(a) "Rental property" means property, premises, dwellings, dwelling units, dwelling structures, or other structures, or any part thereof, used, designed, or intended to be used as a single-family dwelling unit, multiple-family dwelling units, apartments or multi-dwelling unit complexes, which is or are rented or leased or intended to be rented or leased. Property shall be considered rented or leased or intended to be rented or leased if:
(1) Money, rent or other consideration is being paid for occupying the property or any part thereof; or
(2) A person other than the titled owner of the property or his or her immediate family member is occupying the property or any part thereof, whether or not such person is paying money, rent or other consideration.
(b) "Immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, legal ward, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law. If rental property is owned by a corporation, limited liability company, or other entity, then "immediate family member" shall be determined in relation only to a majority owner of the corporation, limited liability company, or other entity.
(c) "Dwelling unit" means any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used, in whole or in part, for living by human occupants.
(d) "Tenant" means a person legally obligated to the owner or person in charge of rental property under a written or verbal rental, lease or occupancy agreement.
(f) "Person in charge" means an operator, manager, agent, person or entity in charge of, or having responsibility for, rental property, other than the owner of the rental property. (Ord. 3274-22. Passed 12-7-22.)