§ 8-380. Definitions.

Agent shall mean a person who has agreed to serve as the agent for owner, to the extent and only for the purposes described in this article, and whom the owner has designated as the agent on the rental registration form.

Dwelling unit shall mean a single residential unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one family, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation. The following shall be considered a single dwelling unit, as such terms are defined in the building codes of the city: Rooming house, congregate residence, dormitory, and fraternity/sorority.

Family shall mean either (a) an individual or two or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, or under foster care established by governmental action, living together as a single housekeeping unit: or (b) a group of not more than four persons, some of which are not related by blood, marriage, or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that five or more people living together as a single housekeeping unit are not a family.

Mailing address shall mean a commercial or residential address at which an owner or agent receives U.S. mail or packages, but it shall not include a post office box.

Owner shall mean any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official records of the state, county or municipality holding title to the property; or otherwise having control of the property, including the guardian of the estate of any such person, and the executor or administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real property by a court. In the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary, the county ownership records shall be conclusive evidence of ownership.

Owner-occupied dwelling unit shall mean a dwelling unit which is the primary place of residence for an owner of the dwelling unit, and such owner occupies the dwelling unit for more than 275 days of the calendar year.

Registrant shall mean the individual who submits the rental dwelling registration form required by this article and who is an owner of a rental dwelling unit.

Rent or rented shall mean to rent, lease or sublease a dwelling unit to another person or to advertise or offer for rent, lease, or sublease a dwelling unit to another person, for a period of 30 or more consecutive days.

Rental dwelling unit shall mean a dwelling unit that is rented, leased, or subleased to another person or that is advertised, or offered for rent, lease, or sublease a dwelling unit to another person for a period of 30 or more consecutive days.

(Ord. No. 7276, § 1, 3-7-17)