R01 - RENTAL REGISTRATION - RES. [119-LMCO] The failure to register a rental housing unit or apartment complex in accordance with LMCO 119.03 shall be classified as a civil offense with a penalty of up to $100 per rental housing unit or apartment complex. The owner or managing operator will be sent a ten day notice of violation with a warning of the failure to comply with the rental registry. Failure to comply at the end of ten days will result in a fine of up to $100 per rental housing unit or apartment complex. Thereafter, each day of such violation(s) shall constitute a separate offense.

What is a code enforcement case?

A code enforcement case is opened when a Metro inspector finds a property out of compliance with a local property maintenance ordinance — things like exterior storage, uncut grass, or exterior structural upkeep.

Louisville Metro Codes & Regulations opens and manages the case. No board or hearing is required to open one.

The property owner is notified and given a chance to correct the violation. An inspector re-checks the property; the case closes once the violation is corrected and confirmed.

An open case is not a citation or a fine by itself, and it does not mean a court has found the property owner at fault. It records that a violation was observed and is being tracked to correction.