§ 5-400. Multi-family certifications.

Certification of multi-family community.

(a)

In addition to the training required for multi-family personnel, as set forth above, the City of Hurst will provide certifications to multi-family communities. Certifications are available on a voluntary basis and recognize the spirit of cooperation and partnership the City of Hurst wishes to extend to its multi-family communities seeking to be good corporate citizens.

(b)

Basic certification: In order for a multi-family community property to receive a basic certification, the following steps must be accomplished:

(1)

Multi-family dwelling community manager and maintenance supervisor must attend basic training.

(2)

The multi-family dwelling community must have passed an inspection by the City of Hurst Police Department.

(3)

This certificate shall expire after two (2) years or at the time the manager or maintenance supervisor holding a certification ceases to function as the multi-family dwelling community manager or maintenance supervisor. It shall be unlawful for any multi-family dwelling community to display a Hurst crime free multihousing basic certificate if said multi-family dwelling community has not met the requirements of this section.

(c)

Advanced certifications. The police chief is hereby authorized to create additional tiers of voluntary multihousing certifications.

(1)

Gold certification—Requirements and display.

(i)

Basic certification must be current in order to qualify for an advanced gold certificate.

(ii)

Multi-family community applicants for gold certification shall have the manager or owner and any other employees of the multi-family community attend additional training as required by the police chief.

(iii)

In order to qualify for Gold certification, the final step shall be for the manager or owner to announce the certification at a social or other event for the multi-family community.

(iv)

Gold certification shall expire two (2) years after issuance. If the multi-family community no longer employs any of the persons who attended gold certification training, the certification shall expire at that time.

(v)

Upon meeting the requirements, the police chief shall issue to the multi-family community a Hurst crime free multi-family community gold certification which may be displayed by the multi-family community.

(2)

Unlawful display. It shall be unlawful for any multi-family dwelling community to display any certificate or certification after the certification has expired or been revoked.

(d)

Renewal process. A basic or gold certification may be renewed upon inspection and completion of any requirements.

(Ord. No. 2194, § 3, 2-28-12)