Article 1. General
17-101 Purpose and intent of article.
17-102 Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Designee of the Director of Community Development — means any person acting on behalf of the Director.
Direct family member — means one’s child, grandchild, mother, father, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, or the step equivalent of each of those.
Director — means the Director of Community Development.
Hazardous area — means areas of structures or buildings posing a degree of hazard greater than normal to the general occupancy of a building or structure, such as areas used for the storage or use of combustibles or flammable, toxic, noxious or corrosive materials, or heat-producing appliances.
Health hazard violation — means a violation when in noncompliance, is more likely than other violations to contribute to injury, illness, or environmental health hazards.
Non-health hazard violation — means a violation that poses a lesser threat to health and safety, but negatively affects health, and if left unaddressed, could become a health hazard violation.
Offer to rent — means to extend an offer to enter into a written or oral agreement with a prospective tenant under which the prospective tenant shall occupy rental property as the tenant’s residence.
Occupancy requirement — means personally live in the property as their home, Occupancy also refers to the number of people permitted in a home at one time based on the building’s floor space and function.
Owner — means any person not a tenant who, acting alone or jointly or severally with others:
Permit — means a permit issued by the director for making an offer to rent to a prospective tenant or owning, operating or managing rental property. The terms “permit” and “rental permit” are used interchangeably, also includes but not limited to Rental Registration or Statement of Compliance.
Permit holder — means a person who is responsible for the operation of the rental property, such as the owner or the owner’s agent, and who possesses a valid permit to operate a rental property.
Person — means an association, corporation, individual, firm, partnership, other legal entity, government agency.
Re-inspection — means an inspection conducted by the director to ensure corrective action is taken by fee permit holder subsequent to a previous inspection where noncompliance or violations of this article were found.
Rental property — means a structure which consists of one or more rental units, where none of the tenants are owners or direct family members of owners. Duplexes in which one of the rental units is owner-occupied and rental units within an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling that is in compliance with the city’s zoning codes shall not be considered rental property.
Rental unit — means a rental property or part of a rental property used as a home, residence, or sleeping unit by a single person or household unit, or any grounds, or other facilities or area promised for the use of a tenant and includes, but without limitation, apartment units, boarding houses, rooming houses, mobile home spaces, and single and two-family dwellings.
Resident Agent — means a person that performs duties related to managing rental properties and finding successful tenants to fill vacancies in rental properties.
Revoke — means put an end to the validity or operation of
Statement of Compliance — means A statement or report signed by a qualified party affirming that, at the time of assessment, the defined rental home, met the requirements stated by the Owner.
Suspension — means temporarily prevent from continuing or being in force or effect.
Tenant — means:
Utilities — means all services necessary for a property to have lawful heat, lighting, wastewater, and potable hot and cold water, in accordance with habitability standards.
(Ord. 3802)