(a) After the establishment of initial base rent, the maximum allowable rent for a tenant in occupancy at Midtown shall be either of the following: (1) for Legacy Tenants paying Chapter 37 Rent, the initial base rent plus any annual rent increases that may be allowed under Administrative Code Section 37.3(a)(1)-(2) as it may be amended from time to time; or (2) for tenants paying Percentage Rent as initial base rent, as well as any Legacy Tenants who have elected to pay Percentage Rent as set forth in Section 37B.4, the Percentage Rent under the then-current Maximum Rent Schedule published each year, which may include a rent increase from the previous year.
(b) MOHCD shall determine whether any Midtown tenants paid rent between May 1, 2014 and the effective date of the ordinance in Board of Supervisors File No. 200518 enacting this Chapter 37B that exceeded the rent allowed under this Chapter 37B during that time period. If any such excess payments occurred, MOHCD shall credit the excess amounts against the tenant’s future rent. MOHCD shall determine the base rents, applicable rent increases, and shall credit any excess amounts, by no later than February 1, 2021.
(Added by Ord. 213-20, File No. 200518, App. 10/30/2020, Eff. 11/30/2020)