The City Commission shall establish, by resolution, the required fees for registration, certification, inspection, appeals, and other applications under this chapter, as well as the fines for non-compliance with this chapter. The City Commission shall also establish, by resolution, procedures and deadlines for initial registration and certification of rental dwelling units under this chapter. The City Commission may establish a fee schedule that includes deadlines for registration and/or certification and higher fees or fines if those deadlines are not met.
(A) Notice to non-100% PRE (principal residence exemption) residential property owners. Prior to a date set by the City Commission by resolution, the city shall inform, in writing, the owners of all residential dwelling units that do not claim a 100% principal residence exemption of the rental registration requirement.
(B) Application for registration. Following the written notice described in division (A), any property owner renting or leasing a dwelling unit in exchange for financial compensation, for any period of time, shall be required to be registered. The city shall create a registration form and shall provide it to property owners upon request. The registration form, or another form to be included with the registration form, shall require such information as shall be determined by the public safety departments of the city. Once all required registration information is submitted for a given property, the property shall be placed on the rental registration list, which the city shall maintain.
(C) Inspection and certification requirement. Prior to a date set by the City Commission by resolution, there shall be no inspection or certification requirement. All registration applications prior to that date shall be approved by the city, with the dwelling units listed in the application added to the rental registration list. After the date set by City Commission, all registered rental dwelling units must be in good standing under the rental inspection and certification program described in § 119.04 in order to house tenants for any period of time.
(D) Conversion from owner-occupied to rental. No owner-occupied dwelling unit shall be rented or leased for financial compensation for any period of time until the following requirements have been met.
(1) The rental registration application must be submitted and the dwelling unit must be added to the rental registration list.
(2) The principal residence exemption for the dwelling unit must be voided by the City Assessor.
(3) An inspection as described in division (C) must occur, and the dwelling must be certified by the inspector.
(4) All required fees must be paid.
(E) Newly created rental dwelling units. When a dwelling unit is newly constructed, or created through renovation, the city shall register the unit as a rental at the time of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, unless the property owner submits a principal residence exemption claim to the City Assessor. There shall be no fee for registering a newly created dwelling unit, provided that all required zoning and building fees have been paid.
(F) Removal from rental registration list. If a property owner is approved for a principal residence exemption, or otherwise demonstrates to the city that the dwelling unit is not being rented or leased, and is not being marketed for rental or lease (for any period of time), the property shall be removed from the rental registration list.
(Ord. 670, passed 6-27-2022)