Sec. 11-201. - Screening required.
Secs. 11-203—11-300. - Reserved.
Sec. 11-201. - Screening required.
In order to protect the occupants of public housing as well as residents of neighborhoods adjacent to public housing, by denying occupancy in public housing to any person who has been convicted of a felony, a misdemeanor involving violence against a person or of a misdemeanor involving controlled substances, the following procedures for screening such applicants are hereby adopted:
(1)
The town manager or manager's designee with management responsibilities for the town department of housing, which functions as the public housing authority in the town, shall screen each applicant for occupancy and require each applicant to provide all requested identification information, including birth certificate, social security number, driver's license, if available, and an applicant fingerprint card.
(2)
The chief of police or the chief's designee shall conduct a search of the criminal history information maintained by the division of criminal information of the state bureau of investigation to determine if the applicant has been convicted of any of the crimes enumerated above.
(3)
The chief of police or the chief's designee shall provide the findings made through use of the criminal history information maintained by the division of criminal information to the town manager or manager's designee, provided that the Town has executed all necessary agreements with the division of criminal investigation of the state bureau of investigation.
(Ord. No. 97-3-24/O-2, § 1)