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CHICO MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CHICO
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (RESERVED)
Title 5 BUSINESS REGULATIONS1
Title 6 (RESERVED)
Title 7 ANIMALS
Title 8 HEALTH AND SANITATION1
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, SAFETY AND MORALS
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 AIRPORT1
Title 12 PARKS
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Title 15 UTILITY SERVICES
Title 16 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION1
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Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS
Title 19 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS1
Title 2R ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYEE RELATIONS RULES
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Title 5R BUSINESS RULES AND REGULATIONS
Title 8R SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RULES
Title 10R VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC RULES AND PROCEDURES
Title 11R CHICO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT RULES AND REGULATIONS1
Title 12R RULES AND REGULATIONS OF BIDWELL PARK AND OTHER PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS1
Title 14R BUILDING IN STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 15R WATER AND SEWERS
Title 16R BUILDING STANDARDS
Title 18R DESIGN CRITERIA AND IMPROVEMENT STANDARDS1
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Chico, CA Comprehensive Ordinance Table
Chapter 18.13
CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION REQUIREMENTS
Section:
18.13.010   Condominium conversion submittal requirements.
18.13.020   Rent increases subsequent to service of the notice of intention to convert.
18.13.030   Relocation assistance.
18.13.040   Long term leases.
18.13.050   Structural pest control report.
18.13.060   Building standards and equipment.
18.13.010   Condominium conversion requirements.
   The following shall be submitted with an application for a Condominium Conversion:
   A.   An application, in a form prescribed by the city building official, for inspection of the multi-residential building being converted to a condominium project to determine whether the building complies with the building standards and contains the equipment required by section 18.13.060 of this title; and
   B.   All of the information required for accordance with section 18.07.010(A), and 18.07.020(A) of this title;
   C.   When a tentative subdivision map is filed for the conversion of an existing multi- residential building to a condominium project, the tentative map shall be accompanied by the following documents and information in addition to any other drawings, documents, or information required by this chapter:
      1.   A copy of the condominium conversion permit required by Title 19 of this code to convert a multi-residential building to a condominium project;
      2.   A certificate, signed by the subdivider under penalty of perjury, declaring that at least sixty days prior to the filing of a tentative map, each tenant or prospective tenant was served with a written notice of intention to convert as required by the Subdivision Map Act;
      3.   A certificate, signed by the subdivider under penalty of perjury, declaring that each tenant served with a notice of intention to convert was, at the time such notice was served, also served with a written notice of the following tenant rights:
         a)   The right of such tenant to not suffer the termination of tenancy in the building being converted for a period of 180 days following the date the notice of intention to convert was served as required by the Subdivision Map Act;
         b)   The right of such tenant to purchase tenant's dwelling unit in the building being converted on the same or more favorable terms as those offered to the general public for a period of 90 days from the date of issuance of the subdivision public report as required by the Subdivision Map Act;
         c)   The right of such tenant to not suffer an increase in rent in excess of 75% of the percentage increase in the consumer price index as provided by section 18.13.020 of this title;
         d)   The right of each such tenant who is 62 years of age or older or a disabled tenant to a long term lease as provided by section 18.13.040 of this title; and
         e)   The right of such tenant to relocation assistance as provided by section 18.13.030 of this title, together with the name, address, and telephone number of the person or persons who will be responsible for providing such assistance;
   D.   When a final map or parcel map is filed for the conversion of an existing multi- residential building to a condominium project, the final map or parcel map shall be accompanied by the following documents and information in addition to any other drawings, documents, or other information required by this chapter.
   E.   The same certificates and notices required for submittal of the tentative map to convert an existing multi-family dwelling to a condominium project.
   F.   Within 10 days of the date an application for a public report was filed with the department of real estate per Business and Professions Code 11010 and 11018 each tenant occupying a dwelling unit in the multi-residential building being converted to a condominium project was served with a written notice that such application was or would be filed and that such report would be available from the subdivider on request as required by the Subdivision Map Act;
   G.   The certificate of the building official attesting to the fact that the multi-residential building being converted to a condominium project meets the building standards and contains the equipment required by section 18.13.060 of this title;
   H.   The name, apartment number, and mailing address of all tenants in the multi-residential building being converted to a condominium project on the date the final map or parcel map is filed;
   I.   The subdivider shall cause all certificates to be executed except those to be executed by the director, the city clerk and the county recorder, and shall file with the director the original tracing of the map and as many prints thereof as the director may deem necessary;
   J.   Approval Authority - Action by planning department on final maps or parcel maps for conversion of existing multi-residential buildings to condominium projects.
      1.   Where a final map or parcel map filed for the conversion of an existing multi- residential building to a condominium project has been approved by the city clerk, the director shall, promptly following the approval of the map:
         a)   Serve each tenant occupying a dwelling unit in the multi-residential building being converted to a condominium project written notice of the approval of the final map or parcel map prior to the execution of the rental agreement in accordance with Section 66459 of the Subdivision Map Act; and
         b)   Forward to the California Department of Real Estate a copy of the final map or parcel map together with the structural pest control report and certificate of the city building official filed by the subdivider as required by this chapter for inclusion in the public report for the condominium project required by Article 20, Chapter 1, Part 2, Division 4 of the California Business and Professions Code.
(Ord. 2591 (part))
18.13.020   Rent increases subsequent to service of the notice of intention to convert.
   Commencing on the date a notice of intention is filed to convert an existing multi-residential building to a condominium project, is served on a tenant occupying a dwelling unit in the building being converted as required by the Subdivision Map Act, and continuing until the termination of such tenant's tenancy or such tenant's purchase of tenant's dwelling unit in the building being converted, or until a tentative map for the conversion, is withdrawn or, following approval of a tentative map for the conversion, the time for filing a final map or parcel map has expired. The amount of rent charged such tenant shall not be increased by an amount greater than 75% of the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the period between the date of the last previous rent increase, or if there has been none, the date the tenant rented the tenant's dwelling unit, and the date the proposed rent increase is to be put into effect, as measured by the consumer price indices last published prior to the date the proposed rent increase is put into effect.
(Ord. 2591 (part))
18.13.030   Relocation assistance.
   Commencing on the date a notice of intention to convert an existing multi-residential building to a condominium project is served on a tenant occupying a dwelling unit in the building being converted as required by the Subdivision Map Act, and at any time thereafter until a tentative map for the conversion, after having been filed is withdrawn, or, following the approval of a tentative map for the conversion, the time for filing a final map or parcel map has expired, the owner of the building being converted shall provide the following relocation assistance to each such tenant electing not to purchase tenant's dwelling unit in the building being converted:
   A.   Current and continuing information on the location and rent of other rental housing within the Chico urban area comparable to the dwelling unit occupied by the tenant in the multi-residential building being converted to a condominium project;
   B.   If the tenant is 62 years of age or older, a disabled tenant, or a lower income tenant, transportation, or the reasonable cost of transportation not to exceed 25% of the monthly rent being charged the tenant on the date the notice of intention to convert required by the Subdivision Map Act is served on such tenant, which is necessary to locate comparable replacement housing within the Chico urban area;
   C.   A sum equal to 100% of the monthly rent being charged the tenant on the date the notice of intention to convert required by the Subdivision Map Act was served on the tenant, payable at the time the tenant vacates tenant's dwelling unit in the multi- residential building being converted to a condominium project, for the cost of transporting such tenant's personal property to replacement housing; or, if the tenant is 62 years of age or older, a, or a lower income tenant, 100% of the reasonable expense, including packing, crating, and unpacking expenses, which will be incurred in transporting such tenant's personal property to replacement housing rented or purchased within the Chico urban area, based on the lowest of three bids obtained by the owner of the building being converted, if such expense is greater than 100% of the monthly rent being charged such tenant.
(Ord. 2591 (part))
18.13.040   Long-term leases.
   A.   Upon approval of a final map or a final parcel map for the conversion of an existing multi-residential building to a condominium project, the owner of the building being converted shall offer to lease a dwelling unit in the building being converted for the term and at the rent hereinafter provided for by this section to those tenants occupying a dwelling unit in the building being converted who also occupied such dwelling unit on the date a notice of intention to convert was served as required by the Subdivision Map Act and who are either 62 years of age or older or disabled tenants; provided, however, that the owner of the building being converted shall not be obligated to lease more than twenty percent (20%) of the dwelling units in the building being converted to such tenants; provided further, that where more than twenty percent (20%) of the dwelling units in the building being converted are occupied by such tenants, an offer to lease a dwelling unit in the building being converted shall be made to such tenants in the order of the length of time such tenants have occupied a dwelling unit in the building being converted, those tenants having occupied a dwelling unit the longest being offered a lease first; and provided further where twenty percent (20%) of the dwelling units in the building being converted is a fraction or a whole number plus a fraction, the fraction shall be rounded off to the next lowest whole number if less than 5/10, and to the next highest whole number if 5/10 or more;
   B.   A tenant accepting an offer to lease a dwelling unit in a multi-residential building being converted to a condominium project made by the owner of the building being converted as hereinbefore provided by this section shall have the right to lease his or her dwelling unit for a term up to five (5) years or, where such tenant is 62 years of age or older, for the life of such tenant; provided that the owner of the building being converted shall not be obligated to lease more than ten percent (10%) of the dwelling units in the building being converted to such tenants who are 62 years of age or older for a life term; provided further, that where more than ten percent (10%) of the dwelling units in the building being converted are occupied by such tenants who are 62 years of age or older, the right to lease a dwelling unit in the building being converted for a life term shall be accorded to such tenants who are 62 years of age or older in the order of the length of time such tenants who are 62 years of age or older have occupied a dwelling unit in the building being converted, those tenants who are 62 years of age or older having occupied a dwelling unit the longest being accorded the right first; and provided further where ten percent (10%) of the dwelling units in the building being converted are occupied by such tenants who are 62 years of age or older is a fraction or a whole number plus a fraction, the fraction shall be rounded off to the next lowest whole number if less than 5/10 and to the next highest whole number if 5/10 or more;
   C.   A tenant accepting an offer to lease a dwelling unit in a multi-residential building being converted to a condominium project made by the owner of the building being converted as hereinbefore provided by this section shall have the right to lease tenant's dwelling unit for rent in an amount not greater than that charged the tenant on the date that the final map or parcel map was approved. Provided that the rent charged the tenant may be increased annually during the term of the lease in an amount not greater than 75% of the percentage increase in the consumer price index for the period between the date of the last previous rent increase, or if there has been none, the date the tenant leased tenant's dwelling unit and the date the proposed rent increase is to be put into effect, as measured by the consumer price indices last published prior to the date the proposed rent increase is put into effect;
   D.   Upon termination of a lease for a dwelling unit in a multi-residential building being converted to a condominium project made between the owner of a building being converted and a tenant as hereinbefore provided by this section, the owner of the dwelling unit leased to such tenant shall provide such tenant with all of the relocation assistance hereinbefore required by this chapter.
(Ord. 2591 (part))
18.13.050   Structural pest control report.
   No dwelling unit in a multi-residential building being converted to a condominium project shall be offered for sale unless the building has been inspected by a licensed pest control operator and a structural pest report prepared. The pest report must contain the information required by Section 8516 of the California Business and Professions Code. The report shall be available for inspection by any person offering to purchase a dwelling unit in the converted building.
(Ord. 2591 (part))
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