(A) No person shall occupy or maintain a rental unit within the city unless in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. This chapter applies to all rental units located within the city, but shall not apply to the following:
(1) Occupancy in a single-family, owner-occupied dwelling unit with a homestead exemption.
(2) Occupancy in a “group home” or “residential institution” as those terms are defined by state statute.
(3) Occupancy in federally subsidized and owned housing complexes which have multiple on-site units and which are owned and maintained by the federal government or local housing authority, or scattered site Section 8 housing units administered by a local housing authority.
(4) Occupancy by the purchaser of a dwelling unit under a recorded contract of sale.
(5) Occupancy in a dormitory owned by Indiana University Southeast or other institute of higher learning.
(6) Transient occupancy in a hotel, motel or other similar lodging.
(B) It shall be the responsibility of each person owning or operating a dwelling unit that the person claims is exempt from this chapter, to produce such documentation or other information as may be requested by the Rental Housing Officer, or his or her designee, so as to permit the Rental Housing Officer or designee to determine whether the dwelling unit is exempt.
(Ord. G-16-02, passed 3-17-2016)