A group of Lauderdale Lake apartment complexes is suing the city in Federal court, claiming its new rental inspection program amounts to unnecessary and unwarranted searches of their property. The suit seeks to have the law declared unconstitutional and is asking for an injunction to keep the city from conducting inspections while the suit is heard.
City officials created the inspection program in February as a way of dealing with the foreclosure crisis that saw many single-family homes turned into poorly maintained rental properties. Under the program, inspectors go inside every rental to make sure the plumbing works, the electric circuits are wired properly, illegal rooms have not been added and walls and ceilings are not falling down.
The suit says even if there were a legitimate city purpose for the inspections, they would at least have to be required of all residences. In addition, plaintiffs believe that the inspection fee (of $150) is excessive and arbitrary because no such fee is charged to residential property owners whose apartment or residences are not for rent.
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