(a) An owner or operator shall register, on a registration form that the Department of Building Planning and Development shall provide, all rental units that the owner owns, or that the operator operates, no later than January 1 of each year, and upon the completion of transfer of title to a premises or structure with a rental unit.
(b) The registration form shall include information as the Department of Building Planning and Development shall determine, including the total number of rental units that the owner owns, or that the operator operates, the number of premises and structures with a rental unit, the address of each premises and structure, the number of rental units on each premises and in each structure, the identification number or letter of all rental units on each premises and in each structure, and information concerning the owner, which shall include:
(1) If the owner is one or more individuals or a sole proprietorship, the owner's name, address, date of birth, social security number and phone number;
(2) If the owner is a partnership, the name, address, tax identification number and phone number of the partnership, and the name, address, date of birth, social security number and phone number of one of the partners;
(3) If the owner is a corporation, the name, address, tax identification number and phone number of the corporation, the name, address and phone number of the corporation's statutory agent, and the name, address, date of birth, social security number and phone number of one of the officers; and
(4) If the owner is a trust, the name, address and phone number of the trust, and the name, address, date of birth, social security number and phone number of one of the trustees.
(c) If the owner of a rental unit has an operator that is not the owner, then the registration form shall include, in addition to the information required by subsection (b) hereof, additional information concerning the operator, as the Department of Community Development shall determine, which shall include:
(1) If the operator is one or more individuals or a sole proprietorship, the operator's name, address, date of birth, social security number and phone number;
(2) If the operator is a partnership, the name, address and phone number of the partnership, and the name, address, date of birth, social security number and phone number of one of the partners; and
(3) If the operator is a corporation, the name, address and phone number of the corporation, the name and address of the corporation's statutory agent, and the name, address, date of birth, social security number and phone number of one of the officers; and
(4) If the operator is a trust, the name, address and phone number of the trust, and the name, address, date of birth, social security number and phone number of one of the trustees.
(d) Within thirty days of any change of information that is required on a registration form, the owner or operator of a rental unit shall contact the Department of Building Planning and Development, in writing, to update the information on the registration form. A ten dollar ($10.00) fee shall be charged for the updating of information on the registration form.
(e) No owner or operator shall fail to register, with the Department of Building Planning and Development, all rental units that the owner owns or that the operator operates.
(f) No owner or operator of a rental unit shall fail to contact the Department of Building Planning and Development, in writing, within thirty days of any change of information that is required on a registration form, to update the information on the registration form.
(g) A registration fee per owner or operator shall be imposed as follows, or as the Department of Building Planning and Development shall subsequently establish by regulation:
(1) The owner owns or the operator operates any rental property, fees shall be in accordance with the fee schedules approved by City Council and posted on St. Bernard 's official web site.
(h) Money collected under this section shall be used exclusively for rental unit registration purposes.
(i) A registration form shall be valid for one year, unless;
(1) False information is furnished to the Department of Community Development in the registration form; or
(2) A transfer of title to a rental unit has been completed.
(j) No person, including an operator, owner, purchaser, escrow agent, real estate agent, or realtor, shall participate in a transfer of title to, or disburse proceeds from a transfer of title to, a premises without having in escrow with the escrow agent handling the transfer of title to the premises, a copy of a registration form completed by the purchaser of the premises, or a statement from the purchaser that the premises contains only one dwelling unit, and will be occupied by the purchaser for one year after the transfer of title. The escrowed document shall be forwarded to the Department of Building Planning and Development upon the transfer of title.
(Ord. 23-2011. Passed 4-21-11.)