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SEC. 161.301.
   (Title and Sec. Amended by Ord. No. 173,011, Eff. 1/30/00.)
 
   The provisions of this Article shall apply to all residential rental properties with two or more dwelling units, efficiency dwelling units, light housekeeping rooms, guest rooms and suites, as these terms are defined in Section 12.03 of this Code, where one or more of these units are rented or offered for rent on the same lot, land, buildings and structures appurtenant thereto. The provisions shall not apply to: (Amended by Ord. No. 181,744, Eff. 7/15/11.)
 
   (1)   Owner occupied units.
 
   (2)   Housing accommodations in hotels, motels, inns, or tourist homes. This exception does not apply to residential hotels as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50519(b)(1).
 
   (3)   A dwelling unit in a condominium or a nonprofit stock cooperative.
 
   (4)   Housing accommodations in any hospital; state licensed community care facility; convent, monastery, or other facility occupied exclusively by members of a religious order; extended medical care facility; asylum; on-campus fraternity or sorority houses; or on-campus housing accommodations owned, operated or managed by an institution of higher education, a high school, or an elementary school for occupancy by its students.
 
   (5)   Housing accommodations which a government unit, agency or authority owns, operates, or manages, or which are specifically exempted from municipal regulation by state or federal law or administrative regulation. This exception shall not apply once the governmental ownership, operation, or management regulation is discontinued.
 
   (6)   Mobile homes, or mobile home parks, or recreational vehicles as defined in California Civil Code Section 799.29, or recreational vehicle parks. (Amended by Ord. No. 181,744, Eff. 7/15/11.)
 
   (7)   Vacant properties.