For the purpose of this title and references thereto, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
HOUSING SERVICES. All amenities and services related to the use or occupancy of a rental unit and common areas that are provided by the landlord, including a proportionate part of services provided to common facilities of the building and property in which the rental unit is contained. HOUSING SERVICES includes, without limitation, hot and cold water, heat, utilities, painting, elevator service, refuse removal, janitorial service, maintenance, repairs, replacement, recreational areas (including pools or gyms), laundry facilities, furnishings, storage space, parking (including one or more automobiles), employee services, security services, insurance, the payment of property taxes, and any other benefits or privileges permitted to the tenant by agreement, whether express or implied. HOUSING SERVICES also includes those basic housing services required by Cal. Civil Code § 1941.1.
LANDLORD or RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD. An owner, lessor, sublessor or any other person or entity who is entitled to offer any residential rental unit for rent or who is entitled to receive rent for the use and occupancy of any residential rental unit.
LARGE MULTI-FAMILY LANDLORD. A residential landlord that rents and/or makes available for rent five or more residential rental units that are located on a parcel or lot or contiguous parcels or contiguous lots under common ownership.
RENT. Consideration, including any deposit, bonus, benefit, or gratuity demanded or received for, or in connection with, the use or occupancy of a residential rental unit. Such consideration includes, without limitation, moneys and fair value of goods or services rendered to or for the benefit of the residential landlord under the rental agreement, or in exchange for a rental unit or housing services of any kind.
RENT STABILIZED UNIT. Any residential rental unit that is subject to city rent regulation because it is not exempt from the Rent Stabilization chapter, Chapter 3 of Title 11.
RENTAL AGREEMENT or RENTAL HOUSING AGREEMENT. An agreement, oral, written, or implied, between a landlord and a tenant for the use and/or occupancy of a rental unit.
RENTAL UNIT or RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNIT. Any structure or part of a structure that is rented for residential use or occupancy, including land appurtenant thereto and regardless of zoning status or additional uses of the property. A RENTAL UNIT includes all housing services connected with the residential use or occupancy of the property.
TENANCY or RESIDENTIAL TENANCY. The right or entitlement of a tenant to use or occupy a rental unit. Where occupants of a rental unit have separate rental agreements with a residential landlord for use or occupancy of a rental unit, each agreement permitting occupancy is a TENANCY.
TENANT or RESIDENTIAL TENANT. One or more persons, including a subtenant, lessee, or sublessee, who is entitled under the terms of a rental housing agreement to the use or occupancy of any residential rental unit.
(Ord. 2227-C-S, passed 6-27-2023; Am. Ord. 2232-C-S, passed 9-12-2023)