File #: 2021-610   
Type: Consent Calendar Item
Body: City Council
On agenda: 2/2/2021
Title: Final Passage of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Amending Article XV (Rent Control, Limitations on Evictions and Relocation Payments to Certain Displaced Tenants) to Adopt and Incorporate Provisions Concerning Capital Improvement Plans (CIP) for Rental Units in the City of Alameda. (Community Development 265)
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Final Passage of Ordinance Amending the Alameda Municipal Code by Amending Article XV (Rent Control, Limitations on Evictions and Relocation Payments to Certain Displaced Tenants) to Adopt and Incorporate Provisions Concerning Capital Improvement Plans (CIP) for Rental Units in the City of Alameda. (Community Development 265)

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The staff report for this ordinance was included when the ordinance was introduced and is available at the following link:
https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4746538&GUID=5009CEE6-D3AE-40A6-9BBE-9830120E9314&Options=&Search=&FullText=1

CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. _____________
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AMENDING ARTICLE XV (RENT CONTROL, LIMITATIONS ON EVICTIONS AND RELOCATION PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN DISPLACED TENANTS ORDINANCE) OF THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT AND INCORPORATE PROVISIONS CONCERNING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR RENTAL UNITS IN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA

WHEREAS, on April 5, 2016, City staff presented to the City Council, and the Council adopted, a Policy Concerning Capital Improvement Plans, which Policy identifies major long term repairs that could qualify as a Capital Improvement, provides a method by which a Landlord may receive a Rent Increase by undertaking such Capital Improvements, and requires the Landlord to provide relocation assistance to displaced Tenants when work associated with the Capital Improvements cannot be accomplished safely and reasonably with the Tenants remaining in their Rental Units, after hearing from the public concerning the Policy and thereafter discussed the Policy among themselves; consequently, the Council adopted Resolution No. 15138; and

WHEREAS, on January 19, 2021, City staff presented to the City Council amendments to Ordinance No. 3250, codified at Alameda Municipal Code 6-58.10 et seq., concerning Capital Improvement Plans, the purpose of which was to further encourage Landlords to improve the quality of the City's rental housing stock, to ensur...

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