Sec. 4-255. - Just cause for eviction protections.

(a)

Sufficient Termination Grounds Required. No landlord shall take action to terminate any tenancy covered by this article or the Act unless the landlord is able to prove the existence of one of the at-fault or no-fault grounds set forth in the Act, as such grounds are modified hereinbelow. The grounds must be stated in the termination notice upon which the court action to recover the premises is based.

(b)

Covered Actions. Actions to which this Section 4-255 applies include making a demand for possession of a rental unit, threatening to terminate a tenancy verbally or in writing, serving any notice to quit or other eviction notice, bringing any court action to recover possession or be granted recovery of possession of a rental unit, including by seeking the entry of an eviction judgment, or by causing a writ of possession to be entered or executed.

(Ord. No. 6496, § 5, 9-17-2024)