1755.09 PROTECTIONS FOR TENANTS.

   (a)   Properties that are vacant when a Lead-Safe Certificate is required. When a Lead-Safe Certificate is required under this Chapter, 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 a copy of any Lead-Safe Certificate issued for the property to the tenant or proof that the property was constructed after 1978.

(Ord. 23-293. Passed 7-31-23.)