(A) General. No person may be displaced unless the county determines that continued habitation will constitute a substantial risk to the person’s health, safety, or welfare.
(B) Relocation. The property owner shall provide any person, displaced by enforcement of this chapter, with housing of comparable affordability within a reasonable distance of the vacated premises.
(C) Exception. If displacement is a direct result of action or violation by the tenant or a result from an act of God, the property owner is not responsible for relocation of the tenant.
(D) Failure to comply. If a property owner fails or refuses to relocate a displaced person, the tenant shall provide alternate housing until such time as the county authorizes reoccupation of the condemned premises or until the property owner provides alternative housing.
(E) Liability of costs. The property owner shall be responsible for all necessary and reasonable costs of displacement or relocation pursuant to division (D) above. In addition, the displaced person shall continue to be responsible for the payment of rent in the same amount as paid to the property owner immediately prior to the displacement.
(2004 Code, § 141-58) (Ord. 70, passed 9-29-1988; Ord. 02-19, passed 11-21-2002; Ord. 2018-06, passed 6-28-2018)