(a) Any person selling or otherwise relinquishing ownership or control of a Transient Rental Property, including an Authorized Representative or Owner, shall notify the Department of the proposed effective date of the change in ownership or control.
(b) In order to transfer and assign a valid Transient Registration Occupancy Certificate (issued prior to the effective date of this Ordinance), Transient Rental Registration Certificate, or Renewal Transient Occupancy Registration, the Owner and holder of the Transient Registration Occupancy Certificate (issued prior to the effective date of this Ordinance), Transient Rental Registration Certificate, or Renewal Transient Occupancy Registration shall notify the Department of the change in ownership and control. The notice required by this section shall be in writing and shall include the following:
(1) The name, address, email address, and telephone number of the new Authorized Representative or Owner;
(2) The name, address, email address and telephone number of the previous Authorized Representative or Owner;
(4) The effective date of such change in ownership or control.
Within fourteen (14) days of acquiring the Transient Rental Property (as evidenced by the new Owner receiving recorded legal title to same), the new Owner shall complete an Application for purposes of the new Owner acknowledging the rights, duties and obligations of an Owner under this Chapter, including permitting the Department to conduct a Life Safety Inspection in accordance with Section 1369.06 of this Chapter. The new Owner shall be required to pay a reinspection fee in accordance with the Codified Ordinances of the City. Provided the Application is approved, the Life Safety Inspection is approved, and the new Owner pays the reinspection fee, the City shall consider then-existing Transient Registration Occupancy Certificate (issued prior to the effective date of this Ordinance), Transient Rental Registration Certificate or Renewal Transient Rental Registration Certificate (as the case may) assigned and transferred to the new Owner, thereby permitting the new Owner to utilize then-existing Transient Registration Occupancy Certificate (issued prior to the effective date of this Ordinance), Transient Rental Registration Certificate, or Renewal Transient Rental Registration Certificate (as the case may be) for the unexpired portion of the term of the relevant certificate.
(c) A failure to notify the Department in accordance with this Section within fourteen (14) calendar days of any change of ownership or control (as evidenced by the new Owner receiving recorded legal title to same) will result in a violation of this Chapter and a revocation of the Transient Registration Occupancy Certificate (issued prior to the effective date of this Ordinance), Transient Rental Registration Certificate, or Renewal Transient Occupancy Registration (as the case may be) and/or penalties or other legal action in accordance with Section 1369.99. (Ord. 2021-7. Passed 3-23-21.)