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ORDINANCE NO. XX-2025
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FREMONT AMENDING CHAPTER
8.70 OF FREMONT MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION
OF A RESIDENTIAL UNIT THAT QUALIFIES FOR TENANT
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AS DEFINED BY STATE LAW
WHEREAS, the City of Fremont adopted Chapter 8.70, the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance in 2013, which requires landlord to pay tenants relocation costs when the rental unit is ordered to be vacated by the City of Fremont due to the substandard condition of the structure; and WHEREAS, Health & Safety Code Section 17975 was recently amended to expand the definition of a rental unit that would qualify for tenant relocation assistance; and WHEREAS, the City of Fremont now wishes to amend the Fremont Municipal Code to expand the definition of rental unit that is entitled to relocation assistance under the ordinance to be consistent with state law.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. FMC CHAPTER 8.70.020 AMENDED
Fremont Municipal Code Title 8, Chapter 8.70, Section 8.70.020 is amended to read as follows (additions are shown as underlined text and deletions as strikethrough):
Sec. 8.70.020 Definitions.
For purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply:
{All other definitions remain unchanged}
“Residential unit or structure” means any dwelling, apartment, room or place which is a unit rented by a lawful tenant for human habitation, regardless of the zoning designation or approved uses of the building. the place of permanent or customary and usual abode of any person or household. Residential unit or structure shall include mobile homes located in mobile home parks, provided that the city has assumed enforcement authority over such parks from the State Department of Housing and Community Development.
SECTION 2. CEQA
The City Council determines that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) the ordinance does not have the potential to cause a significant effect on the environment and is not subject to CEQA review. Consequently, no further environmental review is required. The Council therefore directs that a Notice of Exemption be filed with the Alameda County Clerk in accordance with the CEQA guidelines.
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SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such a decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Fremont hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section or subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
SECTION 5. PUBLICATION AND POSTING
The City Clerk has caused the ordinance to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in Alameda County and circulated in the City of Fremont for at least five days before the date of adoption. A certified copy of the full text of the ordinance was posted in the office of the City Clerk, since at least five days before this date of adoption. Within 15 days after adoption of this ordinance, the City Clerk shall cause the ordinance to be published again with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the ordinance and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of this adopted ordinance with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the ordinance.
The foregoing ordinance was introduced before the City Council of the City of Fremont at the regular meeting of the City Council, held on the ____ day of _______, 2025 and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the ____ day of ________, 2025 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
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ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney