As used in this chapter:
(a) “Designated city official” means the City Manager of the City and/or his or her designee(s).
(b) “Dwelling” means any building or portion of a building that contains one or more dwelling units used, intended, or designed to be built, used, rented,leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or that is occupied for living purposes.
(c) “Dwelling unit” Means a space within a dwelling, comprised of a living, cooking and dining area, a sleeping room or rooms, storage closets and bathing and toilet facilities, all used by only one family.
(d) “Owner” means the person claiming, or in whom is invested, the ownership, dominion, or title of real property, including but not limited to: holder of fee-simple title, holder of life-estate, a buyer under contract for deed; a mortgagee, receiver, executor, trustee, or person(s) in control of real property.
(e) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint interest, or any other legal or community entity.
(f) “Property manager” means a person other than the owner that has managing control of a rental unit.
(g) “Rent” means the offering, holding out or actual leasing of a rental unit to an occupant other than the owner and generally involves the payment of a rental amount, although other forms of consideration may be involved, or no consideration at all may be involved.
(h) “Rental unit” means any dwelling unit; or any rented room within a single family or two family dwelling, duplex, triplex, condominium, townhouse, or any dwelling unit intended for occupancy where either money, work, or other valuable consideration is paid for occupancy of such unit, or a person, not the record owner, is occupying the unit, whether or not such person pays money or other valuable considerations therefor.
(i) “Tenant” means any person who rents or leases a rental unit for living or dwelling purposes with the consent of the owner or property manager.
(Ord. 5836-19. Passed 12-16-19.)