(a) As of January 1, 2012, no owner, agent or person in charge of any building or unit thereof shall rent or lease any part of said building or unit thereof for residential occupancy unless said owner, agent or person in charge, has been issued a current and valid rental unit occupancy permit by the Chief Building Official for the city, as specified herein.
(b) The application for a rental unit occupancy permit for all existing residential rental units in the city shall occur between January 1 and March 31, 2012. The subsequent renewal of a rental unit occupancy permit shall occur every three years thereafter, between January 1 and March 31 of that year, unless said permit is otherwise revoked or voided as provided for under the relevant provisions of this chapter.
(c) The issuance of a residential rental unit occupancy permit for any new rental unit, or to reactivate any revoked or voided permit, shall be made prior to the occupancy of the rental unit in question, and said permit shall be subsequently renewed in accordance with the schedule that is specified above.
(Ord. 2011-111, passed 9-7-2011)