(A) No owner or other person shall offer for rent or otherwise allow to be occupied via leasehold any rental unit unless the owner has first obtained a rental license under the terms hereof. No tenant shall occupy any rental unit that has not been issued a rental license.
(B) Owners of all rental units existing at the time of passage of this chapter shall apply for and obtain a rental license within six (6) months of the effective date of this chapter, and thereafter thirty (30) days prior to a property being converted to a rental unit or being converted to include a rental unit. Any owner desiring to offer for rent any rental unit shall make a yearly application to the Building Official for a rental license. All applications shall be made on the forms prescribed by and provided by the Building Official. Upon payment of the associated fee and following an initial inspection and the cure of deficiencies as provided hereby if any, the Building Official shall issue a rental license authorizing the owner to offer for rent the identified rental units.
(C) One rental license shall be issued for each rental unit. A purchaser of any existing rental unit shall make an initial written application of the Building Official for a rental license within ninety (90) days of the purchase.
(D) The city shall have authority to exercise its regulatory powers hereunder, including the power to issue, deny, renew, revoke and suspend any rental license if the applicable laws are not met.
(Ord. 2012-09-03, passed 10-17-12) Penalty, see § 156A.99