§ 8.48.060. Tenant notification of intent to convert.

A.

Prior to the filing of an application to convert, or within 10 days after November 20, 1979, the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, the owner shall provide written notification to at least one tenant of each rental unit of the owner's intent to file such an application or that such application has been filed. Such written notification shall also set forth the compensation that will be available to the tenant upon conversion.

B.

Subsequent to the filing of an application to convert, the owner of a rental unit shall inform a prospective tenant prior to occupancy or signing a rental agreement, whichever occurs first, that an application to convert is pending or has been approved.

C.

An application to convert shall not be approved unless said application is accompanied by written certification that the requirements of subsection A of this section have been satisfied. Further, the advisory agency shall require as a condition of map approval, or the approving agency shall require as a condition of a conditional use permit approval, that the applicant covenants that requirements of subsection B of this section will be complied with.

D.

The notice requirements of subsection A of this section shall not apply if, on or before November 20, 1979, a hearing on an application to convert was pending before the advisory agency or governing board.

(Ord. 83-0158 § 4, 1983; Ord. 12052 § 1, 1979; Ord. 12043 § 3, 1979.)