May 5, 2010 – FORT COLLINS. Last night the Fort Collins City Council voted 5-2 in favor of changes to the Occupancy Ordinance for rental properties. The major items include:
* Every lease shall have the Occupancy Disclosure Form signed and dated by all parties and either 1) notarized or 2) electronically recorded
* A copy of the Occupancy Disclosure Form shall be kept at the property
* If property is multi-family, copy can be kept with on-site manager or on-site office
* Lease renewals with all the same parties do not need to sign a new Disclosure Form
A motion was made to include an occupancy statement or form as an addendum to the lease, but was shot down by a 5-2 vote of the council.
Electronic recording shall mean a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received or stored by electronic means and reproducible in a physical document. Examples given during the meeting were fax, email, copy with date stamp, scan with date stamp.
You can find out much more about the occupancy ordinance at the City of Fort Collins’ website – CLICK HERE