7.24.031 - Succession to tenancy upon a tenant's early vacation of a rental unit and screening of succeeding parties
A.
If a tenant vacates the rental unit before expiration of the tenancy, members of the
tenant's immediate family occupying the rental unit may become parties to the rental
agreement, subject to the same terms in the rental agreement that applied to the vacating
tenant. A landlord may obtain a screening report under subsection 14.08.040.F and
Chapter 14.09 for members of a tenant's immediate family but may not exclude any member of the
tenant's immediate family from becoming a party to the rental agreement based on information
in the screening report, except as provided in Section 7.24.032.
B.
If a tenant vacates the rental unit before expiration of the tenancy, additional residents
of the rental unit who are not the tenant's immediate family may become parties to
the rental agreement, subject to the same terms in the rental agreement that applied
to the vacating tenant, if they have resided in the rental unit for at least six consecutive
months immediately prior to the tenant's vacation. A landlord may screen these additional
residents to determine whether to allow them to become parties to the rental agreement.
C.
A landlord may require by written notice that the persons described in subsections
7.24.031.A and 7.24.031.B become a party to the rental agreement. If that resident
fails to become party to the rental agreement within 30 days after receiving a written
notice from the landlord requiring that resident to become a party, that resident
shall vacate the unit within 45 days after receiving that notice.
(Ord. 125950, § 3, 2019.)