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LS 3.31.18 <br />Every owner of a rental housing unit or rental housing property in the City shall: <br />A. Maintain the rental housing unit and the rental housing property so that no <br />substandard condition exists at the rental housing unit or on the rental housing property; <br />B. Correct all substandard conditions before a re- inspection occurs; and <br />C. Be liable for violations of this Division regardless of any contract or agreement <br />with any third party concerning the rental housing unit and /or its rental housing property. <br />Sec. 8-1966. Exemptions. <br />A. The following rental housing units shall be exempt from the requirements of this <br />Division: <br />1. Legal accessory dwelling units and /or rooms rented to single individuals in an <br />owner - occupied single family residence. <br />2. Rental housing units comprised of a single - family residence or other undivided <br />single residential rental premises as between an owner or leaseholder and any <br />individual immediately related by blood, adoption or marriage to said owner or <br />leaseholder, as approved by law, where the remuneration rendered to said owner or <br />leaseholder does not exceed the cost of maintaining said premises, as set forth in <br />this Code. <br />3. Eligibility for the fee exemptions herein provided is restricted to property owners <br />who are natural persons and whose ownership of or leasehold interest in said <br />residential rental property is undivided. <br />4. A property owner or leaseholder claiming a fee exemption under this section shall <br />have the burden of furnishing to the Executive Director such information as the <br />Executive Director may require to support the claim of eligibility for exemption. <br />B. Gold Seal Incentive Program. If a Property Owner's rental housing property or rental <br />housing unit qualifies for the Gold Seal Incentive Program (as further described in <br />Exhibit A (the "Gold Seal Incentive Program Outline ") incorporated herein by this <br />reference as though fully set forth, the Property can be exempt from the periodic <br />regulatory inspection fee for four (4) years. In order to qualify for the incentive program, <br />a rental property owner must pass all parts of a three -stage process, as described more <br />fully in Exhibit A. <br />Sec. 8-1967. Fees. <br />A. The following fees are established and shall be imposed upon the owners of <br />rental housing properties: <br />Ordinance No. NS -XXXX <br />Page 8 of 16 <br />75B -20 <br />