(a) Certificates of compliance shall be transferable when the ownership of a multifamily or mobile/manufactured residential rental structure changes provided that all certificates of compliance required for the property are valid at the time of transfer.
(b) It shall be the duty of the new owner to immediately register with the Department consistent with Section 1423.03
and pay a fee established by the City.
(c) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any multifamily or mobile/manufactured residential rental structure or residential rental unit, who has received a notice of violation of any code or ordinance of the City for that location, including zoning violations, building code violations, violations of rental inspection guidelines, fire code, or nuisance code violations, to transfer, convey, sell, including by land contract, ownership and/or interest in any way to another, unless such owner shall have first furnished to the grantee, vendee, or transferee a copy of any notice of violation and shall have furnished to the Department a signed and notarized statement from the grantee, vendee, or transferee acknowledging receipt of such notice of violation and acknowledging legal responsibility for correction of the violation.
(d) An owner may at any time designate a new responsible local agent to replace the responsible local agent, if any, on file with the department by submitting a form provided by the department and paying a fee established by the City.
(Ord. 23-1036. Passed 7-5-23; Ord. 24-1042. Passed 6-5-24.)