Rental Unit's Certificate of Occupancy
The rental unit Certificate of Occupancy (CO) program is designed to bring all rental housing units to a new acceptable minimum standard. That new minimum standard is the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC), adopted by the City of Greensboro in May 2003.
In January 2004, the Local Ordinance Enforcement program (LOE) section of the Inspections Division began inspecting all residential rental units for compliance to the IPMC. This process is expected to be completed within five years. Upon compliance with the IPMC, a CO will be issued on the inspected unit with an anniversary date in five years. As inspections are preformed, any violations found during the implementation process will have same time limits for repairs as in the past.
Once a CO is issued and complaints are filed and violations verified, the owner has 45 days to make the corrections to keep the CO. If the corrections are not made in the prescribed time, the CO is revoked and the unit vacated until the CO is restored. The first restoration of a CO costs the owner $250.
Once the CO is restored and complaints are received and violations verified for a second time, the owner has 45 days to make the corrections to keep the CO. If the corrections are not made in the prescribed time once again, the CO is revoked and the unit vacated. The second restoration of CO costs the owner $500.
Once the CO is restored and complaints are received and verified for a third time, the owner has 45 days to make the corrections to keep the CO. If the corrections are not made in the prescribed time, the CO is revoked and the unit vacated. However, this time the owner will be assessed $25 per day until the corrections are made. The CO costs an additional $500.