§ 119.02 APPLICABILITY.
The registration provisions of § 119.03 shall apply to all rental housing units with the exception of:
(A) Housing units required to register with Louisville Metro Government under another provision of the Louisville Metro Code of Ordinances, including but not limited to short-term rentals and boarding and lodging houses;
(B) Hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfasts, or similar accommodations that provide lodging for transient guests;
(C) Hospitals, hospice facilities, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and residential care facilities meeting the definition of KRS 100.982;
(D) Convents, monasteries, or other facilities occupied exclusively by religious order or congregation;
(E) Transitional housing, homeless shelters, rehabilitation homes, and other emergency or temporary shelters;
(F) Housing units owned, operated, or managed by a major educational or medical institution or by a third party for the institution;
(G) Housing units that are exempted by federal, state, or local law;
(H) Accessory apartments and dwelling units, when the principal dwelling unit located on the same property is occupied by the owner of record; and
(I) Housing units occupied by a tenant who does not provide any consideration in exchange for that housing.
(Lou. Metro Ord. No. 174-2016, approved 10-5-2016; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 29-2025, approved 3-10-2025)