§ 13-181. License required.

(a)

No person shall conduct or operate or cause to be operated either as owner, lessee, agent, or in any other capacity within the County any single-family rental facility or any multifamily rental facility as defined in Section 13-138(a) without having first obtained a license as provided in this Division.

(b)

Implementation of this Division shall be established by procedures adopted by the Director.

(c)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection (a), above, no license shall be required for a single-family rental facility in any of the following circumstances:

(1)

If the tenant is the landlord's parent, son, daughter, sibling, grandchild, grandparent, or in-law;

(2)

If the landlord is an active member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces, Diplomatic Corps, or Foreign Service who maintains the subject property as her or his domicile and permanent residence; or

(3)

If the landlord has been relocated for employment or education, maintains the subject property as her or his domicile and permanent residence, and the subject property has not been leased for more than two (2) consecutive years.

(Gen. Res. No. 4-1970, Sec. 1; CB-156-1977; CB-108-1979; CB-64-1993; CB-119-1994; CB-89-2012)