For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DRUG RELATED ACTIVITY. The illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, purchase, use or possession with the intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, or use a controlled substance as defined by law.
RENTAL HOUSING UNIT. Any building or structure, or portion thereof, which is designed, built, remodeled, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or which is occupied as a home or residence of a person or persons other than the owner or purchaser of record. This definition does not apply to dormitories owned and/or controlled by an established educational institution nor motel or hotel rooms customarily rented on a daily basis.
(`86 Code, § 4.93) (Am. Ord. 705, passed 10-7-97; Am. Ord. 803, passed 8-20-02; Am. Ord. 907, passed 8-2-06)
It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or operate or cause to be operated either as owner, lessee, agent or in any other capacity within the city any rental housing, as defined in § 116.01, without having first obtained a license to do so as hereafter provided. It shall be unlawful for an owner, designated agent or operator, after notice has been sent by first class mail, to continue operation of a rental dwelling unit without submitting an application for a license under this chapter, along with the necessary fee. Inspection of a rental dwelling shall be done prior to issuance of an initial rental housing license, prior to rental housing license renewal, and upon a rental housing tenant's filing of a complaint with the city of rental housing conditions that are subject to the standards herein.
(`86 Code, § 4.93) (Am. Ord. 705, passed 10-7-97; Am. Ord. 803, passed 8-20-02; Am. Ord. 937, passed 11-20-07) Penalty, see § 116.99
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