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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the standards provided in section 8.425 of this code shall apply to all rental housing.

(2) The following living arrangements are excluded from the application of sections 8.405 through 8.440 of this code:

(a) Occupancy in transient lodging;

(b) Occupancy in hospitals and other medical facilities;

(c) Occupancy in residential care facilities licensed by the State;

(d) Occupancy in institutions providing educational, counseling, religious or similar service, but not including residence in off-campus, non-dormitory housing;

(e) Occupancy in a dwelling occupied for no more than 90 days by a purchaser prior to the scheduled closing of a real estate sale or by a seller following the closing of a sale, as permitted under the terms of an agreement for sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part;

(f) Occupancy by a member of a fraternal or social organization in a structure operated for the benefit of the organization;

(g) Occupancy in a dwelling by a squatter;

(h) Occupancy in a vacation dwelling;

(i) Occupancy in a dwelling by an employee of a landlord whose right to occupancy is conditional upon employment in and about the premises;

(j) Occupancy by an owner of a condominium unit or holder of a proprietary lease in a cooperative; and

(k) Occupancy in premises rented to be used by the occupant primarily for agricultural purposes.

(Section 8.410 added by Ordinance No. 20329, enacted November 22, 2004, effective December 30, 2004, to sunset December 31, 2008; sunset date extended to December 31, 2011, by Ordinance No. 20408, enacted May 27, 2008, effective June 30, 2008; sunset date extended to September 30, 2012 by Ordinance No. 20480, enacted November 28, 2011, effective December 30, 2011; sunset date extended to September 30, 2016, by Ordinance No. 20494, enacted June 11, 2012, effective July 14, 2012; sunset date extended to March 1, 2017 by Ordinance No. 20568, enacted September 26, 2016, effective September 30, 2016; sunset date removed by Ordinance No. 20573, enacted January 25, 2017, effective February 26, 2017.)