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ORDINANCE NO. _____ _
AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING AND SUNSETTING ORDINANCE NO. 7363, A MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS FOR NON PAYMENT OF RENT BY TENANTS IMPACTED BY COVID-19
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, the City Council ratified an eviction moratorium to protect tenants experiencing financial impacts related to COVID-19; such moratorium currently resides as uncodified ordinance no. 7363, An Uncodified Ordinance Enacting a Moratorium on Evictions for Non-Payment of Rent by Tenants Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic (the "Ordinance"); and
WHEREAS, on April 11, 2022, the City Council directed the City Attorney to prepare and return with an ordinance that sunsets the eviction moratorium (a) for commercial properties at the time of adoption; and (b) for residential properties on June 30, 2022.
NOW THEREFORE, the People of the City of Pasadena ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The Ordinance is amended by deleting Section 4 (Eviction Moratorium), Subdivision (0) and replacing it with the following:
D. Nothing in this ordinance shall relieve the tenant of liability for the unpaid rent which the landlord may seek following the relevant sunset date set forth in Section 9 (Sunsetting of this Ordinance). The tenant must repay such unpaid rent within six (6) months after the sunset date.
SECTION 2. The Ordinance is amended by deleting Section 9 (Sunsetting of this Ordinance) and replacing it with the following:
"SECTION 9. Sunsetting of this Ordinance
Given the temporary, emergency nature of this ordinance and the provisions contained herein, this ordinance shall sunset and expire (a) for commercial properties, at the time of publication of this ordinance; and (b) for residential properties, on June 30, 2022. The six-month grace period for tenants to repay unpaid rent shall survive the termination of this ordinance."
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby declares that, should any section, subsection paragraph, sentence, phrase, term or word of this ordinance, hereby adopted, be declared for any reason to be unconstitutional or invalid, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have adopted all other portions of this ordinance irrespective of any such portion declared invalid.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this ordinance and shall cause this ordinance to be published in full.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon publication.
Signed and approved this __ day of April, 2022.
Victor M. Gordo
Mayor of the City of Pasadena
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2 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the City Council of the City of Pasadena at its meeting held this day of --- _______ , 2022, by the following vote:
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3 Mark Jomsky, CMG
City Clerk