§ 37395 City Commercial Property Leases

• •A city can rent out land or buildings it owns for up to 55 years to businesses.
• •The city must decide the land isn't needed for anything else before renting it out.
• •This rule started in 1986 and applies to any rent agreements made after that.

A city has an empty lot that it doesn't use anymore.

The city can rent this lot to a company to build a shopping center, but only if the city leaders agree the lot isn't needed for something else like a park or school.