No person shall lease, rent, or cause to be occupied a residential rental structure or residential unit unless there is a valid certificate of compliance issued by the City Rental Housing Official in the name of the owner and issued for the specific residential rental structure and each residential unit. The certificate shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in each residential rental structure or residential unit at all times and in a common area shared by all occupants of a residential rental structure. The certificate shall be issued after an inspection by the Rental Housing Official which may include inspections by the building inspector, mechanical inspector, housing inspector, electrical inspector, plumbing inspector and Fire Department inspectors (in instances in which fire inspectors have jurisdiction) or other building officials to determine each rental dwelling and rental unit complies with the provisions and codes and ordinances of the city. Such inspections shall be commenced within 60 days of rental property registration and shall continue until all rental dwellings and all rental units in the city have been inspected. A certificate of compliance shall expire two years from the date of the issuance. The inspection process will then be continued for all such units on a periodic basis of not more than once every two years or as provided for in § 97.11.
(Ord. 224, passed 4-2-2024)