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Condo conversions in Santa Paula

City rule: condo conversions pay each rental household 3 months' rent with the 180-day termination notice.

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  • Condo conversions: City rule: condo conversions pay each rental household 3 months' rent with the 180-day termination notice.

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

What Santa Paula's code says

Santa Paula code What Santa Paula's code adds
Relocation help
  • 3 months' rent.
    Applies: Each rental household, paid with the 180-day termination notice. Applied to the unit price if the tenant buys.
    § 16.85.130 · code text
    The subdivider must pay relocation assistance equaling the cost of three months rent, to each rental household at the time the 180-day notice of tenancy termination is given.
  • A full, current list of comparable rental units within 3 miles.
    Applies: Given with the 180-day termination notice to qualifying non-buying tenants.
    § 16.85.130 · code text
    The subdivider must provide each tenant with a complete and current list of available rental units within a three-mile radius of the building being converted, which are comparable in size, price and amenities.
  • 60 more days to move.
    Applies: Tenants over 62, handicapped, disabled, or living with 1 or more minor dependent children.
    § 16.85.130 · code text
    Any tenant over the age of 62, handicapped as defined in Cal. Health & Safety Code § 50072, disabled as defined in 42 USC § 423(d), and any successor statute or regulation, or residing with one or more minor dependent children, must be given an additional 60 days to relocate beyond the 180-day provision of the Government Code.
  • A relocation specialist on site at least biweekly.
    Applies: Projects of 25+ units. Starts within 15 days of tentative map approval; ends at map expiry or 6 months after final map, whichever is earlier.
    § 16.85.130 · code text
    In conversion projects of 25 or more dwelling units, the developer must provide a relocation specialist to assist displaced tenants in finding new housing who must be on-site at least biweekly
Notice to tenants
  • A 180-day notice of tenancy termination.
    Applies: As required by state law.
    § 16.85.130 · code text
    This list must be provided with the 180-day notice of tenancy termination as required in Cal. Gov't Code § 66427.1.
  • Written notice mailed at least 10 days before the public hearing on the conditional use permit.
    Applies: Applies to each tenant living in the project.
    § 16.85.110 · code text
    Written notices must also be mailed to each tenant residing in the project not less than ten days before the public hearing on the conditional use permit.
  • Within 10 days after approval. The notice must list all conditions of approval.
    Applies: Applies after approval of a conditional use permit for a condominium conversion.
    § 16.85.210 · code text
    Written notices must be mailed to all tenants residing in the project within ten days after the approval of any conditional use permit allowing a residential condominium conversion project.
Vacancy-rate test
  • The city rental vacancy rate must be at least 2.45%.
    Applies: A finding required to approve a conversion, except as the chapter provides.
    § 16.85.180 · code text
    The current vacancy rate for rental units within the city is not less than 2.45% except as otherwise provided in the chapter.

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City rule: condo conversions pay each rental household 3 months' rent with the 180-day termination notice.

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