§ 12-1709. EXTENSION OR NON-RENEWAL OF CONTRACT; RECORDATION; AND NOTICE OF CONTRACT.

(a)

Each contract shall provide that on the anniversary date of the contract or such other annual date as is specified in the contract, a year shall be added automatically to the initial term of the contract unless notice of nonrenewal is given as provided in this section. If the property owner or the city desires in any year not to renew the contract, that party shall serve written notice of nonrenewal of the contract on the other party in advance of the annual renewal date of the contract. Unless the notice is served by the owner at least ninety days prior to the renewal date or by the city at least sixty days prior to the renewal date, one year shall automatically be added to the term of the contract.

(b)

Upon receipt by the owner of a notice from the city of nonrenewal, the owner may make a written protest of the notice of nonrenewal. The city may, at any time prior to the renewal date, withdraw the notice of nonrenewal.

(c)

If the city or the owner serves notice of intent in any year not to renew the contract, the existing contract shall remain in effect for the balance of the period remaining since the original execution or the last renewal of the contract, as the case may be.

(d)

The owner shall furnish the city with any information the city shall require in order to enable it to determine the eligibility of the property involved.

(e)

No later than twenty days after the city enters into a contract with an owner pursuant to this article, the City Clerk shall record with the County Recorder a copy of the contract, which shall describe the property subject thereto. From and after the time of the recordation, this contract shall impart a notice thereof to all persons as is afforded by the recording laws of this state.

(Added Ord. 2016-51, § 1, eff. 1-15-17).