I'd love to get rid of the siding on the front of the house under the protection of the current covered porch and eventually remove it completely from the house (think board and batten or clapboard-vinyl siding is a big pet peeve of ours)We have a habitat re-store nearby and many small sawmills that we can visit.

No, a pet deposit is for the damage that can potentially be caused by the pet.

I just bought this 8-plex, where pets are only allowed if approved, deposit paid, etc.

I don't have a pet policy because of pet dander allergies of the current tenant.

The house smells like urine and after asking around, I've determined that it wasn't a pet but the elderly former owner.

If you use a standard lease and add in stuff about pets and tenant liabilities for damages and the tenants do not like it they can go somewhere else. better to be more detailed then not, cover your own butt man.

Watch for them moving in pets, relatives, boy friends etc. 

However, in California it is impossible to try to subdivide and to determine who is using how much water especially when some tenants travel for work and others work from home and have pets that they bathe in showers.

Plus, breached contract by having 2 pets and their father move in with them with out prior approval or even notice.

my health , home and family and pets all destroyed!