(A) No person, firm, government agency or corporation shall own a premises that is rented, leased, let, or used for any type of occupancy in the city without having first obtained an occupancy license (license) as hereinafter provided and outlined in the Property Maintenance Inspection Policy. Each such licensee shall register annually with the city. If the license is denied, no occupancy of a premises, then vacant or which become vacant, is permitted until a license has been issued. Apartment units within an unlicensed apartment building for which a license application has been made and which units are in compliance with this chapter may be occupied provided that the unlicensed units within the apartment building do not create a hazard to the health and safety of persons in occupied units.
(B) Exception. Owner occupied single-family home occupancies.
(Ord. 1532, passed 11-26-07) Penalty, see § 5A.602