A. With the exception of those properties identified in Section 15.70.070 (Exemptions), all rental/motel properties shall be registered with the Planning Department according to the registration deadlines established by the Director. The rental/motel property registration or renewal application shall identify all rental housing units or motel guest units on the rental/motel property. Nothing herein shall require the owner or owner's representative of a rental/motel property to provide a guest registry as part of the registration process.
B. Rental/motel properties must be registered according to a schedule established by the Director. The schedule shall include registration deadlines of not less than sixty (60) days following notice and delivery to the owner or the owner's representative by the Director of a Management Practices Questionnaire and such other forms as the Director may determine necessary to satisfy the registration requirements of this Chapter; and shall be based on dividing the City into registration areas that are, to the degree practicable, balanced geographically and by rough numbers of properties to be registered in each area.
C. A rental/motel property registration shall be valid and used for purposes of complying with the inspection provisions of this Chapter for five (5) years from the date the Director issues a certificate of compliance or until one of the following circumstances occurs, whichever is sooner:
1. The owner or the owner's representative fails to notify the Planning Department of any change in the information submitted pursuant to this Section 15.70.080 within thirty (30) days of such change; or
2. The owner or the owner's representative fails to pay any fees established in this Chapter when payment is due; or
3. The rental/motel property is transferred to a new owner and the new owner fails to submit an application for a rental/motel property registration to the Planning Department within ninety (90) days following the date of transfer; or
4. The Director determines that the certificate of compliance is no longer valid because a substandard condition or conditions exist at or on any portion of the rental/motel property listed in the certificate of compliance.
D. A rental/motel property is registered with the City when the owner or the owner's representative of the corresponding rental/motel property submits the following to the Planning Department:
1. An application for a rental/motel property registration shall be submitted to the Planning Department on forms provided by the Director. The application shall include, but is not limited to, the following information:
a. Description of the rental/motel property, including, but not limited to, the street address and assessor's parcel number;
b. A list of all rental housing units or motel guest units on the rental/motel property, identified by a means unique to each unit (e.g., room number, unit number, etc.);
c. Name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) for the owner of the rental/motel property and the owner's representative (if any);
d. The name, address, telephone number and email address (if any) of the person or entity that a lessee or motel guest is to contact when requesting repairs to be made to his/her/their rental/motel property, and the contact person's business relationship to the owner or the owner's representative;
e. A declaration of compliance from the owner or the owner's representative, declaring that all rental housing units or motel guest units that are or may be available for rent are listed in the rental/motel property registration or renewal application and meet or will meet the standards in this Chapter before the units are rented; and
f. Any other information required by the Director.
E. If, upon approval of an application for registration or a renewal thereof or following an inspection where no violations of applicable laws or ordinances are determined to exist, a certificate of compliance shall be issued by the Director to the owner or the owner's representative. A certificate of compliance shall be valid until renewal of the registration or revocation of such certificate pursuant to this Chapter.
F. A rental/motel property registration must be renewed by submittal of a rental/motel property registration renewal application at least sixty (60) days before the current certificate of compliance expires, which application shall contain all of the information required by subsection D.1. of this Section 15.70.080, above, and be accompanied by a new declaration as required by subparagraph "e" of subsection D.1. of this Section 15.70.080.
G. If any of the information required by subsection D.1., above, changes during the term of a certificate of compliance, the owner or the owner's representative shall update the information within thirty (30) days of the information changing, on a form provided by the Planning and Building Department.
H. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make a false statement of fact or knowingly omit any information that is required to register a rental/motel property unit pursuant to this section. (Ord. 6297 § 1 (part); March 4, 2014: Ord. 6403 § 1 (part); April 4, 2017.)