(A) The city shall maintain a registry of rental properties located within the city. No person shall rent, offer for rent, or receive rental income from any rental dwelling or rental dwelling unit unless the owner has first registered the rental property where the rental dwelling's located in accordance with this chapter.
(B) The owner of each rental property located within the city shall register the rental property with the City Clerk on a form provided by the city. After initially registering a rental property, the owner of each registered rental property shall re-register the rental property annually no later than January 31 of each year. The owner of a registered property that is no longer offered for rent shall request in writing that the property be removed from the city’s rental property registry.
(C) Each rental property owner shall provide the following information upon registration and re-registration:
(1) The street address of the rental property;
(2) The number of rental dwelling units at the rental property;
(3) The name and address of the rental property owner(s);
(4) Contact information for a responsible party, who shall be a natural person, which shall include:
(a) The responsible party’s name;
(b) The responsible party’s mailing address;
(c) The responsible party’s telephone number(s);
(d) The responsible party’s email address; and
(e) The responsible party’s fax number, if one exists; and
(5) All contact information required by division (4) for a person authorized to make or order repairs or service in order to remedy violations of state or city codes at the rental property, if different from the responsible party.
(D) The owner of each registered rental property shall update any information provided to the city within thirty (30) days of any change.
(E) In order to compensate the city for its costs in administering the rental property registration program, all rental properties shall be subject to an annual registration fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), which shall be payable at the time of registration or re-registration. Any unpaid registration fee shall be added to the city property tax bill for the rental property. Any owner who fails to pay a fee added to the rental property’s city tax bill by the due date for city property taxes shall be assessed a late fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each month within the calendar year that the registration fee remains unpaid. Any unpaid registration fees and/or late fees shall be added to city property tax bills in subsequent years.
(F) Registration under this chapter is nontransferable. A new owner of a rental property shall register the rental property within thirty (30) days of acquiring title or other legal right of possession.
(G) Upon fulfillment of the registration application and payment of registration fee, and compliance with licensing requirements set forth in § 117.04, the applicant shall be issued a license for the one (1) year period, which is non-assignable and non-transferrable.
(Ord. 2016-03-01, passed 4-14-16)