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 III Displaced Tenants
- 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 III Displaced Tenants
- § 258-12 Definitions.
- § 258-13 Landlord's obligation.
- 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 3-6-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-08]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A tenant, as defined in this chapter, who cannot occupy the premises that the tenant is entitled to occupy due to the landlord's failure to adhere to any applicable provision, statute, rule or regulation relating to the rental unit, including but not limited to the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, and Chapters 210 and 325 of the Ithaca City Code. For the purposes of this chapter, a tenant's entitlement to occupy is any nongratuitous agreement with a landlord to occupy premises, regardless of whether the agreement violates a code, statute or regulation.
The landlord is responsible to every displaced tenant for an
amount of liquidated damages which amount to double the monthly rent,
prorated for every day of displacement, including the day the tenant
vacates, until the expiration date of the tenant's lease term or until
all deficiencies have been corrected and inspected by the Building
Division and the Building Division has determined that the rental
unit is suitable for occupancy, whichever date comes first.
