San Anselmo Municipal Code Ch. 23 Sales of Residential Property: Reports of Residential Building Records

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 1115, § 15, adopted February 28, 2017, repealed title 10, ch. 5, §§ 10-5.01—10-5.07 which pertained to sales of residential property: reports of residential building records and moved said provisions to title 9, as chapter 23. Chapter 5 derived from § 1, Ord. 590, eff. December 25, 1969, as amended by § 1, Ord. 621, eff. October 28, 1971, and § 12, Ord. 707, eff. June 22, 1976.

Prior to the consummation of the sale or exchange of any residential property in the Town, the owner or his authorized agent shall obtain from the Town a report of the residential building record showing the regularly authorized and legal use, occupancy, and zoning classifications of such property and all other pertinent information relating thereto.

(§ 1, Ord. 590, eff. December 25, 1969)

The building report shall be prepared by the Town and shall be in such form as the Council shall determine to be adequate to inform the buyers of residential property of the authorized use, occupancy, and zoning of the property being sold or exchanged.

(§ 1, Ord. 590, eff. December 25, 1969)

The report, when completed, shall be personally delivered to the seller or his authorized agent who shall receipt for the same. The owner or his authorized agent shall deliver the report to the buyer or transferee prior to the consummation of the sale. Any title insurance company or other escrow handling the sale or exchange of Town residential property, prior to closing the sale or transfer, shall obtain from the buyer a written acknowledgment of the receipt of the report of the residential building records.

(§ 1, Ord. 590, eff. December 25, 1969)

(§ 1, Ord. 590, eff. December 25, 1969; repealed by § 11, Ord. 707, eff. June 22, 1976)

It shall be unlawful for the owner of a residential building in the Town to sell or exchange such building without first having obtained and delivered to the buyer or transferee a report of the residential building record.

(§ 1, Ord. 590, eff. December 25, 1969)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the first sale of a residential building located in a Town subdivision having a final map approved and recorded in accordance with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act of the State not more than two (2) years prior to the first sale.

(§ 1, Ord. 590, eff. December 25, 1969)

The residential building record report shall be compiled from the records of the Town and also from a physical inspection of the property, for which report and inspection a fee established by resolution shall be charged.

(§ 1, Ord. 590, eff. December 25, 1969, as amended by § 1, Ord. 621, eff. October 28, 1971, and § 12, Ord. 707, eff. June 22, 1976)