(A) Registration form. The Board of Public Works shall prepare a form for an owner of a rental unit to complete ("Registration Form"). The registration form shall require information including, but not be limited to: name of owner, address of rental unit, mailing address for owner or owner's representative, name of tenant, e-mail address, phone number, number of units that owner rents, and verification that the landlord will update any and all information within 30 days of any change. The Board of Public Works may amend the registration form from time to time as appropriate and/or necessary.
(B) Registration and fee. An owner of rental unit in the town shall complete a registration form and pay a $5 registration fee ("Registration Fee") for each parcel of real property on which a rental unit is located. The registration form and the registration fee shall be submitted to the Board of Public Works. The registration fee shall be paid once every five years as long as the residence is operated as a rental unit.
(C) Rental unit community exception. Notwithstanding the provisions of division (B) above, an owner of a rental unit community will only be obligated to complete one registration form and to submit a single registration fee per each rental unit community.
(D) Obligation to update information. The owner of a rental unit will be required to update its registration form within 30 days of any change in address, change in ownership, change in occupant, or any other material changes thereto. Failure to do so will result in a violation of this chapter.
(E) Initial registration. All current owners shall submit an initial registration form and a registration fee for any and all existing rental units by November 1, 2018. Thereafter, any owner shall have 30 days from obtaining ownership in a rental unit and/or leasing a rental unit to register that rental unit with the town and to submit the registration fee.
(F) Rental registration and inspection fund. The Common Council hereby establishes a special fund which shall be known as the "Rental Registration and Inspection Fund" dedicated solely to reimbursing the costs actually incurred by the city relating to the registration and inspection of rental units as provided in this chapter. All registration fees required hereunder shall be deposited in that special fund.
(Ord. 2017-14, passed 12-11-17; Am. Ord. 2018-03, passed 1-22-18; Am. Ord. 2018-14, passed 8-27-18)