Phoenix, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 148 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 148-3

A. Rules of registration. No rental unit shall be occupied until a rental permit has been obtained for such rental unit. A temporary rental permit will be issued upon initial registration, and that temporary permit will be valid until such time as an initial inspection is conducted and thereafter until the allotted time has expired, unless extended by the Village or Code Enforcement Officer, or a (final) rental permit is issued. After satisfactory inspection, the Village will issue the property owner a rental permit. Following the adoption of this article, all rental unit occupancy shall be prohibited without a (temporary or final) rental permit. Rental unit occupancy without a valid permit shall result in the issuance of an "Order to Vacate" to all occupants of (a) the rental unit(s). B. Rental permit. Any property owner who allows occupation of a residential rental unit within the Village of Phoenix shall register for and obtain a rental permit from the Village. All rental units must be registered with the Village of Phoenix within 60 days of the adoption of this article, and each and every calendar year or third year thereafter, as provided at § 148-3I hereof, thereafter on or before December 31 (commencing the first full calendar year following adoption), on a registration form provided by the Village of Phoenix substantially in the form attached. All fees and the registration form shall be submitted. Except as provided for at § 148-2 , property owners whose business or legal residence is outside Onondaga, Oswego, Jefferson or Cayuga County must register an agent on their behalf whose business or legal residence is in Onondaga, Oswego, Jefferson or Cayuga County and who shall be deemed responsible for the rental unit. Any property owner claiming an exemption from registration or payment of all or part of a registration/inspection fee shall file a sworn statement supporting its claim of exemption with the Village Clerk in form provided by the Village of Phoenix. C. Inspections. The Code Enforcement Officer shall be authorized, in the performance of his or her duties, to conduct inspections of rental units, at such times and in such manner as they may find necessary, with the consent of the property owner or occupant. Upon registration all such inspections shall be scheduled by the Code Enforcement Officer and such inspections thereafter completed, and with all issues and violations cited therein, cured, not later than the allotted time. The allotted time shall be that time for cure of all violations as imposed by the Code Enforcement Officer upon inspection taking into consideration the severity, complexity and number/volume of violations, the likely cost to cure same, the time necessary to complete such cure(s), the type of property and similar relevant criteria. Except where such violations present emergency or similar dangerous conditions justifying a shorter period to cure, or requiring that such premises be immediately vacated as unfit for occupancy, or otherwise where initially or subsequently extended by the Code Enforcement Officer or extended by timely request to the Village Board, based on the foregoing criteria, the allotted time shall be 120 days. All extensions of the allotted time shall be in writing and signed by the Code Enforcement Officer. D. Independent special inspections. As scheduled by the Code Enforcement Officer or as required by this article or other provisions of law where there is reasonable question of safety, property owners shall be responsible for the inspection and testing of systems, materials and workmanship that are critical to the integrity of the building structure and safety of all occupants. E. Qualified personnel. Independent special inspections and tests shall be made by qualified persons who, because of experience or education, are recognized as competent by the Code Enforcement Officer. Reports of inspections and tests, signed by the tester and a witness, together with a statement of any remedial measures to be taken, shall be filed with the Village of Phoenix Clerk within 10 days after each inspection and test. If any equipment or system is found to be defective or not in proper operating condition upon inspection or test, the property owner shall promptly remedy such defect or condition. F. Notice of violations. The Code Enforcement Officer shall, in his discretion, determine the severity of any code violations following an inspection. If a property owner and/or occupant is cited with a code violation, the Code Enforcement Officer will notify the property owner of the violation and the allotted time within which it must be corrected. This provision shall not apply to emergency or similar exigent situations. If the violations are not corrected by the date indicated by the Code Enforcement Officer and unless extended by the Code Enforcement Officer upon request made prior to such expiration date, an appearance ticket may be issued and the temporary rental permit or rental permit may be revoked. The Code Enforcement Officer may grant reasonable extensions of the allotted time upon request of the property owner made prior to the expiration date of the allotted time and provided that the property owner has previously acted within such period diligently and in good faith to cure the same. G. Order to vacate premises. Whenever a notice of violation, as provided in § 148-3F herein, has not been complied with, or the determination has been made that a rental unit is unsafe, the Code Enforcement Officer may order the rental unit(s) to be vacated within such time as the Code Enforcement Officer shall direct. The Code Enforcement Officer's order to vacate (including the time period within which the rental unit must be vacated may take into account the severity of the violation(s), the fault of and/or potential detriment or prejudice to occupants of the rental unit, and the actual prior notice to occupants or the property owner of the violation, suspected violation or request to inspect the rental unit. H. Approval to occupy. No such rental unit(s) previously ordered to be vacated shall be occupied until a rental permit is secured from the Code Enforcement Officer. I. Rental permit term. The term of a rental permit shall be three years from the initial inspection date for those rental units that received a (final) rental permit within the allotted time imposed from a prior inspection (including as same may have been extended). All other property owners and rental units shall be subject to a one-year (from the initial inspection date) renewal requirement.