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ATTY/ORD.457/RC MIMIMUM LEASE TERMS <br />REV: 06-12-18 PR <br />Page 4 of 7 <br /> <br />10. Dwelling units acquired by the cCity or any other governmental unit, agency <br />or authority intended to be used for public purposes. <br /> <br />D. “Tenant” means a person or persons entitled by written or oral agreement to <br />occupy a rental unit to the exclusion of others. <br /> <br />E. “Lease” means a written contract used to make a legal agreement by which money <br />is paid to occupy a residential dwelling unit for a specific period of time. <br /> <br />[Text to be added and deleted is shown in underlined and strikethrough format for <br />convenience and is not for codification] <br /> <br />42A.4 Requirement to Offer Minimum Lease Terms <br />A. Offer. If a tenant or prospective tenant wishes to rent a rental unit from a landlord <br />and the landlord wishes to rent the rental unit to the tenant or prospective tenant, <br />the landlord must offer to the tenant or prospective tenant a written lease which <br />has a minimum term of one (1) year. Offers must be made in writing. Signing of a <br />lease which has a minimum term of one (1) year shall be considered an offer in <br />writing. The cost of a one year lease shall not exceed the total cost of a month-to- <br />month lease for 12 months. <br /> <br />[Text to be deleted is shown in strikethrough format for convenience and is not for <br />codification] <br /> <br />B. Acceptance. If the tenant or prospective tenant accepts the offer of a written lease <br />which has a minimum term of one (1) year, this acceptance must be in writing. <br />Signing a lease which has a minimum term of one (1) year will be considered an <br />acceptance. <br /> <br />C. Rejection. If the tenant or prospective tenant rejects the offer for a written lease <br />which has a minimum term of one (1) year, this rejection must be in writing, and <br />the landlord and tenant or prospective tenant may then enter into an agreement, <br />oral or written, that provides for a rental term of less than one (1) year. <br /> <br />D. Rent. If the landlord and tenant enter into a written lease which has a minimum <br />term of one (1) year, such lease must set the rent for the rental unit at a rate or <br />rates certain and these rates shall not otherwise be modified during the term of <br />such lease. <br /> <br />E. Renewal of Lease. So long as both the landlord and tenant wish to continue the <br />rental relationship, upon the expiration of the initial written lease, or any lease <br />renewal thereafter, which has a minimum term of one (1) year, a lease shall be <br />offered again in accordance with the procedures of subsections A-D above and <br />the following susbsection 1-3. If, however, either the landlord or tenant does not <br />6.4.B. - Page 8