This section shall not apply to any of the following:
1. A Project that is not Hotel Development Project as defined in Section 51.36 of this Code.
2. A Hotel Development Project that is developed in accordance with the terms of a development agreement adopted by ordinance pursuant to the authority and provisions of California Government Code Section 65864 et seq. and that is executed prior to the operative date of this section, provided that such Hotel Development Project shall comply with any affordable housing requirements included in the development agreement or any predecessor ordinance in effect on the date the development agreement was executed.
3. A Hotel Development Project subject to the Residential Hotel Unit Conversion and Demolition Ordinance (Article 7.1 of Chapter IV of this Code).
4. A Hotel Development Project subject to replacement-unit obligations under the Settlement Agreement in Wiggins, et al. v. Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles et al, LASC Case No. BC276472 (Related with Case No. BC277539) or the Development Guidelines and Controls for Single-Room Occupancy Hotels in the City Center and Central Industrial Areas.
5. A Hotel Development Project for which application of the requirements of this article would unlawfully interfere with vested rights created under this Code, State law, or common law, as long as those vested rights are maintained.