal elements, attracted by rundown conditions, to set up shop in vulnerable lower-rent apartments. Even during a tough economy, with 10 percent-plus vacancy rates and rents approaching 2001 levels in some cases, area landlords and [...] [...]

City mulls charging landlords $1-per-unit fee

by Amy Gillentine Published: July 6,2009

Tags: code enforcement, Colorado Springs, registration

Colorado Springs’ code enforcement department is proposing to charge all rental property owners $1 per housing unit to pay for a registration program that will track property ownership. The department will gather public comment during two meetings scheduled for 6 p.m. July 14 at the Falcon Division Community Room, 7850 Goddard St. and 6 p.m. July 15 [...] [...]