(A) Background checks. An owner or property manager shall perform a criminal record check as that phrase is defined in § 32.21 of the City Code prior to entering into a lease, written or verbal, with a tenant.
(B) Crime free/drug free lease addendum requirements.
(1) Subject to any preemptory state and federal laws, all signed Tenant leases, including any lease renewal, for a rental dwelling executed after January 1, 2018, shall contain the following crime free addendum language or equivalent language:
(a) Tenant, any members of the Tenant’s household or a guest or other person affiliated with the tenant shall not engage in illegal activity, including drug-related illegal activity, on or near the rental dwelling.
(b) Tenant, any member of the Tenant’s household or a guest or other person affiliated with the Tenant shall not engage in any act intended to facilitate illegal activity, including drug-related illegal activity, on or near the rental dwelling.
(c) Tenant, any member of the tenant’s household or a guest or other person affiliated with the tenant shall not permit the rental dwelling to be used for, or to facilitate illegal activity, including drug-related illegal activity, regardless of whether the individual engaging in such activity is a member of the household or a guest.
(d) Tenant, any member of the tenant’s household or a guest, or other person affiliated with the tenant shall not engage in the unlawful manufacturing, selling, using, storing, keeping, or giving of a controlled substance (as defined in § 102 of the Controlled Substance Act [21 U.S.C. 802]) on or near the rental dwelling.
(e) Violation of the above provisions shall be a material and irreparable violation of the lease and good cause for immediate termination of tenancy.
(f) The term “drug related illegal activity” means the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, use, or possession with intent to manufacture, sell, distribute, or use of a controlled substance (as defined in § 102 of the Controlled Substance Act [21 U.S.C. 802]).
(2) Non-exclusive remedies. The crime free/drug free addendum is in addition to all other terms of the lease and do not limit or replace any other provisions.
(Ord. 2017-07, passed 1-2-2018; Am. Ord. 2021-04, passed 3-15-2021)