Ord 1600 - URGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE TOWN CODE RELATING TO THE RENTAL DISPUTEORDINANCE NO. 1600
URGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 24 OF THE
TOWN CODE RELATING TO THE RENTAL DISPUTE
MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION ORDINANCE REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR A SUBSEQUENT NOTICE OF RENT INCREASE
WITHIN A ONE -YEAR PERIOD.
The Town Council of Los Gatos hereby ordains:
Section I.
Section 24.20.045 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 24.20.045. Rent increase.
A 'rent increase' is any additional rent due or paid by
a tenant for a rental unit, including any reduction in hous-
ing services without a corresponding reduction in the moneys
demanded or paid for rent."
Section 2.
Section 24.30.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 24.30.030. Notice of Conciliation Rights.
No notice of rent increase shall be valid unless the
landlord does the following:
(1) Serves, with the notice of proposed increase,
written notice advising the affected tenants of their right
to petition for conciliation under Section 24.40.010, and
giving the current telephone number of the agency adminis-
tering the ordinance for the Town; and
(2) Provides in writing, to any tenant requesting in
writing, the apartment numbers of all tenants receiving
increase notices for the same month as the tenant making
the request.
A reissued notice to correct the notification requirement
shall not exceed the amount of the previous rent increase notice."
It is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health and safety of the citizens of the Town this ordinance take effect
immediately because of the following facts:
1. Numerous tenants have been given notice of rent increase which is
the second such notice within a one -year period..
2. Said rent increases are pending conciliation subject to the Town's
Rental Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Ordinance.
3. In fairness to the parties involved in the current conciliation,
mediation, and arbitration processes, and to avoid confusion and dispute
about interpretation of the current ordinance, this ordinance should take
effect immediately, instead of waiting thirty (30) days until a regular
ordinance would become final.
This ordinance was adopted as an urgency ordinance of the Town of Los
Gatos at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on
December 5, 1983, by following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS Joanne Benjamin, Eric D.
Carlson, Terrence J. Daily and Mayor
Thomas J. Ferrito
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS
None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS Brent N, Ventura
ABSENT:
SIGNED:
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF THE TOW N 0 F IS GATO
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