22.220.060 - Low-income rental units—Rental responsibility.
A.
Owners of habitable low-income rental units shall make a good-faith effort to rent
all such units.
B.
An owner's failure or refusal to make such a good-faith effort to rent shall constitute
a violation of this chapter.
C.
In determining whether an owner is failing or refusing to make a good-faith effort
to rent habitable low-income rental units, the Director may consider any actions by
the owner which are inconsistent with keeping such units rented. Evidence of a lack
of good faith may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
1.
Maintaining a building vacancy rate in excess of twenty percent (20%);
2.
Failing to offer an unoccupied unit for rent within seven (7) days of the unit becoming
unoccupied, except under the circumstances provided for in Section 22.220.110;
3.
Offering units for rental at a rental rate which substantially exceeds prevailing
rents for comparable rental units;
4.
Significantly reducing building services;
5.
Changing rules, regulations, terms or conditions of tenancy so as to substantially
and detrimentally affect the rights and obligations of tenants or prospective tenants;
6.
Wilfully or wantonly failing to comply with applicable codes with respect to the low-income
rental units or building, the violation of which substantially endangers or impairs
the health or safety of the occupants;
7.
Committing or causing vandalism or the intentional destruction of a rental unit or
building;
8.
Knowingly permitting a tenant to commit waste or to vandalize a rental unit.
(Ord. 114865 § 1, 1989; Ord. 112383 § 5, 1985.)