Los Angeles Municipal Code

SEC. 16.60. DEMOLITION OF HOUSING UNITS.

nant is displaced by a Development Project, the following actions shall constitute evidence of development if: a. The Owner applies for an entitlement or building permit for a Development Project requiring demolition of an existing rental unit and the tenancy is or will be terminated as a result; b. The Owner applies for a Replacement Unit Determination and the tenancy is or will be terminated as a result; or c. The Owner serves a notice or otherwise seeks to terminate a tenancy or recover possession of a rental unit based on any of the reasons in Los Angeles Municipal Code Sections 47.08 (Tenant Relocation Assistance Where Mobilehome Parks Are Changed to a Different Use), 47.09 (Mobilehome Park Closure Impact Report), 151.09 A.10. (Evictions), 165.03 I.1., or 165.03 I.2. (Just Cause Evictions), requiring payment of relocation assistance and that includes evidence of intent to develop the property. (v) Nothing in this subsection relieves the owner from the obligation to provide relocation assistance under City administrative agency action or any other provision of local, state or federal law. If an occupant has the right to monetary relocation benefits under City administrative agency action or any provision of local, state or federal law, then those benefits shall operate as a credit against the highest relocation benefits required to be paid to the tenant under this section. The occupant has the right to the highest relocation benefit provided by local, state, or federal law. (vi) No demolition permit shall be issued unless LAHD provides a written clearance to the Department of Building and Safety stating that the owner has complied with the relocation assistance requirements of this section. The owner shall provide proof of compliance with the relocation assistance requirements of this section on a form provided by LAHD. The form shall be accompanied by a fee of $45 per unit. The fee shall be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index-All Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan statistical area, or if such index ceases to be published, by an equivalent index chosen by the Director of LAHD, and pursuant to Section 151.06 D. of this Code. LAHD shall publish the fee annually.