A. Any tenant who is displaced or subject to displacement from a residential rental unit as result of an order to vacate or any order requiring the vacation of the residential unit by the Enforcement Agency due to a violation so extensive and of such a nature that the immediate health and safety of the residents is endangered, shall be entitled to relocation benefits payable by the landlord in the amounts prescribed in Section 163.05. The Enforcement Agency shall determine the eligibility of tenants for benefits paid pursuant to this article. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,336, Eff. 7/19/16.)
B. No relocation benefits pursuant to this article shall be payable to any tenant who has caused or substantially contributed to the condition giving rise to the order to vacate, as determined by the Enforcement Agency, nor shall any relocation benefits be payable to a tenant if any guest or invitee of the tenant has caused or substantially contributed to the condition giving rise to the order to vacate, as determined by the Enforcement Agency. The Enforcement Agency shall make the determination whether a tenant, tenant’s guest, or invitee caused or substantially contributed to the condition giving rise to the order to vacate at the same time that the order to vacate the tenants is made.
C. A landlord shall not be liable for relocation benefits if the Enforcement Agency determines that the unit or structure became unsafe or hazardous as the result of a fire, flood, earthquake, or other event beyond the control of the landlord and the landlord did not cause or contribute to the condition.
D. In the situations described in Subsections B. and C. of this section, the tenants of units within a multi-unit structure who did not cause or substantially contribute to the uninhabitable condition shall be eligible for relocation benefits from the City if the City elects at its discretion to pay relocation benefits, based on the recommendation from the Enforcement Agency. (Amended by Ord. No. 184,336, Eff. 7/19/16.)