(A) No person shall occupy or maintain a rental unit within the city unless in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. This chapter applies to all rental units located within the city, but shall not apply to the following:
(1) Occupancy in a single-family, owner occupied dwelling unit.
(2) Occupancy in a “group home” or “institutional residential” as those terms are defined in the City of Valparaiso Unified Development Ordinance.
(3) Occupancy in federally subsidized and owned housing complexes which have multiple on-site units and which are owned and maintained by the federal government or local housing authority, or scattered site Section 8 housing units administered by a local housing authority.
(4) Occupancy by the purchaser of a dwelling unit under a recorded contract of sale.
(5) Occupancy in a dormitory owned by Valparaiso University or other institute of higher learning.
(6) Transient occupancy in a hotel, motel or other similar lodging.
(B) It shall be the responsibility of each person owning or operating a dwelling unit that said person claims is exempt from this chapter to produce such documentation or other information as may be requested by the Rental Housing Officer or his designee so as to permit the Rental Housing Officer or designee to determine whether said dwelling unit is exempt.
(Ord. 14-2011, passed 4-11-11)