Ord 2018-004/amending various sections of the San Marcos City Code for consistency with, or to complement concurrent adoption of the new San Marcos Development Code (“CodeSMTX”);

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for each rental unit within the City of San Marcos. to the expiration of the permit,the now landlord, owner,or registrant of the premise shall have 30 days from the date the change of ownership occurred to file a new registration with the City of San Marcos and pay the applicable fee. A landlord, owner, or registrant required to register a property under this Division shall notify the new owner or transferee of the current registration and associated violations, as well as the requirement for the new owner or transferee to register under this Division. Notice shall be in writing and sired by both parties. Sea 34.5.?. 'iishiliyv Neither the registrant, it's officers, employees, agents, and representatives, nor any person,who is in good faith carrying out, complying with,or attempting to comply with,rel ^e of information pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for any such activity. Except as provided in section 34.820, a rental registration issued under thi provision is required in order to operate, lease, occupy, or otherwise allow multi family or single family rental property to be occupied by a non owner if the following conditions exist: (1) Two or more separate notices of violation are issued for the same property within a 12 month period and the owner of the property fails to correct the violations within the time frame required by the code official; (2) Five or more separate code violations within a 12 month period regardles of whether the o vner of the property corrects the violations within the time frame required by the code official; or (3) Two or more citations are issued for the same property within a 12 month geFieffi For the purposes of this section, violations identified in the notices and citation must be related to the San Marcos Code of Ordinances, or violations of state law relating to public order and decency, controlled substances or alcohol, or public health, safety and morals.