city of tacoma
File #: ORD28508    Version: 1 Name: Emergency ORD - Amending Title 1 to add Chapter 1.95 and Subsection 1.23.050.B.40 - tenant protection
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed as amended
File created: 4/25/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/26/2018 Final action: 4/26/2018
Title: (First and Final Reading) An ordinance amending Title 1 of the Municipal Code, entitled "Administration and Personnel", by adding a new chapter, to be known and designated as Chapter 1.95, entitled "Tenant Rights Code", requiring residential landlords to provide 90 days' written notice prior to terminating a month-to-month tenancy under certain circumstances; adding a new Subsection 1.23.050.B.40, placing appeals related to violations of Chapter 1.95 in the jurisdiction of the Hearing Examiner; providing a sunsetting date of September 30, 2018; and declaring an emergency, making necessary the passage of this ordinance and it becoming effective immediately. [Bill Fosbre, City Attorney]
Attachments: 1. Amended Ordinance No. 28508, 2. City Council Action Memorandum, 3. Ordinance No. 28508
Related files: RES39998, ORD28527, RES40003, ORD28532

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(First and Final Reading) An ordinance amending Title 1 of the Municipal Code, entitled “Administration and Personnel”, by adding a new chapter, to be known and designated as Chapter 1.95, entitled “Tenant Rights Code”, requiring residential landlords to provide 90 days’ written notice prior to terminating a month-to-month tenancy under certain circumstances; adding a new Subsection 1.23.050.B.40, placing appeals related to violations of Chapter 1.95 in the jurisdiction of the Hearing Examiner; providing a sunsetting date of September 30, 2018; and declaring an emergency, making necessary the passage of this ordinance and it becoming effective immediately.

[Bill Fosbre, City Attorney]