Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

Director – The Director of Planning and Development Services or the Director’s designee.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Dwelling – A building or structure that contains one or more Dwelling Units or Rooming Units intended or designed to be used or occupied for living purposes.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Dwelling Unit – A single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

KC Metropolitan Area – The area defined by the Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area (KCMSA).

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Manager – Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, shows Rental Dwellings to prospective Occupants and/or enters lease agreements on the Owner's behalf, and/or receives Rent from Occupants, and/or is responsible for, or arranging for, maintenance of a Rental Dwelling.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Occupant / Tenant – Any individual living or sleeping in a Rental Dwelling, or having possession of a space within a Rental Dwelling.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Owner –  Any Person having a legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official records of the county as holding title to the property; or otherwise having control of the property; including the guardian of the estate of any such person, and the executor or administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real property by a court.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Owner’s Agent – The Person designated by the Owner to be the agent required by Section 5.75.060 A.5.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Person – Any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, cooperative or governmental agency.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Premises – A lot, plot or parcel of land, easement or public way, including any structures thereon.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Rent – Payments of cash or other forms of consideration made periodically by an Occupant to an Owner, Owner’s Agent or Manager in return for the use of a Rental Dwelling.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Rental Dwelling – A Dwelling, or portion of a Dwelling, designed for or used for human habitation and offered for Rent.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Rental License – A license issued by the City permitting a Rental Dwelling to be rented and/or occupied by Persons other than the Owner and the Owner’s immediate family, and subject to the terms set forth in this Chapter.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Rooming Unit – Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living, but not for cooking purposes.

(History: Ord. RLI-3120 §2, 2016)

Effective on: 2/23/2016