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LS 5.2.16
<br />"Property Owner" means that person or entity, including such person's duly authorized
<br />agent, holding a vested ownership interest in a given property, whether recorded or
<br />unrecorded, including any person appearing as the owner of record of the real property
<br />on the most current deed recorded in the Orange County Recorder's Office on the day
<br />of inspection and acting as an Owner - lessor. Property Owner shall include any person
<br />holding a leasehold interest acting as a Leaseholder - lessor on the day of inspection,
<br />including such person's duly authorized agent. In addition, Property Owner shall also
<br />mean any person holding equitable title in a given property pursuant to a land sale
<br />contract, including such person's duly authorized agent.
<br />"Owner- lessor" shall mean any person, including the duly authorized agent of such
<br />person, who, while an owner or while having an ownership interest in any residential
<br />real estate, acts as a lessor by engaging in the leasing, renting, providing, exchanging
<br />or trading of any such real property, dwelling, building, structure, premises or portion
<br />thereof without loss of ownership.
<br />"Owner's representative" means the property owner's duly authorized agent, including
<br />but not limited to, property manager or other person who has charge or control over a
<br />rental housing property or a rental housing unit on behalf of the property owner.
<br />"Occupant" means any person who occupies a unit, whether as an owner, tenant, co-
<br />tenant, lessee, or permittee of the owner, regardless of any lease agreement.
<br />"Premises" shall include all lands, buildings, accessory buildings or structures erected or
<br />modified, equipment and appurtenances connected or used therewith, and any personal
<br />property affixed to or otherwise used for the purpose of transacting and carrying on any
<br />business on such premises.
<br />"Rental housing property" means a parcel of real property, as shown on the latest
<br />equalized tax assessment roll as maintained by the assessor of the County of Orange,
<br />upon which at least one rental housing unit is maintained. "Rental housing property"
<br />includes the premises upon which a rental housing unit is located, including parking
<br />areas, driveways, landscaping, accessory structures, fences, walls, swimming pools,
<br />hot tubs, and spas.
<br />"Rental housing unit" means a dwelling unit, building, structure, premises or portion
<br />thereof that is being, or is intended to be, rented, leased, subleased, sublet, provided,
<br />exchanged or traded, without loss of ownership for the immediate or planned purpose of
<br />dwelling, sleeping, lodging, boarding or other such occupancy, accommodation or
<br />general residency. Examples of rental housing units covered by this Division include
<br />dwelling units in apartment complex buildings and apartment houses, dwelling units in
<br />duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and fiveplexes, dwelling units in condominiums, dwelling
<br />units in townhomes, dwelling units in planned unit developments, and dwelling units
<br />comprised of single family residences. "Rental housing unit" does not include units
<br />Ordinance No. NS -2898
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