The purpose of this chapter is to establish a procedure for
the identification and registration of rental properties and to ensure
that the City of Troy, hereinafter "City," has a meaningful, efficient,
and effective means of communicating with the persons and companies
who own said rental property. This chapter is adopted to promote the
health and safety of tenants and residents of the City and to alleviate
conditions of substandard housing, including slums and blight.
This registry shall be enforced by the Bureau of Code Enforcement. See §
176-5, Enforcement authority.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
MANAGING AGENT
Any individual or individuals, partnership or corporation
or any similar type of business organization who accepts responsibility
for and control of a building.
OWNER
Any individual or individuals, partnership or corporation
or any similar type of business organization, whether for profit or
otherwise, in whose name title to a building stands, including a mortgagee
or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee,
lessee, agent or any other person, firm or corporation directly or
indirectly in control of the property.
PROCESS
A summons or any notice, mandate or any other paper process
issued under any provision of the Code of the City of Troy or any
law or regulation of the State of New York.
RENTAL PROPERTY
Any building containing residential units which are either
rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied for residential or
mixed use (commercial-residential), and are nonowner occupied. For
any rental property to be considered owner-occupied, the owner must
prove that all individual owners, all partners, or all shareholders
of a corporation actually have their principal residence at the rental
property and reside therein on a full-time basis, it being the actual
domicile of all individual owners, all partners, or all shareholders.
At the request of the City, any owner who claims to occupy the rental
property shall provide a sworn affidavit providing the necessary information
to support his or her claim that the premises are owner-occupied.
RENTAL UNIT
A residential unit occupied by a party other than an owner.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT
One or more rooms with provision for sanitary and sleeping
facilities, for food preparation, for living and for working.
TENANT
A party whose right to possession of a rental unit is subject
to the express or implied consent of the owner.
Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter
shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall
be subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or
imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both.