13.110.030 Definitions.
A. "Covered Period" means the period of time beginning with March 17, 2020 and concluding at the end of April 30, 2023.
B. "Transition Period" means the period of time beginning with May 1, 2023 and ending on August 31, 2023.
C. "Covered Reason for Delayed Payment" means:
1. The basis for the eviction is nonpayment of rent, arising out of a material decrease in household, business, or other rental unit occupant(s)’s income (including, but not limited to, a material decrease in household income caused by layoffs or a reduction in the number of compensable hours of work, or to caregiving responsibilities, or a material decrease in business income caused by a reduction in opening hours or consumer demand), or material out-of-pocket medical expenses, or a reduction in the number of tenants living in the unit (including due to difficulty finding new tenants and/or subtenants willing and able to cover a sufficient share of rent) which reduces the ability of the remaining tenants to pay rent, or a rent increase that exceeds the Annual General Adjustment for the current year; and
2. The decrease in household, business, or other rental unit occupant’s income or the expenses or reduction in number of tenants described in subparagraph (1) was caused by the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, or by any local, state, or federal government response to COVID-19.
D. "Delayed Rent Payment Agreement" means a mutual agreement between a landlord and tenant regarding the timing and amount of payments for rent that is delayed by a Covered Reason for Delayed Payment.
E. "Homeowner" means the owner or owners of a Residential Unit subject to a mortgage or similar loan secured by the residential unit. "Homeowner" is limited to owners who reside in the unit and includes the individuals residing in the unit with the homeowner.
F. "Landlord" includes owners, lessors, or sublessors of either residential rental property, and the agent, representative, or successor of any of the foregoing.
G. "Lender" means the mortgagee of a purchase money or similar mortgage, or the holder or beneficiary of a loan secured by one or more units, which person has the right to mortgage or similar payments from the owner as mortgagor, including a loan servicer, and the agent, representative, or successor of any of the foregoing.
H. "Resident" means a Tenant, Homeowner, or their household.
I. "Tenant" includes a tenant, subtenant, lessee, sublessee, lodger or any other person entitled by written or oral rental agreement to use or occupancy of residential property. "Tenant" includes a former trustor or homeowner who has lost title the real property in which they reside after a Trustee’s sale. (Ord. 7876-NS § 1, 2023; Ord. 7855-NS § 1, 2023; Ord. 7832-NS § 1, 2022; Ord. 7762-NS § 1, 2021; Ord. 7743-NS § 1, 2020: Ord. 7704-NS § 1 (part), 2020: Ord. 7698-NS § 1 (part), 2020: Ord. 7693-NS § 1 (part), 2020)