Beverly Hills Municipal Code Art. 1 Application

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all dwelling units in the city designed for rental use or actually rented at any time on or after May 31, 1978, except as set forth in this article. (1962 Code § 11-1.01; amd. 1988 Code)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-5-101 of this chapter, the following dwelling units shall not be subject to any provision of this chapter:

A. Single-family residences;

B. Housing accommodations in hotels, motels, inns, and rooming houses which are rented primarily to transient guests for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days or less, except that this chapter shall apply to any unit which has been occupied by the same tenant for more than thirty (30) consecutive days;

C. Condominiums existing as of March 27, 1979, and condominiums created thereafter by apartment unit conversion or redevelopment (including the demolition of an old building and the construction of a new one), provided the provisions of sections 4-5-511 and 4-5-513 of this chapter have been complied with;

D. Dwelling units in nonprofit cooperatives owned and controlled by a majority of the residents;

E. Dwelling units which a government unit, agency, or authority owns, operates, or manages or which are specifically exempted from municipal rent regulation by state or federal law or administrative regulation;

F. Dwelling units located in a structure completed after September 20, 1978, other than those described in subsection C of this section;

G. Dwelling units for which validly existing apartment rental agreements provide for rents in excess of six hundred dollars ($600.00) per month; provided however, this subsection exemption shall not be applicable to any dwelling unit that was at any time subject to the provisions of this chapter or any prior law of the city relating to rent stabilization, and the amount of rent validly imposed exceeds six hundred dollars ($600.00) per month only because of rental increases validly imposed pursuant to the provisions of articles 3 and 4 of this chapter or any similar prior law of the city;

H. Dwelling units that are not occupied by the tenant as the tenant's primary residence. (1962 Code § 11-1.02; amd. Ord. 89-O-2068, eff. 8-8-1989; Ord. 01-O-2371, eff. 3-30-2001; Ord. 17-O-2728, eff. 2-21-2017; Ord. 17-O-2729, eff. 5-5-2017)

A. Any provision of an apartment rental agreement or lease, or any other agreement between a landlord and a tenant, which waives any provision of this chapter for the benefit of a tenant, including, without limitation, any provision relating to the amount of rent to be paid for an apartment unit, shall be deemed to be against public policy and shall be void, unless expressly authorized by state law.

B. This amended section is applicable to any apartment rental agreement, lease, amendment or extension, that is subject to the provisions of this chapter and that is executed on or after December 29, 2000. This section, as it existed on December 29, 2000, shall continue to govern any apartment rental agreement, lease, amendment or extension, that is subject to the provisions of this chapter, and that was executed prior to December 29, 2000. (1962 Code § 11-1.03; amd. Ord. 01-O-2371, eff. 3-30-2001)

Nothing in this chapter is intended, nor shall it be deemed, to affect or relate to obligations of the landlord and tenant pursuant to sections 1941 and 1942, relating to tenantability of residential rental premises, of the Civil Code of the state. (1962 Code § 11-1.04)