CHAPTER 15.25
TENANT/LANDLORD RESPONSIBILITIES

SECTION:

15.25.010: Short Title

15.25.020: Exclusions From Application Of Chapter

15.25.030: Identification Of Owner And Agents

15.25.040: Property Owner To Deliver Possession Of Dwelling Unit

15.25.050: Property Owner To Maintain The Premises And Each Dwelling Unit

15.25.060: Tenant To Maintain Dwelling Unit

15.25.070: Rules And Regulations

15.25.080: Access

15.25.090: Property Owner And Tenant Remedies For Abuse Of Access

15.25.100: Failure To Deliver Possession

15.25.110: Repair Of Specified Failures

15.25.120: Tenant Repair And Deduct

15.25.130: Retaliatory Conduct Prohibited

15.25.010: SHORT TITLE:

This chapter shall be known as the LOGAN CITY FIT PREMISES ordinance. This chapter shall also be known as title 15, chapter 25 of this code. It may be cited and pleaded under either designation. (Ord. 98-42, 1998)

15.25.020: EXCLUSIONS FROM APPLICATION OF CHAPTER:

The following arrangements are not governed by this chapter:

   A.   Residence at a detention, medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, or religious institution;

   B.   Occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit if the occupant is the purchaser;

   C.   Occupancy by a member of a fraternal or social organization in a building operated for the benefit of the organization;

   D.   Transient occupancy in a hotel or motel 1 , except that single room occupancy units ("SRO") shall be governed by this chapter. "SRO" means an existing housing unit with one combined sleeping and living room of at least seventy (70) square feet, but of not more than two hundred twenty (220) square feet, where the usual tenancy or occupancy of the same unit by the same person or persons is for a period of longer than one week. Such units may include a kitchen and a private bath; and

   E.   Occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit. (Ord. 98-42, 1998)

 

Notes

1	1. Or lodgings subject to UCA § 59-12-301.

15.25.030: IDENTIFICATION OF OWNER AND AGENTS:

   A.   A property owner or any person authorized to enter into an oral or written rental agreement on the property owner's behalf shall disclose to the tenant, in writing, at or before the commencement of the tenancy, the name, address, and telephone number of:

      1.   The owner or person authorized to manage the premises; and

      2.   A local person authorized to act for and on behalf of the owner for the purpose of receiving notices and demands and performing the property owner's obligations under this chapter and the rental agreement if the owner or manager resides outside Cache County.

   B.   A person who enters into a rental agreement and fails to comply with the requirements of this section becomes an agent of the property owner for the purposes of:

      1.   Receipt of notices under this chapter; and

      2.   Performing the obligations of the property owner under this chapter and under the rental agreement.

   C.   The information required to be furnished by this section shall be kept current. This section is enforceable against any successor property owner, owner, or manager.

   D.   Every rental property with more than one unit rented without a written agreement shall have a notice posted in a conspicuous place with the name, address, and telephone number of the owner or manager and local agent as required by subsection A of this section. (Ord. 98-42, 1998)