For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires another meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The City Administrator or his or her designee.
DWELLING. Any building or other permanent or temporary structure, including a manufactured or mobile home which is wholly or partly used, or intended to be used, for living or sleeping by human occupants.
LOCAL PROPERTY MANAGER. A natural person residing within 50 miles of the city who is authorized by the rental unit owner to make decisions for the owner about rental, occupancy and maintenance of the rental unit.
REGISTRATION HOLDER. A person or entity that is the owner of record according to the records on file with the county.
RENT, LEASE, LET or SUBLET. The leasing of a rental unit to a non-owner for a fixed or non-fixed period of time, and shall include installment sales, purchases and other similar arrangements whereby non-payment of a periodic payment means the occupants may be evicted without the necessity of either a statutory mortgage foreclosure procedure, a statutory termination of contract for deed procedure or a statutory repossession procedure.
RENTAL UNIT or RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNIT. Any house, apartment, condominium, townhouse, manufactured home; mobile home, mobile or manufactured home lot, room or group of rooms, constituting or located within, a dwelling and forming a habitable unit.
SHALL and MUST. Mandatory. Should and may as used in this chapter are each permissive or directory.
(2004 Code, § 122.02) (Ord. 07-0482, passed 2-26-2008)