No person shall engage, or be engaged, in the operation, rental or leasing of a multifamily or mobile/manufactured residential rental unit without first registering the residential rental structure and reporting all residential rental units and accessory facilities, if any, contained therein with the City in the manner provided herein.
(a) The owner of any existing multifamily or mobile/manufactured residential rental structure(s) shall register each such structure with the City within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this Chapter.
(b) All newly constructed multifamily or mobile/manufactured residential rental structures shall be registered concurrently with the issuance of a certificate of occupancy by the City. Newly constructed multifamily or mobile/manufactured residential rental structures shall not be assessed a registration fee.
(c) Structures not subject to the provisions of this Chapter on the effective date of this Chapter later become multifamily or mobile/manufactured residential rental structures shall immediately be registered and comply with all other provisions of this Chapter prior to occupancy.
(d) The registration shall include a description of all residential rental dwelling units and accessory facilities, if any, within each structure and upon said premises.
(e) One registration is required for each structure even though multiple units occupied by multiple individuals may be contained within the structure.
(1) Duplex dwellings shall require one registration.
(2) Mobile/manufactured dwelling shall require one registration.
(3) Each multifamily structure/building shall require one registration.
(f) The registration of one multifamily or mobile/manufactured residential rental structure shall not relieve the owner from the necessity of registering all other multifamily or mobile/manufactured residential rental structures that he/she/it owns in the City.
(Ord. 23-1036. Passed 7-5-23; Ord. 24-1042. Passed 6-5-24.)