RENTAL HOUSING UNIT. Any individual housing unit, whether a standalone unit or an individual unit within a larger multi-unit complex, that is or may be available for rent or is occupied or rented by a tenant or subtenant in exchange for consideration in any form. Housing unit means a building or portion thereof, designed for occupancy for residential purposes and having cooking and sanitary facilities. Any individual housing unit located within a larger structure, such as, but not limited to, a duplex house or apartment building, shall be considered its own rental housing unit.
A rental housing unit shall not include any of the following:
(1) A short-term rental unit as defined in § 115.515;
(2) Hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfasts, or similar accommodations that provide lodging for transient guests;
(3) Hospitals, hospice facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and residential care facilities meeting the definition of KRS 100.982;
(4) Convents, monasteries, or other facilities occupied exclusively by religious order or congregation;
(5) Transitional housing, homeless shelters, rehabilitation homes, and other emergency or temporary shelters;
(6) Housing units owned, operated, or managed by a major educational or medical institution or by a third party for the institution.
SECONDARY RESIDENCE. A home other than a minor's primary residence in which a child, six years of age or under, spends at least three hours a day, two days a week.