5.22.020 Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings set forth below:
A. “Department” means the city of Auburn department of community development or successor agency.
B. “Director” means the director of the city of Auburn department of community development.
C. “Rental housing owners,” as used in this chapter, means the individual(s) and/or business entities owning or having an ownership interest in any rental housing unit(s), or rental manufactured/mobile home park lot(s), within the city of Auburn.
D. “Non-owner managers,” as used in this chapter, means any person(s) or business entity hired or engaged for the purpose of providing management services for any rental housing units within the city of Auburn, where the manager(s) has/have no ownership in the rental housing units being managed.
E. “Rental unit” means any dwelling unit, or manufactured/mobile home park lot, in which the home sits on, in the city, which is occupied pursuant to a lawful rental agreement, oral or written, express or implied, which is not owned by its occupant(s) as a condominium unit or cooperative unit on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. For the purposes hereof, “rental housing” and “rental units” shall have the same meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
F. “Residential unit,” as used in this chapter, means a building, manufactured/mobile home or lot, or portion of a building or lot intended to be occupied by one family and containing sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation facilities as required by this code.
G. “Ongoing criminal activity,” as used in this chapter, occurs when:
1. Within any six-month period, the property of a rental housing business which is subject to the licensing requirements of this chapter, and which has 10 or fewer rental units, is the location for three or more crimes, as defined by the Revised Code of Washington or the Auburn City Code, as a result of three or more separate factual incidents that have been independently investigated by any law enforcement agency; or
2. Within any 12-month period, the property of a rental housing business which is subject to the licensing requirements of this chapter, and which has more than 10 rental units, is the location for three or more crimes, as defined by the Revised Code of Washington or the Auburn City Code, as a result of three or more separate factual incidents that have been independently investigated by any law enforcement agency.
H. “Permitting a public nuisance that affects public health and safety,” as used in this chapter, occurs when:
1. Within any 12-month period, the property of a rental housing business which is subject to the licensing requirements of this chapter is the location for three or more separate factual and independently investigated and confirmed public nuisance violations, as defined by the Auburn City Code.
I. “Rental housing business,” as used in this chapter, means any person, company, association or entity that rents or leases, or makes available for rent or lease, one or more rental units for rent or lease as residential units. (Ord. 6755 § 3 (Exh. C), 2019; Ord. 5882 § 1, 2005; Ord. 5651 § 1, 2002. Formerly 5.22.010.)