Solvay, N.Y., Code of Ordinances ch. 127 (eCode360 ed. 2026) § 127-3

A. Rules of registration. No rental unit shall be let, rented or occupied by someone other than the property owner until a rental unit permit has been obtained for that unit. A temporary rental unit permit will be issued upon initial registration and that temporary rental permit will be valid until an initial inspection is completed. After inspection, the Village may issue the property owner a rental unit permit. Following the adoption of this chapter, all rental unit occupancy shall be prohibited without a rental unit permit, and rental unit occupancy without a valid permit shall result in the issuance of an order to vacate to the occupants of the rental unit. B. Rental permit. Following the adoption of this chapter, any property owner who allows occupation of a residential dwelling unit within the Village (including mixed-use property), must register for and obtain a rental unit permit from the Village. C. All property owners must register with the Village within 45 days of the adoption of this chapter, and each and every calendar year or third year thereafter, as provided in this chapter, thereafter on or before December 1, on a form provided by the Village. All fees and the consent to inspect form shall be submitted with the registration form, property owners whose primary residence is outside of Onondaga, Madison, Oswego, Cortland, or Cayuga County must register an agent on their behalf whose business or legal residence is in Onondaga, Madison, Oswego, Cortland, or Cayuga County and is responsible for the rental property. No vacant property shall be rented until a rental unit occupancy permit is issued. D. Inspections. The Housing Inspector(s) shall be authorized, in the performance of their duties, to conduct inspections of the exterior and interior of properties or parts of properties, at such times and in such manner as such Housing Inspector may find necessary, with the consent of the occupant or property owner. E. Independent special inspections. As scheduled by the Housing Inspector or as required by this chapter or other provisions of law where there is a reasonable question of safety, property owners shall be responsible for the inspection and testing of systems, materials and workmanship, including the costs associated therewith, that are critical to the integrity of the building structure and safety of tenants. F. 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 Codes 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 Code Enforcement Officer 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. G. Notice of violations. The Codes Enforcement Officer shall, in his/her 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 shall notify the property owner of the violation and provide the property owner with a reasonable amount of time in which to make repairs. If the violations are not corrected by the reinspection date, an appearance ticket may be issued and a court appearance will be required and/or the temporary rental permit may be revoked. The Codes Enforcement Officer may grant reasonable time extensions to cure a violation upon the request of the property owner made prior to the expiration date, provided that the property owner has previously acted in such period diligently and in good faith to cure the same. H. Order to vacate premises. Whenever a notice of violation has not been complied with, or the determination has been made that a property or rental unit(s) is unsafe, unfit for human occupancy, unlawful or serious in nature, the Codes Enforcement Officer may order the rental property or rental unit(s) to be vacated within such reasonable time as the Codes Enforcement Officer shall direct. I. Approval to occupy. No such rental unit(s) previously ordered to be vacated shall be occupied until a new rental permit is secured from the Codes Enforcement Officer. J. Rental unit permit term. The term of a rental unit permit shall be three years from the inspection date.