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ATTY/ORD.457/RC MIMIMUM LEASE TERMS <br />REV: 06-12-18 PR <br />Page 5 of 7 <br /> <br />wish to continue the rental relationship, then there shall be no obligation for the <br />landlord to offer, or for the tenant to accept, any renewal of the lease. <br /> <br />1. A landlord shall offer a written lease renewal with a minimum term of one <br />(1) year to a tenant at the expiration of the existing term of a one (1) year <br />lease. <br />2. A landlord shall offer a written lease renewal with a minimum term of one <br />(1) year to a tenant at the expiration of the existing term of a lease that is <br />longer than one (1) year. <br />3. A landlord shall offer a written lease with a minimum term of one (1) year to <br />a tenant who rejected an initial offer of a written lease with a minimum term <br />of one (1) year but who has rented a unit from the landlord for a period of at <br />least twelve (12) months. <br /> <br />[Text to be deleted is shown in strikethrough format for convenience and is not for <br />codification] <br /> <br />F. Applicability. This section shall not apply to: <br /> <br />1. A unit which is rented on or before the effective date of the ordinance <br />codified in this chapter, provided that, (A) if the unit is rented subject to a <br />written lease, when the lease in effect for such unit expires, the ordinance <br />codified in this chapter shall then apply; and (B) if the unit is rented without <br />a written lease, the landlord shall offer a written lease to the tenant in <br />accordance with this section, at the time of lease renewal; or <br />2. An owner-occupied unit that is rented to a tenant for less than one (1) year; <br />or <br />3. A rental unit occupied by a tenant who subleases that unit to another tenant <br />for less than one (1) year; or <br />4. A rental unit where the tenancy is an express condition of, or consideration <br />for, employment under a written rental agreement or contract or a unit <br />leased to a corporation. <br /> <br />42A.5 Exemptions <br />The minimum lease terms shall not apply to residential projects consisting of two or fewer <br />dwelling units; housing accommodation in hotels, motels, inns, tourist homes and <br />boarding or lodging houses, condominium, community apartment or stock cooperative, <br />as those terms are defined in California Government Code and Business and Professions <br />Code, units in a common-interest development where units are owned by different <br />individuals who share ownership of common areas and facilities units where rents are <br />regulated, health care facilities, or accessory dwellings created under Article 37 of the <br />Redwood City Zoning Code. <br /> <br /> <br />6.4.B. - Page 9