Beach Park CHAPTER 5.36 RENTAL HOUSING INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION § 5.36.020

For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:



CODE OFFICIAL:
Village administrator, or community development director, or his/her (in all paragraphs) designee.

DWELLING UNIT:
The permanent or temporary abode of a family, an individual, or group of individuals; a single unit providing complete independent facilities for the exclusive use of the family, individual, or group of individuals, including, but not limited to, permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

FAMILY:
Any of the following: a) two (2) or more persons related to one another by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit; or b) up to four (4) unrelated persons living together as a single housekeeping unit in a single dwelling unit; or c) up to eight (8) persons with physical or developmental disabilities and attendant support staff living together as a single housekeeping unit in a single dwelling unit.

GUEST:
A person who is a temporary resident (less than 10 percent of the time) of a dwelling unit and who does not utilize the unit as a legal address for any purpose. Guest shall also mean a person who occupies a rental unit without providing compensation for the privilege of occupying such rental unit.

INITIAL INSPECTION:
The first inspection of a dwelling unit for the purpose of determining compliance with the property maintenance code, from adoption of this section.

LET FOR OCCUPANCY OR LET:
To permit, provide or offer possession or occupancy of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building, premises or structure to a person who is or who is not the legal owner of records thereof, pursuant to a written or unwritten lease, agreement or license, or pursuant to a recorded or unrecorded agreement of contract for the sale of the premises. The term of the letting shall be the period of which has been agreed upon during which the rent or other compensation is fixed and/or no further agreement or permission is needed to remain in occupancy.

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE OCCUPANCY:
The maximum number of persons permitted to occupy a dwelling unit determined under the property maintenance code.

OCCUPANT:
A person occupying a dwelling unit, or using the property as a legal address for any purpose.

OWNER:
Any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable ownership interest in the fee title to the property.

PERSON:
Includes a corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization or any group acting as a unit, as well as a natural person. References in the masculine gender include the feminine gender and the neuter. The present tense shall include the future tense, and the singular shall also include the plural.

PROPERTY AGENT:
A person, operator, firm, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity designated in writing by the property owner to the code official to manage a rental residential property including the authority to receive notices or citations.

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE:
Those codes adopted, and as amended, under this chapter.

REINSPECTION:
An inspection of a dwelling unit to determine the landlord's or owner's correction of code deficiencies cited during the initial inspection.

RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY:
Any dwelling unit or rooming unit let or intended to be let to a family, person or persons for any amount of rent or other compensation for the use of the rental property as a dwelling.

ROOMING UNIT:
A room or a suite of rooms forming a single, separate, habitable unit to be used for living, or for living and sleeping, or for sleeping, but not for cooking and eating purposes.

STATUS REINSPECTION:
Any additional reinspection of a dwelling unit that occurs after the initial inspection and reinspection. (Ord. 2023-O-9)