244.1910. - Licensing standards.
The following minimum standards and conditions shall be met in order to hold a rental
dwelling license under this article. Failure to comply with any of these standards
and conditions shall be adequate grounds for the denial, refusal to renew, revocation,
or suspension of a rental dwelling license or provisional license, or for the imposition
of reasonable conditions or restrictions upon such a license pursuant to section 259.165, in addition to any other remedy available at equity or law, including but not limited
to escalating administrative fines.
(1)
The licensee or applicant shall have paid the required license fee.
(2)
Rental dwelling units shall not exceed the maximum number of dwelling units permitted
by the Zoning Code.
(3)
No rental dwelling or rental dwelling unit shall be over occupied or illegally occupied
in violation of the Zoning Code or the Housing Maintenance Code.
(4)
The rental dwelling shall not have been used or converted to rooming units in violation
of the Zoning Code.
(5)
The owner shall not suffer or allow weeds, vegetation, junk, debris, or rubbish to
accumulate repeatedly on the exterior of the premises so as to create a nuisance condition
under section 227.90 of this Code. If the city is required to abate such nuisance conditions under section
227.100 or collect, gather up or haul solid waste under section 225.690 more than three (3) times under either or both sections during a period of twenty-four
(24) months or less, it shall be sufficient grounds to deny, revoke, suspend or refuse
to renew a license.
(6)
The rental dwelling or any rental dwelling unit therein shall not be in substandard
condition, as defined in section 244.1920.
(7)