AMENDED IN COMMITTEE
FILE NO. 191075
4/27/2020 ORDINANCE NO.
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[Planning, Administrative Codes - Residential Occupancy]
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to create the Intermediate Length Occupancy
residential use characteristic; amending the Administrative Code to clarify existing law
regarding the enforceability of fixed-term leases in rental units covered by the just
cause protections of the Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance (the
“Rent Ordinance”), prohibit the use of rental units for temporary occupancies by non-
tenants, require landlords to disclose in advertisements for such units that the units
are subject to the Rent Ordinance, and authorize enforcement through administrative
and/or civil penalties; requiring the Controller to conduct a study to analyze the
impacts of new Intermediate Length Occupancy units in the City; affirming the
Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act;
and making findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority
policies of Planning Code, Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity,
convenience, and welfare under Planning Code, Section 302.
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Be it ordained by the People of the City and County of San Francisco:
Section 1. CEQA, General Plan, and Planning Code Findings.
(a)
The Planning Department has determined that the actions contemplated in this
ordinance comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (California Public Resources
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Code Sections 21000 et seq.). Said determination is on file with the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors in File No. 191075 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Board affirms
this determination.
(b)
On January 30, 2020, the Planning Commission, in Resolution No. 20633,
adopted findings that the actions contemplated in this ordinance are consistent, on balance,
with the City’s General Plan and eight priority policies of Planning Code Section 101.1. The
Board adopts these findings as its own. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors in File No. 191075, and is incorporated herein by reference.
(c)
Pursuant to Planning Code Section 302, the Board of Supervisors finds that this
ordinance will serve the public necessity, convenience and welfare for the reasons set forth in
Planning Commission Resolution No. 20633, and incorporates such reasons by this reference
thereto. A copy of said Resolution is on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in File
No. 191075, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The Planning Code is hereby amended by revising Section 102 (including
placing a new defined term in alphabetical sequence), adding Section 202.10, and revising
Sections 209.1, 209.2, 209.3, 209.4, 210.1, 210.2, 210.3, 210.4, and 710, to read as follows:
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.
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Intermediate Length Occupancy. A Residential Use characteristic that applies to a Dwelling
Unit offered for occupancy by a natural person for an initial stay, whether through lease, subscription,
license, or otherwise, for a duration of greater than 30 consecutive days but less than one year. This
use characteristic is subject to the requirements of Section 202.10.
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Residential Use. A Use Category consisting of uses that provide housing for San
Francisco residents, rather than visitors, including Dwelling Units, Group Housing, Residential
Hotels, and Senior Housing, Homeless Shelters, and for the purposes of Article 4 only any
residential components of Institutional Uses. Single Room Occupancy, Intermediate Length
Occupancy, and Student Housing designations are considered characteristics of certain
Residential Uses.
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Use Characteristic. A feature of a Use, related to its physical layout, location, design,
access, or other characteristics. Use Characteristics may be regulated independently of a
Use itself. Residential Use Characteristics include Single Room Occupancy, Intermediate
Length Occupancy, and Student Housing. Commercial Use Characteristics include Drive-up
Facility, Formula Retail, Hours of Operation, Maritime Use, Open Air Sales, Outdoor Activity,
and Walk-Up Facility.
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SEC. 202.10. LIMITATION ON INTERMEDIATE LENGTH OCCUPANCIES.
(a)
Purpose. To encourage the use of Dwelling Units for long-term occupancy by
permanent San Francisco residents with initial terms of occupancy of at least one year, the following
provisions shall apply to Intermediate Length Occupancy units.
(b)
Controls.
(1)
Permitting. Intermediate Length Occupancy units shall be permitted as follows:
(A)
Any application to establish an Intermediate Length Occupancy
Use Characteristic shall:
(i)
Specifically identify the unit proposed to be permitted as an
Intermediate Length Occupancy unit; and
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(ii)
Include a proof to the Department’s satisfaction that the
proposed Intermediate Length Occupancy unit is located within a building that has no
outstanding Notice of Violations.
(B)
Additional requirements for specific buildings sizes:
(i)
Intermediate Length Occupancy units are prohibited in
buildings with three or fewer Dwelling Units.
(ii)
For buildings with four to nine or fewer Dwelling Units, requests
to authorize the establishment of an Intermediate Length Occupancy Use Characteristic shall be
principally permitted, provided that: (i)
N no more than 25% of the Dwelling Units in the building
may be permitted as Intermediate Length Occupancy units.
(ii)
Each unit proposed to be permitted as an Intermediate
Length Occupancy unit is specifically identified.
(iiiB)
For buildings with 10 or more Dwelling Units, Intermediate
Length Occupancy units shall be prohibited, unless authorized pursuant to a conditional use
authorization under Section 303, provided that the Planning Commission shall find, in addition
to compliance with the criteria of Section 303, that the following criteria are met:
a.(i)
No more than 20% of the Dwelling Units in the building
may be permitted as Intermediate Length Occupancy units.
(ii)
Each unit proposed to be permitted as an Intermediate
Length Occupancy unit is specifically identified.
b.
That not less than two thirds of the total allowable
Intermediate Length Occupancy units be in the downtown core, with the policy goal of keeping
such uses near corresponding hotel and tourism districts, and job centers.
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c.
That not more than one third of the total allowable
Intermediate Length Occupancy units be permitted in Census Tracts in sensitive communities,
as defined by the UC Berkeley Urban Displacement Project Sensitive Communities map.
(2)
Maximum Amount. No more than 1,000 Intermediate Length Occupancy units
shall be permitted in the City.
(3)
Exceptions. The requirements of this Section 202.10 shall not apply to:
(A)
Any Dwelling Unit that is defined as Student Housing in Section 102; or
(B)
A Residential Hotel unit subject to the provisions of Administrative Code
Chapter 41; or
(C)
An organization with tax-exempt status under 26 United States
Code Sections 501(c)(3) providing access to the unit in furtherance of its primary mission to
provide housing, provided that any organization that provides a Dwelling Unit offered for
occupancy by a natural person for an initial stay, whether through lease, subscription, license,
or otherwise, for a duration of greater than 30 consecutive days but less than one year must
comply with the reporting requirements in subsection (d).
(4)
Ineligible units. The following shall not be eligible to be permitted as
Intermediate Length Occupancy units:
(A)
Dwelling Units that are subject to the City’s Inclusionary Affordable
Housing Program set forth in Sections 415.1. et seq., or otherwise designated as below market rate or
income-restricted under City, state, or federal law;, and
(B)
Dwelling Units that are subject to the rent increase limitations in
Administrative Code Section 37.3 shall not be eligible to be Intermediate Length Occupancy units; and
(C)
Dwelling Units in a project that has not had its building or site
permit issued as of the effective date of this ordinance in Board File No. 191075. Unless
reenacted, this subsection (C) shall expire by operation of law 24 months after the Effective
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Date of this ordinance in Board File No. 191075. Upon the expiration of this note, the City
Attorney is authorized to take steps to remove this note from the Planning Code.
(c)
Compliance.
(1)
Abandonment. Any Dwelling Unit permitted as an Intermediate Length
Occupancy unit pursuant to this subsection (b) may be offered for an initial term of occupancy of one
year or greater without losing the Use Characteristic, provided that the Use Characteristic shall be
considered abandoned if discontinued or otherwise abandoned for the time periods specified in Article
1.7.
(2)
Compliance Schedule. Within six months of the Effective Date of this ordinance
in Board File No. 191075, the Department shall develop and publish procedures for evaluating
requests to establish Intermediate Length Occupancy units. The owner or operator of each
Intermediate Length Occupancy unit must submit a complete application within 24 months of the
Effective Date of this ordinance in Board File No. 191075.
(d)
Annual Reports. No later than March 1 of each year, the owner or operator of each
Intermediate Length Occupancy unit shall submit to the Department an Annual Unit Usage Report for
the prior calendar year containing the following information:
(1)
The address and location of the Intermediate Length Occupancy unit.
(2)
The number of times the unit was occupied by a natural person for an initial
stay, whether through lease, subscription, license, or otherwise, for a duration of greater than 30
consecutive days but less than one year, including the duration and dates of each of those stays.
(3)
The average duration of each stay.
(4)
The average vacancy between each stay.
(5)
The nature of the services, if any, that are provided to occupants of the
Intermediate Length Occupancy units, including furnishings, or other amenities, and whether there has
been an increase or decrease in the services since the last report.
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SEC. 209.1. RH (RESIDENTIAL, HOUSE) DISTRICTS.
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Table 209.1
ZONING CONTROL TABLE FOR RH DISTRICTS
Zoning
Category
§ References
RH-1(D)
RH-1
RH-1(S)
RH-2
RH-3
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RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Use Characteristics
Intermediate
Length
Occupancy
§§ 102,
202.10
P(9)
P(9)
P(9)
P(9)
P(9)
Single Room
Occupancy
§ 102
P
P
P
P
P
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(9) C for buildings with 10 or more Dwelling Units.
SEC. 209.2. RM (RESIDENTIAL, MIXED) DISTRICTS.
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Table 209.2
ZONING CONTROL TABLE FOR RM DISTRICTS
Zoning
Category
§ References
RM-1
RM-2
RM-3
RM-4
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RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Use Characteristics
Intermediate
Length
Occupancy
§§ 102, 202.10
P(10)
P(10)
P(10)
P(10)
Single Room
Occupancy
§ 102
P
P
P
P
* * * *
(10)
C for buildings with 10 or more Dwelling Units.
SEC. 209.3. RC (RESIDENTIAL-COMMERCIAL) DISTRICTS.
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Table 209.3
ZONING CONTROL TABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL-COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS
Zoning Category
§ References
RC-3
RC-4
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RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Use Characteristics
Intermediate Length
Occupancy
§§ 102, 202.10
P(11)
P(11)
Single Room
Occupancy
§ 102
P
P
*
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(11)
C for buildings with 10 or more Dwelling Units.
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SEC. 209.4. RTO (RESIDENTIAL TRANSIT ORIENTED) DISTRICTS.
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Table 209.4
ZONING CONTROL TABLE FOR RTO DISTRICTS
Zoning Category
§ References
RTO
RTO-M
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RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Use Characteristics
Intermediate Length
Occupancy
§§ 102, 202.10
P(10)
P(10)
Single Room
Occupancy
§ 102
P
P
* * * *
(10)
C for buildings with 10 or more Dwelling Units.
SEC. 210.1. C-2 DISTRICTS: COMMUNITY BUSINESS.
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Table 210.1
ZONING CONTROL TABLE FOR C-2 DISTRICTS
Zoning Category
§ References
C-2
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RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Use Characteristics
Intermediate Length
Occupancy
§§ 102, 202.10
P(6)
Single Room Occupancy
§ 102
P
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(6)
C for buildings with 10 or more Dwelling Units.
SEC. 210.2. C-3 DISTRICTS: DOWNTOWN COMMERCIAL.
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Table 210.2
ZONING CONTROL TABLE FOR C-3 DISTRICTS
Zoning
Category
§ References
C-3-O
C-3-O(SD)
C-3-R
C-3-G
C-3-S
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RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Use Characteristics
Intermediate
Length
Occupancy
§§ 102, 202.10
P(8)
P(8)
P(8)
P(8)
P(8)
Single
Room
Occupancy
§ 102
P
P
P
P
P
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* *
(8)
C for buildings with 10 or more Dwelling Units.
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SEC. 210.3. PDR DISTRICTS.
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Table 210.3
ZONING CONTROL TABLE FOR PDR DISTRICTS
Zoning
Category
§ References
PDR-1-B
PDR-1-D
PDR-1-G
PDR-2
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RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Use Characteristics
Intermediate
Length
Occupancy
§§ 102, 202.10
NP
NP
NP
NP
Single
Room
Occupancy
§ 102
NP
NP
NP
NP
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SEC. 210.4. M DISTRICTS: INDUSTRIAL.
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Table 210.4
ZONING CONTROL TABLE FOR M DISTRICTS
Zoning Category
§ References
M-1
M-2
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RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Use Characteristics
Intermediate Length
Occupancy
§§ 102, 202.10
P(4)
P(4)
Single Room
Occupancy
§ 102
P
P
*
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(4)
C for buildings with 10 or more Dwelling Units.
SEC. 710. NC-1 – NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CLUSTER DISTRICT.
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Table 710. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL CLUSTER DISTRICT NC-1
ZONING CONTROL TABLE
* * * *
Zoning Category
§ References
NC-1
Controls
* * * *
RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS AND USES
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Use Characteristics
Intermediate Length
Occupancy
§§ 102; 202.10
P(10)
Single Room Occupancy
§ 102
P
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(10)
C for buildings with 10 or more Dwelling Units.
Section 3. Amendment of Specific Zoning Control Tables.
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Zoning Control Tables 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722,
723, 724, 725, 726, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756,
757, 758, 759, 760, 761, 762, 763, and 764 are hereby amended identically to the
amendment of Zoning Control Table 710 in Section 2 of this ordinance, to create
“Intermediate Length Occupancy” as a new Residential Use Characteristic, citing Planning
Code Sections 102 and 202.10 as references, identifying “P” as the zoning control, and
including the note (“C for buildings with 10 or more Dwelling Units”), provided that the note
shall be numbered as appropriate for each table, as follows.
Zoning Control Table
Note #
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Section 4. The Administrative Code is hereby amended by adding Section 37.9F, to
read as follows:
SEC. 37. 9F. CIRCUMVENTION OF TENANT PROTECTIONS.
(a)
Findings. As market rents continue to increase in San Francisco, landlords of rent-
controlled units have a greater incentive to prevent long-term tenancies. Complementing the just cause
protections in Section 37.9, this Section 37.9F addresses the growing efforts among some landlords to
induce their tenants into believing that they are required to vacate their units at a specific time
designated in the lease or agreement, despite existing law to the contrary, or to try to avoid certain
landlord-tenant obligations altogether. This trend is especially common with respect to corporate
rentals, though it is not limited to corporate rentals. Such tactics by landlords undermine rent control
and frustrate the purpose of ensuring that rent-controlled units in the City remain available as a long-
term housing option for the City’s renters.
(b)
Prohibition of Fixed-Term Agreements. Consistent with Section 37.9(a)(2) and Section
37.9(e), any provision of any lease or rental agreement that purports to require a tenant to vacate a
rental unit at the expiration of a stated term, or that purports to characterize a tenant’s failure to
vacate the rental unit at the end of the stated term as a just cause for eviction (either of them, a “Fixed-
Term Agreement”), shall be void as contrary to public policy, and a landlord may not attempt to
recover possession of the unit without just cause. This prohibition shall not apply where this Chapter
37 expressly authorizes a fixed-term tenancy (e.g., Section 37.2(a)(D)), or where it expressly authorizes
a tenant to be evicted without just cause (e.g., Section 37.9(b)).
(c)
Restrictions on Non-Tenant Uses.
(1)
A rental unit is being used for a “Non-Tenant Use” when the landlord is
allowing the unit to be occupied by a person or entity who is not a “tenant” as defined in Section
37.2(t). Renting a unit to a corporate entity or other non-natural person, or using a unit as housing for
one’s employees, licensees, or independent contractors rather than one’s tenants, are nonexclusive
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examples of Non-Tenant Uses. This subsection (c) is not intended to narrow the definition of “tenant”
under Section 37.2(t) or to limit the just cause protections in Section 37.9; the sole intent is to prevent
landlords from circumventing or undermining the tenant protections of this Chapter 37, by restricting
when a landlord may provide a rental unit to a person or entity to the extent that person or entity does
not otherwise qualify as a “tenant.”
(2)
Commencing April 1, 2020, it shall be unlawful to use a rental unit or allow a
rental unit to be used for a Non-Tenant Use, subject to the exemptions listed in subsection (c)(3). Any
provision of any agreement entered into on or after April 1, 2020 that purports to allow a unit to be
used for an unauthorized Non-Tenant Use shall be void as contrary to public policy, and the occupants
shall instead be deemed tenants under Section 37.2(t).
(3)
This subsection (c) does not apply to any of the following:
(A) where the rental unit is subject to an agreement authorizing a Non-Tenant
Use that was entered into before April 1, 2020, for the existing duration of that agreement.
(B) the use of a rental unit as a lawful short-term rental as set forth in
Administrative Code Chapter 41A.
(C) where the landlord is providing the rental unit to its employees as a
condition of their employment to assist in the maintenance or management of a building owned or
managed by the landlord (e.g., resident managers).
(D) where an organization with tax-exempt status under 26 United States Code
Sections 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) is providing access to the unit in furtherance of its primary mission to
provide housing, or in furtherance of its primary mission of education by providing housing to
teachers.
(d)
Required Disclosures. Commencing April 1, 2020, every online listing for a rental unit,
excluding listings by landlords or master tenants who will reside in the same rental unit as their tenants
or subtenants, must contain a legible disclosure in at least 12-point font that includes the following
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text: “This unit is a rental unit subject to the San Francisco Rent Ordinance, which limits evictions
without just cause, and which states that any waiver by a tenant of their rights under the Rent
Ordinance is void as contrary to public policy.” The foregoing text should also be included in print
advertisements, if practicable.
(e)
Monitoring and Enforcement.
(1)
The Board shall receive referrals regarding online listings that do not comply
with subsection (d). Upon receipt of a referral, if the Board determines that the listing does not
substantially comply with subsection (d) and that the defects have not been cured, the Board shall
inform the landlord in writing. The landlord shall be required to correct the violation within three
business days after receiving the notice. If the landlord has not corrected the violation within three
business days, the Board may impose a reasonable administrative penalty of up to $100 per day, not
counting the three-day correction period, provided that in no event shall the total administrative
penalty for a single listing exceed $1,000. The procedure for the imposition, enforcement, collection,
and administrative review of the administrative penalty shall be governed by Administrative Code
Chapter 100, “Procedures Governing the Imposition of Administrative Fines,” which is hereby
incorporated in its entirety. Any administrative penalties collected under this subsection (e)(1) shall be
deposited in the General Fund of the City and County of San Francisco to be used for enforcement of
this Section 37.9F.
(2)
The City Attorney may bring a civil action in San Francisco Superior Court
against a party who has failed to comply with this Section 37.9F. A nonprofit organization with tax
exempt status under 26 United States Code Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) and with a primary mission
of protecting the rights of tenants in San Francisco may also bring such a civil action, provided that the
organization shall first provide 30 days’ written notice of its intent to initiate civil proceedings by
serving a draft complaint on the City Attorney’s Office and on any known address(es) of the affected
tenant(s), and may not initiate civil proceedings until the end of this 30 day period. A party who
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violates this Section 37.9F may be liable for civil penalties of not more than two times the amount paid
or received for use of the rental unit during the period of the unlawful activity, and each rental unit
used in violation of this Section 37.9F shall constitute a separate violation. Any monetary award
obtained in such a civil action shall be deposited in the General Fund of the City and County of San
Francisco to be used for enforcement of this Section 37.9F. The court shall also award reasonable
attorney's fees and costs to the City Attorney or a nonprofit organization that is the prevailing party in
such a civil action.
(3)
The remedies available under this subsection (e) shall be in addition to any other
existing remedies that may be available.
Section 5. Additional Findings. Section 5 of this ordinance is intended to clarify
existing law regarding fixed-term agreements, and prevent landlords from circumventing
eviction controls by allowing residential occupancy through non-tenant uses. Accordingly, the
Board finds that the City’s Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance (the “Rent
Ordinance”), as amended by this ordinance, is consistent with the Tenant Protection Act of
2019 (Assembly Bill No. 26 (Chiu), hereafter “AB 1482”); and that it further limits the reasons
for termination of a residential tenancy, results in higher relocation assistance amounts, and
provides additional tenant protections, and is therefore more protective than AB 1482; and the
Board intends that the Rent Ordinance (as hereby amended) shall apply rather than AB 1482.
Section 6. Controller’s Study. No later than January 1, 2021, the Controller, with the
support of consultants as necessary and consistent with the civil service provisions of the
Charter, and in consultation with the Planning Department and other City agencies as
necessary, shall conduct a study to analyze the impacts created by the development of new
Intermediate Length Occupancy units on the City and relevant City services. The Controller’s
study shall be submitted to the Board of Supervisors.
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Section 7. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective 30 days after
enactment. Enactment occurs when the Mayor signs the ordinance, the Mayor returns the
ordinance unsigned or does not sign the ordinance within ten days of receiving it, or the Board
of Supervisors overrides the Mayor’s veto of the ordinance.
Section 8. Scope of Ordinance. Except as stated in Section 3 of this ordinance, in
enacting this ordinance, the Board of Supervisors intends to amend only those words,
phrases, paragraphs, subsections, sections, articles, numbers, punctuation marks, charts,
diagrams, or any other constituent parts of the Municipal Code that are explicitly shown in this
ordinance as additions, deletions, Board amendment additions, and Board amendment
deletions in accordance with the “Note” that appears under the official title of the ordinance.
Section 9. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word
of this ordinance, or any application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions or applications of the ordinance. The
Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, and word not declared invalid or
unconstitutional without regard to whether any other portion of this ordinance or application
thereof would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DENNIS J. HERRERA, City Attorney
By:
/s/
AUSTIN M. YANG
Deputy City Attorney
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Ordinance
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to create the Intermediate Length Occupancy residential
use characteristic; amending the Administrative Code to clarify existing law regarding the
enforceability of fixed-term leases in rental units covered by the just cause protections of the
Residential Rent Stabilization and Arbitration Ordinance (the “Rent Ordinance”), prohibit the use of
rental units for temporary occupancies by non-tenants, require landlords to disclose in
advertisements for such units that the units are subject to the Rent Ordinance, and authorize
enforcement through administrative and/or civil penalties; requiring the Controller to conduct a study
to analyze the impacts of new Intermediate Length Occupancy units in the City; affirming the
Planning Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; and making
findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight priority policies of Planning Code,
Section 101.1, and findings of public necessity, convenience, and welfare under Planning Code,
Section 302.
File Number:
May 12, 2020
Date Passed:
191075
February 24, 2020 Land Use and Transportation Committee - AMENDED, AN
AMENDMENT OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
February 24, 2020 Land Use and Transportation Committee - CONTINUED AS AMENDED
March 02, 2020 Land Use and Transportation Committee - CONTINUED
March 09, 2020 Land Use and Transportation Committee - AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT
OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
March 09, 2020 Land Use and Transportation Committee - CONTINUED AS AMENDED
March 30, 2020 Land Use and Transportation Committee - CONTINUED TO CALL OF
THE CHAIR
April 27, 2020 Land Use and Transportation Committee - AMENDED, AN AMENDMENT
OF THE WHOLE BEARING SAME TITLE
April 27, 2020 Land Use and Transportation Committee - RECOMMENDED AS AMENDED
May 05, 2020 Board of Supervisors - PASSED ON FIRST READING
Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai,
Stefani, Walton and Yee
May 12, 2020 Board of Supervisors - FINALLY PASSED
Ayes: 11 - Fewer, Haney, Mandelman, Mar, Peskin, Preston, Ronen, Safai,
Stefani, Walton and Yee
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