(a) A landlord may neither prohibit nor interfere with an occupant of a rental unit in a building, or a guest invited by an occupant, from using common areas in that building to engage in Organizing Activities.
(b) Distribution of literature may include hanging or otherwise placing literature on the door of tenant units, or where that is not possible as a practical matter then the literature may be placed on the floor in front of tenant units. Such literature placed on or in front of the door of a tenant unit must plainly include the name and telephone number and address of a distributor that the affected tenant may contact to opt out of future doorway distributions of such literature.
(c) The landlord may establish reasonable requirements as to the time, place, and manner of Organizing Activities, so long as the requirements would not effectively prohibit or substantially interfere with Organizing Activities.
(d) Lease agreements entered into or amended on or after January 1, 2022 may not waive a tenant’s right to engage in Organizing Activities as set forth in this Chapter 49A. Any provision of any lease agreement entered into or amended on or after January 1, 2022 that purports to waive a tenant’s right to engage in Organizing Activities as set forth in this Chapter 49A shall be void as contrary to public policy.
(Added as Sec. 49A.2 by Ord. 9-04, File No. 031701, App. 1/16/2004; redesignated and amended by Ord. 32-22, File No. 211096, App. 3/11/2022, Eff. 4/11/2022)
(Former Sec. 49A.3 added by Ord. 9-04, File No. 031701, App. 1/16/2004; redesignated as Sec. 49A.6 and amended by Ord. 32-22, File No. 211096, App. 3/11/2022, Eff. 4/11/2022)