SEC. 41.22. REPORT OF RESIDENTIAL HOTEL STATUS PRIOR TO SALE OR TRANSFER.

   (a)   Report of Residential Hotel Status Form. The Department of Building Inspection shall make available a Report of Residential Hotel Status Form. The form shall request information regarding the status of the Residential Hotel’s compliance with this Chapter 41 and provisions of the Building or Housing Codes including:

      (1)   Residential Hotel Status:

         (A)   Total number of Residential Units and Tourist Units at the Residential Hotel;

         (B)   Unit numbers and locations of the Residential and Tourist Units;

         C)1    Identification of currently occupied Residential Units and their current rent rates;

         (D)   For vacant Residential Units, the last date when a Permanent Resident occupied the units and the rent rate when last occupied; and

         (E)   Date of last Annual Unit Usage Report.

      (2)   Property Status:

         (A)   Date of last inspection by the Department of Building Inspection;

         (B)   Notices of Violations, Abatement Orders, or any other Department of Building Inspection, Fire Department, or Department of Public Health enforcement actions within the last five years; and

         (C)   Disabled access features installed on the property.

      (3)   Such other information, if any, regarding compliance with this Chapter 41 and the Building or Housing Codes, as the Department of Building Inspection, in its discretion, decides to request on the form.

   (b)   Process for Obtaining Report of Residential Hotel Status. An owner or authorized agent seeking to sell or exchange a Residential Hotel shall complete and submit a Report of Residential Hotel Status Form to the Department of Building Inspection. The Department of Building Inspection shall evaluate the information in the form, verify information that corresponds with the Department’s records, and identify and annotate any information on the form that is inconsistent with the Department’s Records. The Department shall complete its review and issue the verified and annotated form as the Report of Residential Hotel Status within 10 business days of receiving the completed form. A Report of Residential Hotel Status shall be effective for a period of one year from the date of issuance, and shall contain therein the dates of issuance and expiration.

   (c)   Disclosure of Report of Residential Hotel Status to Buyer or Transferee. Starting 10 business days following the effective date of this Section 4.22, in addition to any applicable requirements in Chapter 3.5 of the Housing Code, prior to the sale or exchange of ownership for any Residential Hotel, the owner thereof, or their authorized agent, shall deliver a Department of Building Inspection-approved Report of Residential Hotel Status to the buyer or transferee of said Residential Hotel.

   (d)   Receipt of Report of Residential Hotel Status. Within 30 days of purchasing or otherwise receiving title to a Residential Hotel, the buyer or transferee shall file with the Department of Building Inspection, a receipt of Report of Residential Hotel Status, on a form furnished by said Department.

(Added by Ord. 99-19, File No. 170416, App. 5/24/2019, Eff. 6/24/2019)

(Former Sec. 41.22 added by Ord. 121-90, App. 4/12/90; redesignated as Sec. 41.23 by Ord. 99-19, File No. 170416, App. 5/24/2019, Eff. 6/24/2019; redesignated as Sec. 41.24 by Ord. 36-23, File No. 220815, App. 3/24/2023, Eff. 4/24/2023)

CODIFICATION NOTE

1.   So in Ord. 99-19.