For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases and words shall have the meanings given.
"Director" means the employee of the city authorized by the city manager to supervise the rental housing inspection division, or his or her designee.
"Engage in the business of rental housing" means renting or offering to rent a rental housing unit.
"Inspector" means any employee of the city authorized by the city manager to conduct inspections in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
"Owner" means the owner of record.
"Rent" means to grant the possession or enjoyment of, in exchange for money or any other consideration.
"Rental housing inspection division" means the department or division of the city designated by the city manager to administer the provisions of this chapter.
"Rental housing property" means a parcel of real property, as shown on the latest equalized tax assessment roll as maintained by the assessor of the county of Sacramento, upon which a rental housing unit is maintained.
"Rental housing unit" means a single unit of residence for a single housekeeping unit of one or more persons, that is being rented, or is intended to be rented. Examples of housing units covered by this chapter include apartment units, condominiums, duplexes and single-family houses. "Rental housing unit" also includes other types of residential units that provide for sleeping accommodations but toileting or cooking facilities are shared by occupants of more than one unit, such as residential or single room occupancy hotels. This does not include units used for transient lodging such as dormitories, group homes, rooming or boarding houses, hotels, motels, and bed and breakfast inns. (Ord. 2013-0013 § 1; Ord. 2008-012 § 1)