4.36.020 When relocation fee required.
(a) A relocation fee shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter by any landlord who
terminates or causes the termination of a tenancy for any of the following reasons:
(1) The landlord seeks to withdraw all rental housing units from the rental housing market as provided in
Government Code Sections 7060 et seq.
(2) The landlord seeks to recover possession of a rental housing unit pursuant to Section 1806(h) or Section
1806(i) of the City Charter.
(3) The landlord seeks to recover possession to demolish or otherwise remove a rental housing unit from
residential rental housing use after having obtained all proper permits from the City.
(b) A relocation fee shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter to a displaced tenant
who serves a landlord with a notice to terminate tenancy after having received written notice from either the landlord or
the Santa Monica Rent Control Board that the landlord has filed a Notice of Intent to Withdraw Residential Rental Units
pursuant to Government Code Section 7060.4 and Santa Monica Rent Control Board Regulation 16002(a) or an Application
for Removal Permit pursuant to Santa Monica Charter Section 1803(t).
(c) The fee required by this Chapter shall be due and payable to a displaced tenant whether or not the
landlord actually utilizes the rental housing unit for the purposes stated in the notice of eviction. (Prior code § 4851;
amended by Ord. No. 1515CCS, adopted 2/27/90)