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ATTY/ORD.0011/CC ORD TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCE <br />REV: 10-07-25 LF <br />Page 22 of 23 <br />landlord shall discuss the strategy with existing tenants and make good faith <br />efforts to arrive at an alternative mitigation strategy that is acceptable to <br />existing tenants. Evidence of tenant agreement with an alternative <br />mitigation strategy may be submitted to the City for review. With each such <br />alternative submission, the landlord shall provide complete information as <br />determined necessary by the Assistant City Manager or their designee. <br /> <br />2. After an alternative mitigation strategy is submitted, the landlord shall <br />provide notice of the submission by regular and certified mail and posted on <br />the door of each rental unit. Tenants shall have fourteen (14) days from the <br />date notice is posted or mailed, whichever is later, to submit comments on <br />the alternatives to the Assistant City Manager or their designee. <br /> <br />3. Alternative mitigation proposals shall be approved or denied by the <br />Assistant City Manager. Within seven days of the decision, the City shall <br />provide notice of the decision to the landlord and all tenants. The landlord <br />or tenants may appeal any decision of the Assistant City Manager or their <br />designee to the City Manager within fourteen (14) days after notice is <br />provided. <br /> <br />F. Mitigation Not Exclusive. Nothing in this Section shall be interpreted to <br />interfere with the City’s ability and/or obligation to require relocation assistance for <br />displaced tenants who are not covered by this Chapter. <br /> <br />42.7 Administrative Regulations <br /> <br />The City Manager or their designee may, from time to time, promulgate regulations <br />implementing the provisions of this Chapter, violations of which shall be considered <br />a violation of this Chapter. <br /> <br />42.8 Tenant Remedies <br /> <br />A. Defense to Action to Recover Possession. Failure of a landlord to comply <br />with any of the provisions of this Chapter shall provide the tenant with a complete <br />affirmative defense in any legal action brought by the landlord to recover <br />possession of the rental unit. <br /> <br />B. Defense to Action to Collect Rent. Failure of a landlord to comply with any <br />of the provisions of this Chapter shall provide the tenant with a complete affirmative <br />defense in any legal action brought by the landlord to collect rent. <br /> <br />C. Injunctive Relief. A tenant may seek injunctive relief on their own behalf and <br />on behalf of other affected tenants to enjoin the landlord’s violation of this Chapter. <br /> <br />D. Damages. A tenant may bring a civil action to recover actual damages, <br />treble damages upon a showing that the landlord has acted willfully or with