Emily Flinn Neighborhood

I hope that anyone who reads this message will read the proposed property maintenance code and share what the code says with their friends and neighbors. This code, in its current form, applies to all existing residential homes, not just rental homes. No grandfather clause exists. The code mandates window sizes, the size of window openings, room sizes based on the number of people living in a home, walking through bedrooms to get to bathrooms-not allowed, walking through bedrooms to get to bedrooms-not allowed, and many, many more. I currently own some homes in center city and they do not meet this code's interior requirements. If this code passes in its current form, we will all have to comply with the interior restrictions. Please be aware of what your city council is considering doing. I am very concerned and many realtors are as well. The rules for the interior of homes do not have to do with maintenance. They will be permitted to enter your homes following the passage of this ordinance.