§ 16.2. APPLICABILITY OF NOTIFICATION & RELOCATION REQUIREMENTS

(A)

These rules apply to any development permit application or discretionary land use approval for which tenant notification or payment of a tenant relocation fee is required under the Tenant Notification and Relocation Assistance Ordinance.

(B)

An applicant must provide tenant notification as required by City Code § 25-1-712 ( Tenant Notification ) to the tenant households described in City Code § 25-1-712 (C) if filing an application for one or more of the following development approvals:

(1)

For a multi-family building, any of the following permits, where the permit will affect five (5) or more residential units occupied on the date that the application was filed with the City of Austin:

(a)

Commercial Demolition Permit Application.

(b)

Commercial Building Application.

(2)

For an existing mobile home park, where the permit will affect five (5) or more residential units occupied on the date that the application was filed with the City of Austin, any of the following applications:

(a)

Consolidated Site Plan Application or Land Use Commission Site Plan Application.

(b)

Site Plan Exemption Form.

(c)

Zoning Application or Zoning Amendments Application.

(C)

As noted in City Code § 25-1-712(C), the notice must be provided to tenant households in all units that are proposed for demolition in a multi-family building, or located in a mobile home park for which notice is required under City Code § 25-1-712(A). The notice is not required to be sent to any of these units that are unoccupied on the date that the notice period begins.

(D)

When new tenants rent a unit that is entitled to notice under City Code § 25-1-712(C), the landowner or landowner's agent must provide the new household with notice, as required by § 25-1-713(D).

Source: Rule No. R161-17.13 , 5-22-17.