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Condo conversions in Murrieta

Murrieta's own rules on condo conversions, with the code text for every value.

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Each rule below links to the section of the Murrieta Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (extracted October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Murrieta's code says

Murrieta code What Murrieta's code adds
Limits on conversions
  • Allowed only on a finding that it does not significantly reduce certain rental units.
    Applies: Rentals priced below the city's median apartment price, or units for disabled or transient persons.
    § 16.100.020 · code text
    A finding that specifies that the conversion does not significantly reduce rental units available in the price range below the median price range of apartments in the city or does not significantly reduce units which provide accommodations to disabled or transient persons.
Relocation help
  • The commission must approve a notice and relocation assistance plan at a public hearing.
    § 16.100.020 · code text
    Notice and relocation assistance plans approved by the commission during a public hearing;
Notice to tenants
  • Written notice of intent to convert 120 days before tenants must move.
    § 16.100.060 · code text
    Give written notice of intention to convert to tenants one hundred twenty (120) days before they are required to relocate;
Tenants' right to buy
  • A nontransferable right of first refusal to buy the unit for 90 days after the public report.
    Applies: Tenants who are not behind on rent or lease payments.
    § 16.100.060 · code text
    Offer all tenants not in arrears of rental or leasehold payments, a nontransferable right of first refusal to purchase their unit for ninety (90) days duration after receipt of a public report from the real estate commission;

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Frequently asked questions

What happens to tenants when a Murrieta building converts to condos?

Murrieta's code: Allowed only on a finding that it does not significantly reduce certain rental units. (Rentals priced below the city's median apartment price, or units for disabled or transient persons.) (§ 16.100.020); The commission must approve a notice and relocation assistance plan at a public hearing. (§ 16.100.020).

General information, not legal advice.

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