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Page 2 of 6 <br />ATTY/ORD.457/RC MINIMUM LEASE TERMS <br />REV: 03-21-18 PR <br />Exhibit A <br /> <br />[Chapter 42A is hereby added to the Redwood City Code as follows:] <br /> <br />Chapter 42A <br />MINIMUM LEASE TERMS FOR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS <br />Sections <br /> <br />Section 42A.1 Short Title, Authority and Applicability <br />Section 42A.2 Purpose <br />Section 42A.3 Definitions <br />Section 42A.4 Requirement to Offer Minimum Lease Terms <br />Section 42A.5 Exemptions from Minimum Lease Terms for Residential Rental <br />Units <br />Section 42A.6 Notice of Tenant’s Right to Lease <br />Section 42A.7 Tenant Remedies <br />Section 42A.8 Enforcement <br /> <br />42A.1 Short Title, Authority, and Applicability <br />A. This Chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Minimum Lease Terms <br />Ordinance." <br />B. The requirements established pursuant to this Chapter are adopted under the <br />authority of California Constitution Article XI, Section 7, which provides: "A county <br />or city may make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and other <br />ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws," and in accordance <br />with the findings set forth in the ordinance codified in this Chapter. <br />C. This Chapter shall apply to the extent permitted by the statutes and laws of the <br />State of California. <br />42A.2 Purpose <br />The purpose of this Chapter is to: (1) Provide more stability for tenants through the <br />encouragement of longer lease terms, (2) Provide flexibility for the tenant and the landlord <br />(when they can agree on an alternative time-frame for renting the unit), (3) Avoid creating <br />disincentives for accessory dwelling units, and (4) Ensure there are no constraints on <br />landlord raising rents at the end of the lease agreement and each time the lease <br />agreement is renewed. <br /> <br />8.A. - Page 11