No person shall allow to be occupied or let to another for occupancy any rental dwelling unit unless the owner has first obtained a rental dwelling license.
(A) Applicability. The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all multiple dwellings, rental dwellings, rental dwelling units, including rented single-family dwellings, rented condominiums, rented townhouses and rented leasehold cooperative dwelling units. One license shall be issued for each building with rental dwelling units and shall be deemed to cover only such dwelling units under single ownership.
(B) Exceptions.
(1) A rental dwelling license is not required for single-family dwellings occupied by the owner where no more than two sleeping rooms are rented and the renters have access to the entire dwelling.
(2) A rental dwelling license is not required for single-family dwellings occupied only by the owner’s children or parents.
(3) A rental dwelling license is not required for zero-lot-line dwellings in which the units are owned individually and not rented.
(4) A rental dwelling license fee and the inspection will be waived by the city for two-family dwellings if both units are occupied by the owner, the owner’s children or the owner’s parents, subject to annual submission of the rental license application form.
(Prior Code, § 1012.03) (Ord. 915, passed 06-13-2016)