(iii) For petitions filed on or after the effective date of the ordinance in Board of Supervisors File No. 180318, the Rent Board may consider management expenses only to the extent those expenses are reasonable and necessary, based on factors such as the need to provide day-to-day management of the building; the level of management services previously required for the building; the reasonable cost of the services in an arms-length transaction; whether any tenants have objected that the cost and quality of the services are not in keeping with the socioeconomic status of the building’s existing tenants; and other extraordinary circumstances.
(iv) The term routine repairs and maintenance shall not include any costs for installation or upgrade of a fire sprinkler system or fire alarm and/or detection system attributable to the landlord’s compliance with a Fire Life Safety Notice and Order issued by the Building Official under Sections 107A.16.1 et seq. of the Building Code or the fire code official under Sections 109.3 et seq. of the Fire Code.
(B) The past history of increases in the rent for the unit and the comparison of the rent for the unit with rents for comparable units in the same general area.
(C) Any findings which have been made pursuant to Section 37.7 with respect to the unit.
(D) Failure to perform ordinary repair, replacement, and maintenance in compliance with applicable State and local law.
(E) Any other such relevant factors as the Board shall specify in rules and regulations.
(5) Determination of the Administrative Law Judge: RAP Rental Units.