(A) The Director of Planning or his or her designee, or other authorized official, shall contact the property manager or the property owner, in the same manner in which the tenant is to report problems with the unit. If the owner can not explain why the tenant should not be relocated consistent with this chapter or how an immediate repair for the unit is possible, the Director shall order the relocation. The Director of Planning or other authorized official designated to enforce the county’s code enforcement activities, at his or her sole discretion, may authorize immediate payment of relocation benefits by the county in the amounts authorized by this chapter to an eligible tenant household if the director of planning or other authorized agent has determined that immediate vacation of the rental unit or room is necessary due to public health and safety concerns. The property owner shall be notified subsequently in writing of any relocation payments by the county under this section. Payments under this section to the tenant household may be provided in meal vouchers and prearranged lodging by the county with local hotels and restaurants at the county’s discretion.
(B) The property owner shall be required to reimburse the county for these relocation costs, and any administrative cost associated with the relocation, and shall be subject to a lien against its property for this amount, as set forth above.
(1) Where an owner is required by the county or a court order to have a unit vacated immediately, or where vacation is required to enable compliance with a notice of violation from the county with less than ten days notice because of imminent potential harm to the health and safety of tenants, the owner shall provide to the tenants the relocation assistance required by this section until such time as the tenants are able to reoccupy the unit or until the benefits set forth in §§ 21.05.009 or 21.05.010 are provided.
(2) The owner, at the owner’s expense, shall provide the following relocation assistance and benefits under this section:
(a) Alternative safe and legal temporary housing for the tenants at no additional rent or cost to the tenants than previously paid by the tenants or the advance payment of the fair market rent as established by the most current U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) schedule for fair market rents for a unit of comparable size in the same general area as the unit and other related costs for alternative safe and legal temporary housing for the tenants.
(b) Any additional necessary employment or education transportation costs to the tenants arising as a result of the displacement.
(c) If the alternative housing required in this section does not contain furnishings, furnishings appropriate for the tenants in the alternative housing is required.
(d) Reasonable security for all of the tenants’ furnishings and other personal property remaining in the unit until the tenants reoccupy the unit.
(3) (a) To the extent feasible, the owner shall provide any alternative housing required under this section in a location in the vicinity of the unit.
(b) The relocation assistance required under this section shall be provided by the owner by the time of the displacement of the tenants.
(1966 Code, § 19A-8) (Ord. 774, § 1(part))