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6A.C. - Page 20 <br />increases for the duration of the lease period. The Relocation Assistance Ordinance <br />assists certain households that are affected by an unforeseen need for relocation due to <br />specific actions taken by landlords who withdraw rental units from the market. <br />Regarding the Minimum Lease Term Ordinance, the City Council requested that staff <br />remove language that tied month-to-month rental rates to an equivalent 12 -month (one <br />year) lease term. <br />Subsequent to the March 26 meeting, staff met with representatives of the San Mateo <br />County Association of Realtors (SAMCAR) to discuss additional revisions and <br />ordinance clarifications. As noted above, SAMCAR requested many changes to the <br />ordinance; however, changes that were policy related were not considered. For <br />example. SAMCAR requested that the minimum lease term ordinance only apply to the <br />first year of the lease, and then it would go to month -to month. Staff did not agree to <br />make this change due to Council direction. Staff did, however, agree to the requested <br />changes that provided clarification, in order to help landlords better understand and <br />abide by the ordinance. <br />Revisions to both ordinances are provided in the ordinance attachments and include the <br />following key changes. Changes requested by Council (rather than SAMCAR) are noted <br />below. <br />Minimum Lease Terms <br />• At Council's March 26 direction, removal of requirement that the cost of a one <br />year lease shall not exceed the total cost of a month to month lease for 12 <br />months (Section 42A.4(A)). <br />• Removal of Subsections 1, 2, and 3 of Section 42A.4(E) for clarity, in that <br />Sections 42A.4(A) through (E) already cover the possible rental scenarios as <br />described in the subsections, thereby reducing confusion. <br />Relocation Assistance <br />• Section 42.3(D)(1), added "or termination of a month to month rental agreement" <br />to provide clarification to the definition of an eligible residential household, in that <br />no presumption of eligibility will exist under these circumstances. <br />• Section 42.3(G)(2), added "and accessory dwelling units" to clarify that properties <br />with four or fewer dwelling units located on one lot, including ADUs, will not be <br />considered a "rental unit" under the ordinance. <br />• Section 42.5(A), added "Unless an alternative mitigation strategy as defined in <br />Section 42.9, below, has been approved by the City" to allow alternatives to <br />