Rental registration and inspections in San Leandro

Rental units, regardless of ownership, for which rents are subsidized or regulated by Federal law or by regulatory agreements between a landlord and: (1) the City; (2) the County of Alameda; or (3) any agency of the State of California or the Federal Government;

Rental units owned by any public agency;

Rental units that are rented or leased to transient guests for 30 consecutive days or less;

Rooms in hotels, motels, inns, tourist homes, short-term rentals, rooming or boarding houses, provided that such rooms are not occupied by the same occupant or occupants for more than 30 consecutive days;

Rooms in any hospital or in a facility for assisted living, skilled nursery, convalescence or extended care;

Rooms in a convent, monastery, fraternity or sorority house, or in a building owned, occupied or managed by a bona fide education institution for occupancy by students;

Rooms in a building or in a rental unit where the primary use is providing short-term treatment, assistance or therapy for alcohol, drug or other substance abuse and the room is provided incident to the recovery program and where the occupant has been informed in writing of the temporary or transitional nature of the arrangement at the inception of the occupancy;

Rooms in a building or in a rental unit that provide a structured living environment that has the primary purpose of helping formerly homeless persons obtain the skills necessary for independent living in permanent housing and where occupancy is limited to a specific period of time and where the occupant has been informed in writing of the temporary nature of the arrangement a the inception of the occupancy;

Mobile homes or mobile home lots (which are subject to the registration requirements of Municipal Code Section 4-39-240);

Rooms in a facility that require, as part of the person's occupancy and use of the room and the facility, some or all of the following: intake, case management, counseling, and an occupancy agreement;

Rental units in which the landlord owns the rental unit, occupies the rental unit as the landlord's primary residence and shares kitchen or bath facilities with one or more tenants;

The amount of the program fee shall be determined by resolution of the City Council adopted from time to time. The program fee shall not exceed the amount necessary to reimburse the City for the reasonable cost of administering the rent registry program established by this Chapter.

Any landlord responsible for paying the program fee who fails to pay the program fee within 30 calendar days of its due date shall, in addition to the program fee, pay additional late charges, penalties or assessments as determined by resolution of the City Council.

No later than January 31 of each year, each landlord shall file with the Program Administrator an annual registration statement for each of the landlord's rental units, on a form prescribed by the Program Administrator.