10 - Request for Creation of a Safe Zone at hotel and apartment housing

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employee being dispatched or directed to the apartment complex. This shall include any calls within the surrounding neighborhood that, through information or investigation, can be attributed or traced to the apartment premises, and any self -initiated activity and/or investigation based on the observation(s) of an emergency services representative. Calls for service shall be measured per event or occurrence at an apartment. Multiple calls for one (1) discrete event shall count as one (1) call for service. Calls for service include, but are not limited to: (1) Any and all high priority emergency service calls; (2) Commission of crimes that are drug related or drug related arrests; (3) Commission of crimes that are prostitution related or prostitution related arrests; (4) Commission of calls that are a breach of the peace; (5) All fire alarms at an apartment complex; (6) Immediate public safety and health issues at an apartment; (7) Property related crimes. (b) Calls for service apartment ratio. The ratio is calculated by taking the number of calls for service divided by the total number of apartment units in an apartment community over one (1) year. Apartment communities with an annual ratio of greater than 1.00 calls per unit will be subject to a reduced tier rating and possible certification revocation. (c) New apartment community tier rating. An apartment community which has not previously operated in Grand Prairie shall be presumed to be a Tier 1 apartment community for the first year of its operation. (d) Summary grading score. The summary grading score (SGS) is utilized to assess the number and types of serious outstanding violations, code convictions and calls for service observed on a property annually. Each property will receive a tier rating based on the SGS which has a maximum of one hundred (100) points. Tier 1 scores indicate that a property has obtained a score between ninety (90) and one hundred (100). Scores between seventy-five (75) and eighty-nine (89) are identified as Tier 2 properties as described in this article. Scores of seventy-four (74) and below will be identified as a Tier 3 property as described in this article. All properties will be subject to tier requirements. (e) Tier rating calculation. The tier rating will be calculated using the calls for service apartment ratio (CFSAR) during the previous calendar year and summary grading score (SGS) for each apartment community located within the City of Grand Prairie, or during actual operations if less than twelve (12) months. Tier 1. Good/Excellent: SGS is 90 -100 Tier 2. Average: SGS is 75 - 89 Tier 3. Below Average: SGS is 74 and below (f) Tier notification. By March 1 sc of each calendar year, each apartment community owner will be billed based upon their prior year's tier rating. Apartment community owners will be notified of their current calendar year tier classification by the housing and neighborhood services director, in writing, upon completion of the annual inspection.