(A) Registration form. The Clerk-Treasurer shall prepare a form for an owner of a rental unit to complete ("registration form"). The registration form shall require information including, but not limited to: name of owner, address of rental unit, mailing address for owner or owner's representative, name of tenant, e-mail address, phone number, number of units that owner rents, and verification that the landlord will update any and all information within 30 days of any change. The Clerk-Treasurer may amend the registration form from time to time as appropriate and/or necessary.
(B) Annual registration and fee. An owner of a rental unit in the town shall complete a registration form and pay an annual $5 registration fee ("registration fee") for each parcel of real property on which a rental unit is located. The registration form and the registration fee shall be submitted to the town Clerk-Treasurer. The registration forms for all existing rental properties in place the time of adoption of this chapter shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2018. In all other cases, registration forms shall be submitted within 30 days of the establishment of the new rental property. In all other cases, the annual registration fee shall be due by January 1 of each year.
(C) Rental unit community exception. Notwithstanding the provisions of division (B) of this section, an owner of a rental unit community will only be obligated to complete one registration form and to submit a single registration fee per each rental unit community.
(D) Obligation to update information. The owner of a rental unit will be required to update its registration form within 30 days of any change in address, change in ownership, change in occupant, or any other material changes thereto. Failure to do so will result in a violation of this chapter.
(E) Initial registration. All current owners shall submit an initial registration form and a registration fee for any and all existing rental units by January 1, 2018. Thereafter, any owner shall have 30 days from obtaining ownership in a rental unit and/or leasing a rental unit to register that rental unit with the town and to submit the registration fee.
(F) Rental registration and inspection fund. The Town Council hereby establishes a special fund which shall be known as the "Rental Registration and Inspection Fund" dedicated solely to reimbursing the costs actually incurred by the town relating to the registration and inspection of rental units as provided in this chapter. All registration fees required hereunder shall be deposited in that special fund.
(Ord. 7-10-17-1, passed 8-14-2017)