55-10 Amend Chpt 1306, Property Maintenance & Safety Code

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1306.43 HOUSING LICENSE. (a) No person shall let, rent, lease, conduct, operate, occupy, maintain or own any building or portion of any building in which there is one or more rental dwelling units or in which a rooming house is operated, or own any interest therein, unless a housing license as provided in this chapter has been applied for, issued and is in force.. (b) Condominium property as the same is defined in Ohio R.C. Chapter 5311, shall be required to obtain a housing license as provided herein, which license shall be obtained by the owner of the condominium property, or by the unit owners association at such time such associa- tionhas been formed. shall be and is hereby amended to read as follows: 1306.43 HOUSING AND VACANT PROPERTY LICENSE. (a) Application. This section applies toy. (1) any stmcttire or portion of any structure in which there is one or more rental dwelling units or in which a rooming house is operated, whether occupied or not; (2) condominium property as defined in Chapter 5311 of the Re- vised Code, whether occupied or not, in which case the owner of the condominium property or the unit owners association shall be required to obtain the housing license as provided herein; and (3) vacant dwelling structures or commercial structures, whether rental property or not.. (b) Limitations. This section does not apply to lawful one- and two-family structures occupied in part or wholly by the owner as the owner's prin- cipal residence. (c) In general.. (1) No person shall rent or cause to be rented a dwelling unit or a portion of a dwelling unit to another unless the person has been issued a housing license as provided for in this section.. (2) No owner of a structure shall maintain or cause to be main- tained the structure in a vacant or abandoned status as defined in Section 1306.72 without having been issued a vacant prop- ertylicense as provided for in this section. (3) No person in control of a property other than an owner, in- cluding but not limited to a mortgagee, property holding com- pany, property manager or lienholder, shall maintain the prop- erty in a vacant or abandoned status as defined in Section 1306.72 without having been issued a vacant property license as provided for in this section.