A. Whenever an owner applies for a building permit to bring a residential unit or room into code compliance, the owner shall be required to specify whether repairs will necessitate the tenant household occupying the unit or room to relocate.

B. The City shall provide the owner with a notice containing information about the tenant household’s relocation rights pursuant to this chapter, as well as a copy of this chapter and a City contact number where additional information can be obtained.

C. If the owner determines that relocation may be necessary to undertake repairs to bring the property into code compliance or as a result of fumigation, the owner shall serve all affected tenant households with a notice of temporary relocation, a copy of this chapter, and a copy of the City’s request for relocation payment form. These documents shall be provided to tenants at least thirty (30) days in advance of the required relocation. Nothing in this section shall relieve the owner of their obligation to serve any notice that would otherwise be required pursuant to state or local law.

D. If the tenant household disagrees with the owner’s determination of the necessity to relocate, the tenant household may follow the conflict resolution and appeals procedure as specified in Section 13.84.100.

E. The Building Official must receive acknowledgment(s) of receipt by the tenant household(s) of the documents required by subsection C of this section before the City will issue the building permits necessary to undertake repairs. Such acknowledgment may be in the form of the tenant household’s signature asserting receipt, or other proof substantiating that a notice was delivered to the affected tenant household(s).

F. Each tenant household which has been served with the notice required by subsection C of this section or the Building Official’s determination pursuant to Section 13.84.100.A.3 shall complete a request for relocation payment form to calculate the amount of the initial payment to which the household is entitled pursuant to Section 13.84.070. The tenant household shall notify the owner of the amount of payment to which the tenant household is entitled within thirty (30) days of receipt of the notice from the owner.

G. Within ten (10) days after receipt of the tenant household’s completed relocation payment form, the owner shall make the initial relocation payment directly to the tenant household as per Section 13.84.070.K or follow the conflict resolution and appeal procedure as specified in Section 13.84.100.

H. The relocation of a tenant household pursuant to this chapter shall not terminate the tenancy of the relocated household. The relocated household shall have the right to reoccupy the unit or room from which it was relocated as soon as the unit or room is ready for reoccupancy, except as set forth in Section 13.84.070.G.2. (Ord. 7212-NS § 1 (part), 2011)