(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, operate, manage or maintain an apartment complex in the city without a current and valid license, as described herein, having been issued for said apartment complex. Any person owning, operating, managing or maintaining an apartment complex at more than one location must obtain a license for each separate location. However, apartment complexes to which a certificate of occupancy has been issued within the past three years for original construction shall be exempt from this license requirement. The license issued to an owner authorizes such owner and its bona fide agents or employees to rent dwelling units to tenants.
(b) 
An owner must register with the building inspector the trade name of the apartment complex and may not use or permit to be used more than one trade name at a single location.
(Ordinance 363-05, sec. 1-03, adopted 10/17/05)
(a) 
An applicant for a license or his agent must complete, execute and file with the building official a written application form provided by the city for that purpose. If an applicant owns an apartment complex at more than one location, a separate application must be completed, executed and filed for each location. The following information must be disclosed in the application:
(1) 
Name, address, and telephone number of the owner, property manager, and resident manager;
(2) 
Trade name of the apartment complex;
(3) 
Number of dwelling units broken down as to number of efficiencies, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom;
(4) 
Acknowledgement of receipt of a copy of the multifamily dwelling complex ordinance and agreement to abide by the same as a condition to receiving and maintaining a license.
(b) 
All apartment complexes now in operation must apply for a permit within 60 days after the effective date of this article.
(c) 
All licenses expire the thirty-first day of December of each year.
(d) 
The building official may, at any time, require additional relevant information of the owner or property manager to clarify items on the application. The applicant must promptly provide the information in a written document signed by the applicant, unless the requirement for a written document is waived by the building official.
(e) 
Upon changing ownership of the apartment complex, a new license must be obtained within 30 days of the change, with the fee charged for the new license on a prorated basis. The owner shall notify the city within 30 days of the change of ownership, property manager or resident manager.
(Ordinance 363-05, sec. 1-04, adopted 10/17/05)
The annual fee for an apartment complex license is in the amount set forth in appendix A to this code for an apartment complex at any location. The fee for license issuance during the year will be prorated on the basis of whole months. The fee for issuing a replacement for a lost, destroyed or mutilated license is in the amount established in appendix A to this code. The fee is payable to the city upon issuance of the license. No refund of a license fee will be made.
(Ordinance 363-05, sec. 1-05, adopted 10/17/05; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
Each license issued under this article must be posted and displayed in the apartment complex office in a conspicuous location to which tenants have access.
(b) 
A replacement license may be issued for a lost, destroyed or mutilated license upon application on the form provided by the building inspector. A replacement license must have the word “Replacement” stamped across its face and must bear the same number as the one it replaces.
(c) 
An apartment complex license is not assignable or transferable.
(d) 
The form of the license must be prepared by the building official.
(Ordinance 363-05, sec. 1-06, adopted 10/17/05)