The following rental units are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:
A. A rental unit in a hotel, motel, inn, tourist home, or rooming and boarding house which is rented primarily to transient guests for a period of less than 30 days; and other transient occupancies as defined in California Civil Code section 1940, subdivision (b).
B. A rental unit in an institutional facility, including a hospital, medical care facility, residential care facility, asylum, group home for seniors or the disabled; a rental unit in a transitional housing program that assists homeless persons as defined in CA Civil Code section 1954.12; a convent or monastery owned and operated by a religious organization; a fraternity or sorority house affiliated with a college or university; and a dormitory owned and operated by an accredited institution of higher education.
C. A rental unit that is either owned, operated, or subsidized by a government entity or subject to a covenant imposed by a government entity restricting the occupancy to families with income of 120% of the area median income or below, and the rent amount paid by a tenant is restricted based on the tenant's income.
D. A rental unit in which the tenant shares a bathroom or kitchen with the property owner.
E. A rental unit that was built after February 1, 1995, based on the date the certificate of occupancy was issued, or, if a certificate was not issued, the date of the final inspection.
F. Single dwelling units and rental units in a condominium or stock cooperative.
G. A rental unit that the landlord or the landlord's immediate family occupy as their primary residence. (Ord. 2024-0045 § 2; Ord. 2019-0025 § 2)