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3. Approve that Section 16
and Section 32 of the recommended Rental Housing Property Management By-law
be amended as indicated by the following bolded wording and strikeouts:
16. (1) Two
copies of information for tenants shall be provided with the lease agreement:
(a)
one (1) copy must
be provided to the tenant; and,
(b)
one (1) copy must
be signed by the tenant as an acknowledgement of receipt and
retained by the landlord with the lease agreement.
(2)
When information for
tenants are modified, a landlord or property manager shall:
(a)
issue a revised
copy to the tenant in accordance with subsection (4), within 30 days of
the modification; and,
(b)
collect the
revised copy signed by the tenant within 30 days of the date of issuance; and
(c)
replace the copy
kept on file with the revised signed copy.
(3)
Where a tenant
refuses to sign acknowledgement of receipt of information for tenants as required
in subsection 1(b), a landlord or property manager may issue copy to
the tenant in accordance with Subsection 4 and retain proof of issuance.
(4)
For the
purposes of Subsection 2 (a), and Subsection (3), issuance of the information
for tenants document or revised information for tenants document may occur by
the following means:
a)
registered
mail, with appropriate receipt of delivery,
b)
courier
delivery, with appropriate receipt of delivery,
c)
personal
service to the tenant, with receipt of delivery signed by the tenant,
d)
personal
service to an adult in the tenant’s rental unit, with receipt of
delivery signed by the adult in question,
e)
personal
service to the tenant, with an affidavit of service,
f) personal service to an adult in the tenant’s rental unit,
with an affidavit of service, or
g) Email or other
electronic transmission, with proof of delivery and receipt to the
tenant.
32. No
landlord or property manager shall fail to post notice of a pest treatment
plan in the lobby of an apartment building when the treatment is in a building
area accessible to tenants other than a rental unit.
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