(a) The owner of a rental property located in the city commits an offense if he operates the rental property or otherwise allows a dwelling unit in a rental property to be occupied or leased without first submitting a rental registration application or annual renewal application that fully complies with Section 27-31 of this article.
(b) A condominium association commits an offense if it governs, operates, manages, or oversees a condominium or its common elements without first submitting a rental registration application or annual renewal application that fully complies with Section 27-31 of this article.
(c) A person commits an offense if he, as a landlord or property manager, allows a dwelling unit in a rental property to be occupied or leased without first submitting a rental registration application or annual renewal application that fully complies with Section 27-31 of this article.
(d) A person commits an offense if he, as an owner, landlord, or property manager of a multitenant property or condominium association, fails to post, in a conspicuous place in a common area of the property or as otherwise approved by the director, the certificate of inspection score issued by the director.
(e) A person commits an offense if he, as an owner, landlord, or property manager of a multitenant property, fails to provide each tenant, upon request, with a copy of the rules of the multitenant property.
(f) A person commits an offense if he, as an owner, landlord, or property manager of a multitenant property, operates that property or otherwise allows a dwelling unit in that property to be occupied or leased without employing a full-time manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of the property, if the property has 12 or more units.
(g) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that:
(1) at the time of notice of violation, no dwelling units in the rental property are leased or offered for lease and the owner of the rental property has filed with the director an exemption affidavit on a form provided by the director;
(2) at the time of notice of violation, the owner of the single dwelling unit rental property had rented the property to tenants for a total of no more than 30 consecutive days during the preceding 12 months;
(3) at the time of the notice of violation, the only tenants living in the single dwelling unit rental property are individuals related to the owner by consanguinity or affinity;
(4) at the time of the notice of violation, the owner of a single dwelling unit rental property had a homestead exemption for the property on file with the county appraisal district in which the rental property is located; or
(5) at the time of the notice of violation:
(A) the property was registered as a short-term rental in accordance with Chapter 42B; and
(B) applicable hotel occupancy taxes levied on the property under Articles V and VII of Chapter 44 had been collected and remitted in full. (Ord. Nos. 22205; 22695; 24481; 25522; 30236; 32058; 32473)