City of Ithaca, NY
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2023-12-06
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 258 Rental Housing
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Article II Rental Agreements
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 5 (Reserved)
- Ch 6 Appearance Tickets
- Ch 7 Appointments, by Mayor and/or City Manager
- Ch 8 Advisory Commissions
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 17 Cable Commission
- Ch 18 Cable Access Oversight Committee
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 27 (Reserved)
- Ch 31 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 Continuity of Government
- Ch 39 Contracts
- Ch 42 Cyber Security Citizen Notification Policy
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 47 Economic Development Zone
- Ch 48 Emergency Preparedness
- Ch 50 Energy Commission
- Ch 55 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 62 Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 68 Industrial Park Leasing Policy
- Ch 73 Landmarks Preservation Commission
- Ch 78 Meetings, Open
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 90 Personnel
- Ch 95 (Reserved)
- Ch 100 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Residency Requirements
- Ch 105 Room Occupancy Tax
- Ch 107 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 112 (Reserved)
- Ch 113 (Reserved)
- Ch 114 Natural Areas
- Ch 116 Traffic Violations Bureau
- Ch 118 Videoconferences
- Ch 120 Youth Council
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 128 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 132 Assemblies and Parades
- Ch 137 Bicycles
- Ch 139 Bingo
- Ch 141 Bridges
- Ch 146 Building Code Enforcement
- Ch 149 Business Improvement Districts
- Ch 152 Communications Technology
- Ch 155 Circuses and Carnivals
- Ch 157 Commons
- Ch 160 Design Review
- Ch 164 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 170 Use of City Real Property
- Ch 176 Environmental Quality Review
- Ch 177 Eviction for Illegal Drug Use and Possession
- Ch 178 Exterior Property Maintenance
- Ch 179 Fill, Excavation and Stockpiling
- Ch 181 Fire Prevention
- Ch 186 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 192 Games of Chance
- Ch 196 Garbage and Refuse
- Ch 201 Hazardous or Radioactive Materials
- Ch 206 Houses, Numbering of
- Ch 210 Housing Standards
- Ch 215 Human Rights Protection
- Ch 219 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 228 Landmarks Preservation
- Ch 232 Licensing of Businesses and Occupations
- Ch 237 Newsracks
- Ch 240 Noise
- Ch 250 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 256 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 258 Rental Housing
- Ch 258 Art II Rental Agreements
- § 258-10 Renewal of rental agreements; notification to tenants.
- § 258-11 Penalties for offenses.
- Ch 260 Residential Parking Permit System
- Ch 262 Sewers and Water, Intermunicipal
- Ch 264 Sewer Use
- Ch 268 Shopping Carts
- Ch 272 Signs
- Ch 276 Site Plan Review
- Ch 278 Skateboards
- Ch 280 Smoking, Outdoor
- Ch 282 Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 283 Stormwater Utility
- Ch 285 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 290 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 295 Swimming Pools
- Ch 300 Taxation
- Ch 306 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 316 Vehicles, Recreational
- Ch 317 Vehicles, Removal of
- Ch 320 Watershed
- Ch 325 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Public Works Legislation
- Ch 329 General Provisions, Board of Public Works
- Ch 330 Business Operations
- Ch 331 Garbage, Trash and Weeds
- Ch 336 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 342 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 346 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 348 Water and Sewers
- Appendix
- Ch A351 Special Acts Table
- Ch A352 (Reserved)
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-5-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-03]
[Amended 4-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-02]
A.
The landlord
shall provide a minimum of 120 days' written notice to current tenants
of a residential unit before doing any of the following:
B.
Such written
notice may be provided at any time during the rental agreement period,
from the effective date onwards. This provision of notice shall not
apply under any of the following conditions:
(1)
The
current rental agreement period is less than nine months.
(2)
A
summons and complaint to recover possession of the premises has been
filed and served on the current tenant in accordance with all applicable
laws and rules.
(3)
The
landlord and tenant mutually agree, in writing, to waive the notice
period by specifically including the following language bolded and
explicitly visible on the first page of the contract:
"As per Chapter 258-10(A) of the City of Ithaca Municipal
Code, landlords shall provide a minimum of 120 days' written notice
to current tenants of a residential unit before doing any of the following:
(1) Renewing the current rental agreement
(2) Showing the residential unit to prospective
new tenants or otherwise suggesting to prospective new tenants that
the unit is currently available for rent
(3) Entering into a rental agreement with new
tenants
By initialing here ____, I fully understand and willingly
waive my rights to 120 days' written notice in advance of the above."
Any landlord or agent who violates any provision of § 258-10 shall be liable for a civil penalty of up to $500. Factors to be considered when assessing the fine would include the number of tenants, the number of units on the property, etc.
