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ATTY/ORD.0011/CC ORD TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCE REV: 10-07-25 LF Page 4 of 23 specified in this Chapter. While an unanticipated move may be challenging for any tenant, it is especially difficult for extremely low, very low and low income households. 42.3 Definitions The following words and terms as used in this Chapter shall have the meaning respectively ascribed thereto: A. “Application.” Any application required to be submitted to the City for discretionary or ministerial approval of a land use change or improvement of real property that will result in a displacement of a residential household. B. “Eligible residential household.” A tenant who receives a notice of termination for a ‘no-fault’ just cause whose annual household income does not exceed eighty (80) percent of the area median household income for San Mateo County as adjusted for household size according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, as may be adjusted from time to time, and whose rent payments to the landlord remain current through the date of termination of the tenancy. The presumption of eligibility specified in the preceding sentence shall not apply where the landlord provides evidence that the tenant received written notice, prior to entering into a lease to become a tenant, that an application to convert their rental unit to another use or demolish their rental unit was on file with the City or had already been approved and would result in the termination of their tenancy. C. “Landlord.” An owner, lessor, or sublessor of property (including any person, firm, corporation, or other entity) who receives or is entitled to receive rent for the use of any rental unit, or the agent, representative, or successor of any of the foregoing. D. “Lease.” An agreement, oral, written, or implied, between a landlord and a tenant for the use and occupancy of a rental unit. E. “Primary residence.” A primary residence is a dwelling unit where a person has been physically present and that the person regards as home. A person may only have one primary residence at any given time. Evidence of a person’s primary residence includes, but is not limited to, documentation from income tax statements, copies of lease(s) or residential utility bills that shows the address and person’s name, the person does not file a homeowner’s tax exemption for a different property, the person is not registered to vote at any other location. If a property has multiple dwelling units, including an accessory dwelling unit or apartment complex, each dwelling and accessory dwelling shall be considered a separate residence subject to the primary residence requirement.