A. "Accessory dwelling unit" means an attached or detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence in accordance with the definition in Chapter 28 of the Zoning Ordinance.

B. "At-fault just causes for termination" means the circumstances listed in Section 6.60.050(B) justifying termination of a residential tenancy due to no fault of the tenant.

C. "City" means the city of Petaluma, California, a California municipal corporation and charter city, and/or the area within the territorial limits of the city, as the context requires.

D. "City housing manager" means the city of Petaluma housing manager or the housing manager’s designee.

E. "City manager" means the city of Petaluma city manager or the city manager’s designee.

F. "Dwelling unit" means a structure or the part of a structure in the city that is used as a home, residence, or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household as defined in California Civil Code Section 1940. Dwelling unit does not include mobile homes as defined in California Civil Code Section 798.3.

G. "Guidelines" means any written regulations for the administration and implementation of this chapter promulgated by the city manager in accordance with Section 6.60.120.

H. "Housing services" includes all services provided by a landlord related to the use or occupancy of a dwelling unit, including, but not limited to, insurance, repairs, maintenance, painting, utilities, heat, water, elevator service, laundry facilities, janitorial service, refuse removal, furnishings, parking, security service, employee services, and any other benefits or privileges permitted the tenant by agreement, whether express or implied, including the right to a specified number of dwelling occupants and the right to one-for-one replacement of roommates.

I. "Junior accessory dwelling unit" means an accessory dwelling unit that is no more than five hundred square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family residence that meets the requirements of Section 7.035 of the Zoning Ordinance in accordance with the definition in Chapter 28 of the Zoning Ordinance.

J. "Landlord" means an owner, lessor, or sublessor who receives or is entitled to receive rent for the use and occupancy of any dwelling unit or portion thereof in the city, or an agent, representative or successor of any of the foregoing.

K. "Low income" means "persons and families of low or moderate income" as that term is defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 50093.

L. "No-fault just causes for termination" means the circumstances listed in Section 6.60.050(D) justifying termination of a residential tenancy due to no fault of the tenant.

M. "Notice of intent to withdraw" means a city-approved form that includes all of the requirements in Section 6.60.070(A) giving notice of an owner’s intent to withdraw a building containing at least one dwelling unit from the residential rental market.

N. "Notice of termination" means a written notice that includes all of the information listed in Sections 6.60.060(A)(1) through (7).

O. "Owner" means a natural person with at least a fifty percent recorded ownership interest in a dwelling unit.

P. "Relative" means the child, parent, grandparent, spouse or registered domestic partner of a residential property owner or tenant.

Q. "Primary residence" means a dwelling unit that an owner occupies as a primary residence, as evidenced by the dwelling unit qualifying for a homeowner’s property tax exemption.

R. "Rent" means the consideration, including any funds, labor, bonus, benefit, or gratuity, demanded or received by a landlord for or in connection with the use and occupancy of a dwelling unit in the city and the housing services provided therewith, or for the assignment of a rental agreement for a dwelling unit.

S. "Temporary tenancy" means a tenancy in the primary residence of the owner that is less than twelve months in duration pursuant to an agreement specifying a date when the rental agreement will expire and the tenant shall surrender the unit so the owner may reoccupy it as their primary residence.

T. "Tenant" means a person entitled by written or oral agreement, to the use or occupancy of a dwelling unit in the city.

U. "Tenant household" means all tenant(s) who occupy any dwelling unit in the city, and includes tenant relatives whose primary residence is the dwelling unit.

V. "Zoning Ordinance" means the Implementing Zoning Ordinance of the city, Ordinance 2300 N.C.S.