(a) Within sixty days after the effective date of the initial adoption of this chapter, the owner of the property on which each existing boarding house is located in the City shall apply for a boarding house license as provided in this chapter. The Zoning Director shall issue a temporary zoning certificate, without charge, stating that a license has been applied for. A boarding house license shall be issued or denied by the City within ninety days of the date of the application for a boarding house existing upon the effective date of this chapter.
(b) A pre-existing lawful non-conforming boarding house use shall be subject to the licensing provisions of this chapter, including life safety requirements, and must be continuously operated in compliance with its license and this chapter in order to maintain its pre-existing non-conforming use exemption.
(c) Pre-existing non-conforming properties may not have more than five occupants. In order to prove pre-existing non-conforming use status, landlords must provide written evidence of a de facto boarding house lease that was in effect at the time this chapter became effective or within six months prior to the effective date of this chapter.
(Ord. 09-20. Passed 4-14-20.)