Chapter 16.05 — CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS

A condominium conversion shall require the approval of a tentative map and final map, except where a parcel map, or tentative and final tract map are waived for the conversion of a mobile home park as provided for in Government Code Section 66428.1, as amended.

(Ord. No. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)

16.05.020 - Application filing and processing.

A tentative map for a condominium conversion shall be filed in the same form, have the same contents and accompanying data and reports and shall be processed, approved or disapproved in the same manner as set forth in Chapter 16.02 (Tentative Map Filing and Processing), except as otherwise provided by the following provisions of this chapter.

A.

Application Contents. Condominium conversion applications shall include the same information and materials as tentative map applications, except for conversions of residential projects, which shall also include the following information and materials.

1.

Tentative Map. The tentative map for a condominium, community apartment project, or the conversion of five or more existing dwelling units to a stock cooperative need not show the buildings or the manner in which the airspace above the property shown on the map are to be divided. However, the applicant shall provide an illustration of how division will occur to enable verification of the accuracy of the legal descriptions on deeds for the transfer of ownership of the units.

Verification of Stock Cooperative Vote. If the development being converted to a condominium is a stock cooperative, the application shall also include verification of the vote pursuant to the requirements of Government Code Section 66452.10, as amended.

3.

Relocation Assistance Program. A program proposed by the applicant that will assist tenants displaced through the conversion in relocating to equivalent or better housing.

4.

Vacancy Rate Assessment. An assessment of the vacancy rate in multi-family housing within the city.

B.

Staff Report. The staff report on the tentative map for the condominium conversion shall be provided to the applicant and each tenant of the subject property at least three days before any hearing or action on the tentative map by the commission or city council.

C.

Public Notice. The following notice shall be provided in addition to that required by Section 16.01.110 (Notices):

1.

Tenant Notice. The applicant shall give notice to all existing or prospective tenants as set forth in Government Code Sections 66452.17 and 66452.18, as amended, and shall provide the community development director satisfactory proof that the notice was given; and

2.

Public Hearing Notice. Notice of the public hearing(s) on the tentative map shall be provided to all tenants of the subject property via U.S. Mail.

(Ord. No. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)

A.

Time Limit, Stock Cooperatives. The approval or disapproval of the conversion of an existing building to a stock cooperative shall occur within one hundred twenty days of the application being found complete in compliance with Chapter 16.02 (Tentative Map Filing and Processing). The one hundred twenty-day time limit may be extended by mutual consent of the applicant and the city.

B.

Conversion Findings, Residential Projects. Approval of a tentative or final map for a subdivision to be created from the conversion of residential real property into a condominium project, community apartment

project or stock cooperative shall not be granted unless the findings for notification as set forth in Government Code Section 66427.1, as amended, are first made.

C.

Completion of Conversion. The filing, approval and recordation of a final map in compliance with Chapter 16.04 (Final Maps) shall be required to complete the subdivision process, except where a tentative and final map are waived for the conversion of a mobile home park in compliance with Government Code Section 66428.1, as amended.

(Ord. No. 698, § 4, 10-14-15)

Chapter 16.06 - MERGERS