Contra Costa County Municipal Code Ch. 926-4 Definitions

Unless otherwise specially provided or required by the context, the following terms have the indicated meanings in this division.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Common areas" means the entire project except all units herein granted or reserved.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Community vacancy rate" means the vacancy rate determined by the director of planning using data obtained from the most recent available postal vacancy survey, the state of California Department of Finance Special Census, and/or from other applicable and reliable sources.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Condominium" means a condominium as defined in Civil Code Section 783.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Condominium documents" are the covenants, conditions and restrictions, the description of the project elements, and any other documents establishing a plan for condominium ownership.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Conversion" is a change in the type of ownership of a parcel or parcels of real property, together with the existing attached structures, to that defined as a condominium project (Civil Code Section 1350), stock cooperative (Business and Professions Code Section 11004), or time-share project, regardless of the present or prior use of such land and structures and whether substantial improvements have been made or are to be made to such structures.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Covenants, conditions and restrictions" is a written declaration relating to the maintenance, operation, duties, and responsibilities of the common owners of the project and may include, but is not limited to, those restrictions provided for in Civil Code Section 1355.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Handicapped tenant" means a tenant with a physical disadvantage or developmental disability, which is documented and medically verifiable, that renders success in finding comparable housing significantly more difficult.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Homeowners association" is an organization composed of persons who own condominium unit(s) and who are organized to operate and maintain common areas and facilities for condominiums.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Lower income household" means a household with a gross income which is at or below eighty percent of the current median income for the San Francisco - Oakland Standard Metropolitan Area as adjusted for family size, and estimated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for its Community Development program.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Low and moderate income rental housing stock" means those rental dwelling units in buildings being proposed for conversion, the rental, utility and fuel costs for which at the time of filing the application, does not exceed the current Section 8 fair market rent guidelines issued by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Project" means the entire parcel of real property divided, or to be divided into condominiums, including all structures hereon.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Tenant" means a person or persons in actual possession entitled under a lease, rental agreement or other agreement with the owner, or the owner's agent, to occupy a dwelling unit to the exclusion of others.

(Ord. No. 2024-23, § III(Exh. A), 12-3-24; Ord. 82-36 § 3).

"Unit" means the elements of a condominium which are not owned in common with the owners of other condominiums in the project.

(Ord. 82-36 § 3).