No apartment house, multiple family use in the City of Bedford shall be converted to a condominium by the sale of individual apartment suites to owners under various applicable condominium laws until and unless the owner shall first have complied with the following regulations. No certificate of occupancy shall be given to any purchaser of a condominium unit until the apartment house owner converting to condominiums has fully complied herewith:
(a) The owner shall notify in wringing the Building Commissioner of the City of Bedford and each tenant within 10 days of the owner's intention to convert to condominium units. The owner shall make application with the Building Department for a prior of sale inspection of all tenant units and common areas. Any violations of the City of Bedford Ordinances or Codified Ordinances, State Building Codes, State Fire codes and other applicable laws must be corrected prior to approval by the Planning Commission.
(b) Any variance for which an application for condominium conversions has been filed which has been granted to an apartment house or multiple family use referred to in this section is hereby declared void and not transferable to the condominium buyers, unless the Board of Zoning Appeals (after study of the proposed usage) shall again approve the variance or any modification thereof for the proposed condominium conversion use.
(c) Upon receipt of written reports from the Building Commissioner, the Chief of the Fire Department, the City Engineer and other department heads with such additional information as the Planning Commission may require, the Commission may approve the condominium conversion upon the finding that all applicable City ordinance and State laws, not inconsistent herewith, have been complied with.
(d) The notice to the City in subsection (a) hereof shall be by written application, together with a deposit of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per suite to reimburse the City for its cost incurred in the review of the application and inspection. An additional deposit will be required by the Board of Zoning Appeals
(Ord. 7215-00. Passed 3-6-00.)