(l) Findings Under Planning Code Section 317(d)(8). In furtherance of Planning Code Section 317(d)(8), the Rent Board Executive Director shall establish procedures for an owner or landlord to petition the Rent Board for a determination as to whether a tenant buyout substantially complied with the applicable provisions of subsections (d)-(f) and (h). The Rent Board shall consider substantial compliance based upon the totality of facts but may not find substantial compliance as to violations that were intentional, willful, or that establish a pattern and practice as to an individual tenant or multiple tenants. The tenant shall receive notice of the petition at their last known address, and the Rent Board shall provide notice of the petition to any nonprofit organization as described in subsection (k)(2) that has previously requested such notice. The tenant, and if authorized by the tenant a nonprofit organization, shall have an opportunity to respond to the petition. The Rent Board Executive Director shall issue a determination within 45 days after receiving the petition; or alternatively, may schedule a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge within 45 days or as soon as practicable and shall issue a determination within 30 days after the date of the hearing. Both landlord and tenant (including an authorized nonprofit organization) may provide oral or written testimony at any such hearing. Either party may appeal the Executive Director’s decision to the Rent Board, under Section 37.8.
(Added by Ord. 225-14
, File No. 140874, Eff. 12/7/2014, Oper. 3/7/2015; amended by Ord. 36-20, File No. 191281, App. 3/6/2020, Eff. 4/6/2020; Ord. 3-26, File No. 250926, App. 1/8/2026, Eff. 2/8/2026)