(a) No Landlord shall offer, operate, rent, or allow an occupant to occupy any dwelling or dwelling unit in the City without first having obtained a license for each dwelling unit that is issued by the NOOP Official.
(b) Every Landlord, as defined herein, shall submit a completed report form supplied by the City to the NOOP Official, which includes, inter alia, the following information:
(1) The address of each dwelling and dwelling unit for which the application is submitted;
(2) The name, address and contact information of any property manager employed by the landlord.
(3) Whether or not said dwelling and dwelling unit is occupied by a person and, if so, the name of all occupants over age eighteen (18) and the number of persons occupying said dwelling.
(4) The name, address, and contact information of the landlord's responsible agent.
(c) Any person who shall become a Landlord, as defined herein, after July 1, 2024, shall comply with subsection (b) above within thirty (30) days of becoming the Landlord of the dwelling or dwelling unit.
(d) After July 1, 2024, every landlord, as defined herein, of a dwelling or dwelling unit within the City shall report to the NOOP Official, on a form to be supplied by the City, any change as to the occupants of any dwelling or dwelling unit. The reported change shall include the name of all new occupant(s), the number of persons occupying such dwelling or dwelling unit, and the date when such change was effected. If a dwelling unit used or utilized by an occupant becomes vacant, such vacancy shall be reported to the NOOP Official within ten (10) days, unless a change of occupancy occurs within ten (10) days of the vacancy.
(e) Upon completion of the application, the NOOP Official shall issue a non- transferrable NOOP license for continued use as a dwelling or dwelling unit that shall expire two (2) years following its issuance unless the dwelling or dwelling unit has failed a previous inspection with such violations remaining uncorrected. In such cases, upon a subsequent satisfactory reinspection, the NOOP Official shall issue a license. Notwithstanding these requirements, the NOOP Official shall deny issuing a NOOP license if landlord has failed to meet any of these requirements:
(1) The property is not maintained or is used in a manner that is in violation of any City ordinance;
(2) The landlord is not delinquent in the payment of any fees required under this Chapter;
(3) All sewer fee payments are current for any properties owned by the Landlord in the City;
(4) The landlord is current on all municipal taxes to the City, including for all properties owned by the Landlord in the City;
(5) The landlord affirms having obtained the services of a solid waste contractor for the licensed property.
(f) Landlords shall renew their license every two (2) years by completing a license application no later than one (1) month prior to the expiration of the current license.
(g) In addition to all other requirements in this Section, issuance of a NOOP license shall be conditioned upon the payment of a fee, which shall be set by a resolution of Council.
(Ord. 02-2024. Passed 4-3-24.)