(a) Properties that are vacant when a Lead-Safe Certificate is required. When a Lead-Safe Certificate is required under this Chapter (subject to the phase-in schedule provided in Section 1760.14(a)), if any Residential Rental Property constructed before 1978 contains a rental unit that is or becomes vacant and not yet leased to a tenant, the Owner of that property may not lease the unit for occupancy until the Owner obtains a Lead-Safe Certificate.
(b) Leases with new tenants when a Lead-Safe Certificate is required. When a Lead-Safe Certificate is required under this Chapter, if a current tenant vacates any Residential Rental Property constructed before 1978, the Owner of that property may not lease the unit for occupancy to a new tenant until the Owner obtains a Lead-Safe Certificate.
(c) Evictions of current tenants. No Owner without good cause to evict a tenant may cause a tenant to be evicted because the Owner does not wish to comply with the requirements of this Chapter. No Owner without good cause may refuse to renew a month-to-month or other periodic tenancy because the Owner does not wish to comply with the requirements of this Chapter.
(d) Rights of tenants under the Ohio Landlord-Tenant Act. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to limit the rights of tenants under the Ohio Landlord-Tenant Act, including but not limited to the right to withhold rent or terminate a tenancy in response to Owner's failure to comply with the Ohio Landlord-Tenant Act.
(e) Lead-Safe Certificate provided upon lease. Upon leasing a Residential Rental Property, the Owner shall provide the tenant with either a copy of any Lead-Safe Certificate issued for the property or documentation showing that the property was constructed after 1978.
(Ord. 397-20. Passed 10-20-20; Ord. 48-23. Passed 1-24-23.)