(A) The City Clerk shall issue licenses and renewals in the names of the applicant owners of residential rental property.
(B) No license shall be issued or renewed unless the applicant owner has first made application therefor on an application form provided by the city. The form shall contain a blank for the owner to indicate the most convenient times for inspections, and the application shall be signed by the owner, and shall contain the full text of § 151.38 of this code of ordinances.
(C) No license shall be issued or renewed unless the completed application form is accompanied by the payment of a license fee in the amount of $100 per dwelling unit.
(D) No license shall be issued or renewed for an applicant not residing in the county, unless such applicant designates in writing to the Chief of Police the name and address of his or her agent in the county for the receipt of any notices regarding any violation of the city or the commonwealth with reference to the maintenance, use, ownership and possession of real property, and for service of process pursuant to this chapter.
(E) No license shall be issued or renewed for a resident applicant unless such applicant has first designated an agent for the receipt of notices of violations of the provisions of this chapter, or any other ordinance of the city, or statute or requirement of the commonwealth, with reference to the ownership, maintenance, use and possession of real estate, and for service of process pursuant to this chapter, when the applicant is absent from the city for 30 or more days. Such a designation shall be made in writing and shall accompany each application form. The applicant may designate any person residing in the county, or having an office in the county as his or her agent for this purpose.
(1997 Code, § 153.18)
(F) No license shall be issued or renewed for any rental units upon property which have delinquent real estate ad valorem taxes due and unpaid to the city after the due date for any year.
(G) No license shall be issued or renewed for any rental units upon property which have City Code Enforcement Board fines or liens due and unpaid to the city.
(Ord. 3-1-90, passed 4-7-1990; Ord. 10-1-93, passed 11-6-1993; Ord. 6-1-08, passed 7-2-2008; Ord. 3-2-12, passed 4-4-2012; Ord. 3-1-13, passed 4-3-2013; Ord. 7-1-13, passed 8-7-2013; Ord. 6-2-18, passed 6-20-2018) Penalty, see § 152.99