Condo conversions in Glendale: the local rules

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Relocation help	Actual moving costs, up to $500 per unit, paid when the eviction notice is given. Applies: Unless tenants got written notice of the planned conversion when they signed their lease. § 16.20.050 · code text actual moving expenses incurred not to exceed $500 per residential unit to be paid at the time the notice of termination (eviction) is presented Relocation compensation plus the first month's rent at the new unit, up to $500. Applies: A prospective tenant not told before paying rent or deposit, who becomes a tenant and does not buy. § 16.20.050 · code text relocation compensation pursuant to subsection I. of this section, and the first month's rent on the tenant's new rental unit, if any, immediately after moving from the subject property, but not to exceed $500.
Notice to tenants	At least 60 days before the tentative tract map and application are submitted. Applies: Existing tenants in the building to be converted. § 16.20.050 · code text At least 60 days prior to submittal of the tentative tract map and application to the city for processing, the owner or subdivider shall send a letter to each and every tenant in the building to be converted Within 10 days after applying for a subdivision public report. Applies: Existing tenants. § 16.20.050 · code text Each tenant shall be given written notification within 10 days of submittal of an application for a subdivision public report to the department of real estate Within 10 days after the final tract map is approved. Applies: Existing tenants. § 16.20.050 · code text Each tenant shall be given written notification within 10 days of approval of the final tract map for the conversion. 180 days' written notice. Applies: Before a tenancy ends because of the conversion or proposed conversion. § 16.20.050 · code text Each tenant shall be given 180 days' written notice of the intention to convert prior to termination of tenancy due to the conversion or proposed conversion.
Tenants' right to buy	At least 90 days of exclusive right to buy the unit on terms equal to or better than the public's. Applies: Counted from the date the state issues the subdivision public report. § 16.20.050 · code text Each tenant shall be given an exclusive right to contract for the purchase of his or her respective unit upon the same terms and conditions that such unit will be initially offered to the general public or on terms more favorable to the tenant, and such exclusive right shall run for a period of not less than 90 days from the date of issuance of the subdivision public report by the department of real estate

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Glendale's code: Actual moving costs, up to $500 per unit, paid when the eviction notice is given. (Unless tenants got written notice of the planned conversion when they signed their lease.) (§ 16.20.050); Relocation compensation plus the first month's rent at the new unit, up to $500. (A prospective tenant not told before paying rent or deposit, who becomes a tenant and does not buy.) (§ 16.20.050).

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