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Ordinance No. Page 4 DOCSOPEN-MU210-54-1034815.v1-6/25/25 DOCSOPEN-MU210-54-1034815.v1-6/25/25 (3) Requires existing tenants to be rescreened or comply with new screening criteria and the owner or tenant terminates the tenant's lease; or (4) Imposes a material change in the terms of the lease and the owner or tenant terminates or does not renew the tenant's lease. (B) Amount. Relocation assistance is an amount equal to three months of the current monthly lease rent. (C) When paid. The new owner shall, when required, pay relocation assistance to the tenant of a housing unit within 30 days after receiving tenant's written notice of termination of the lease or within 30 days after the owner notifies the tenant that the lease will be terminated or not renewed. 119.033 TENANT COMPLAINTS A tenant of a housing unit who believes the new owner has not provided the tenant the notifications required under this section may submit a notice of violation to the city. The purpose of the notice is to inform the city of an alleged violation of this article to assist the city in determining whether to impose an administrative penalty provided for in this article. The city is not required to take any particular action in response to a notice of violation and any enforcement action it does take shall be on behalf of the city, not the tenant. Filing a notice of violation does not prohibit the tenant from pursuing any remedy available to the tenant under the law. 110.034 PENALTIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS. (A) A violation of this article is an administrative offense that may be subject to an administrative citation and civil penalties. (B) The procedure for administrative citations for violation of this article shall be as provided in Title I, Chapter 10, Section 10.999. (C) The penalty for a violation of this ordinance shall be the sum of the applicable amount of relocation assistance plus $500. (D) A violation of this article shall constitute a separate offense for each dwelling unit affected. (E) Within 30 days after a person pays the penalty in subsection (C) of this section to the city, the city shall pay to the displaced tenant of the housing unit in which the violation occurred an amount equal to the relocation assistance amount specified in section 119.032.