(A) There is hereby created a Residential Rental Property Registration System for the City of Bowling Green that requires owners of residential rental property units located within the city to register each of their individual rental units, excepting properties as described at § 153.03 (B) and (C).
(B) Every owner shall register with the city in a manner prescribed by the Municipal Administrator or his or her designee.
(C) If the property owner or manager does not live within 35 miles of the City of Bowling Green; the residential rental property shall have an authorized agent physically located within 35 miles of the City of Bowling Green. The purpose of the authorized agent is to serve as a contact who will be available 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week and to act as a registered agent in order to accept service on behalf of the owner. The owner of the rental property is required to submit the name, address, and contact information to the city as part of the registration form.
(D) The initial registration period shall begin 30 days after passage of Ordinance 8929 and end on December 31, 2021.
(E) Following the initial registration period, owners are required to update information with any change of ownership. Any change in the registration information, including but not limited to a change in ownership, or agent change, must be updated by the filing of such amended registration information within 30 days of the owner's actual knowledge of the change in the information and/or if the registration is otherwise revoked or voided as provided for under this chapter on a form provided for by the city.
(Ord. 8929, passed 5-17-2021)