A. If a request for mediation is filed by a tenant of a dwelling unit subject to a rent increase at any time after the fifteenth day after receipt of notice of the increase, a mediation session shall be held if both parties to the dispute, or their authorized representatives, voluntarily agree to be present and participate in the mediation process.
B. If a request for mediation is filed pertaining to a matter described in Section 15.09.015.A.2., a mediation session shall be held if both the tenant and the landlord to the dispute, or their authorized representatives, voluntarily agree to be present and participate in the mediation process.
C. If a request for mediation is filed pertaining to any other matter subject to voluntary mediation, as set forth in the Bylaws adopted by the City Council, a mediation session shall be held if both parties to the dispute, or their authorized representatives, voluntarily agree to be present and participate in the mediation process.
D. If all parties agree to arbitration in lieu of mediation, the landlord shall be deemed to have met the obligations of good faith mediation established by this Chapter, upon submission of written documentation evidencing the arbitration occurred.
('65 Code, § 32-9) (Ord. No. 87- 010 § 1; Ord. No. 2019-010 § 1)