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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1188ORDINANCE N0, 1188 ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING TENANT PRO- TECTION MEASURES ON CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame does ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Section 26.30.-080, establishing tenant protection measures on condominium conversations, is hereby added to the Burlingame Municipal Code, to read as follows: "26.30.080 Tenant Provisions 1. Notice of Intent. A notice of intent to convert shall be delivered to each tenant. Evidence of receipt by each tenant shall be submitted with the Tentative Map. The form of the notice shall be as developed and approved by the Planning Department and will inform tenants of all rights provided under this section. 2. Tenant's Right to Purchase. As provided in Government Code Section 66427.1(b), any present tenant or tenants of any unit shall be given a non -transferable right of first refusal to purchase the unit occupied at a price no greater than the price offered to the general public. The right of first refusal shall extend for at least sixty (60) days from the date of issuance of the Subdivision Public Report or commencement of sales, whichever date is later. 3. Vacation of Units. Each non -purchasing tenant not in default under the obligations of the rental agree- ment or lease under which he occupies his unit, shall have not less than one hundred eighty 01.80) days from the approval date of the conversion permit or Final Subdivision Map to find substitute housing and relocate. The sub- divider shall notify each tenant immediately prior to the 6/11/80 1 time of Final Map approval of the anticipated date required to vacate the unit and when the one hundred eighty (180) day period will begin. Evidence of receipt by each tenant shall be submitted prior to approval of the Final Map. Any non -purchasing tenant aged sixty- five (65) or older shall be given at least an additional six (6) months in which to find suitable replacement housing. 4. Increase in Rents. A tenant's rent shall not be increased from the time of filing of the application for the conversion permit until the unit is sold or until the subdivision is denied or withdrawn more -than the .in- crease in the Consumer Price Index, San Francisco - Oakland SMSA. 5. Termination by Tenant. The subdivider shall permit a tenant to terminate any lease or rental agree- ment without any penalty whatsoever after notice has been given of the intention to convert if such tenant notifies the developer in writing thirty (30) days in advance of such termination. 6. Moving Expenses. The subdivider shall provide moving expenses of -two times the monthly rent to any tenant household living in any unit at any time prior to Tentative Map approval as provided in this section. A tenant moving in after Tentative Map approval will not be required to be provided with moving expenses. Eligible tenants will receive moving expenses when they relocate, except when the tenant has given notice of his intent to move prior to receipt of notification from the subdivider of his intention to convert. 7. Notice to New Tenants. After submittal of the Tentative Map, any prospective tenants shall be notifed 2 in writing of the intent to convert prior to leasing or renting any unit,° Section 2. This ordinance shall be published as required by law. Mayor I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the day of 1980, and was adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the day of 1980, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN: NOES: COUNCILMEN: ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: 3