§ 19-237. Licensing standards.

The following minimum standards and conditions shall be met in order to hold a rental dwelling license under this article. Failure to comply with any of these standards and conditions shall be adequate grounds for the denial, refusal to renew, revocation, or suspension of a rental dwelling license.

(1)

The licensee or applicant shall have provided all application information as provided in section 19-229 and have paid the required license fee.

(2)

Rental dwelling units shall not exceed the maximum number of dwelling units permitted by this Code.

(3)

No rental dwelling or rental dwelling unit shall be over-occupied or illegally occupied in violation of this Code or any other code as adopted by this Code in Chapter 8.

(4)

The rental dwelling shall not have been used or converted to rooming units in violation of this Code.

(5)

The rental dwelling shall not be under condemnation as hazardous or unfit for human habitation under this Code or state law.

(6)

The owner shall not suffer or allow weeds, vegetation, junk, debris, or rubbish to accumulate repeatedly on the exterior of the premises so as to create a nuisance condition under chapter 8.

(7)

The rental dwelling shall not have overdue real estate taxes due and owing. For purposes of this article, a rental dwelling shall not be considered overdue in the payment of real estate taxes when the owner has entered into an agreement with the unified government treasurer's office allowing partial payments of delinquent real estate taxes for the rental dwelling and is not in default of that agreement.

(8)

The licensee or applicant shall not own any other rental dwelling that has been placed on the unfit or demolition list for a period of 12 months or more at the time of application or renewal of the rental license.

(9)

The rental dwelling shall be in compliance with all applicable provisions set forth in chapter 27.

(Code 1988, § 19-502; Ord. No. 66057, § 12, 10-19-1995; Ord. No. 66101, § 6, 4-18-1996; Ord. No. O-97-99, § 4, 12-16-1999; Ord. No. O-12-05, § 2, 2-17-2005; Ord. No. O-11-14, § 7, 2-20-2014; Ord. No. O-38-15 , §§ 1, 2, 7-23-2015; Ord. No. O-19-18 , §§ 1, 2, 5-10-2018)