City of Downey

MUNICIPAL CODE ARTICLE IX – LAND USE9510.20 9510.20Section 9510.20. Responsibility of Subdivider to Tenant.(A)(B)(C)The applicant shall notify, in writing, all tenants in any building being proposed forconversion not less than twenty (20) days prior to the Commission meeting regarding thetentative map for the proposed conversion.Each tenant shall be given a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) days’ written notice ofintention to convert prior to termination of tenancy due to a conversion or proposedconversion.Tenants shall be given an exclusive right to contract to purchase their unit at equal ormore favorable terms and conditions than such units initially offered to the general publicnot less than twenty (20) days from the day of issuance of the subdivision public report(Business and Professions Code Section 11018.2) unless tenant gives prior written noticeof his/her intention not to exercise this right.(1) The property owner of a complex being converted shall give the tenants thereofthe right to terminate leases without penalty at any time after the tenant receiveswritten notice that the building has been approved for conversion.(D)(E)(F)(G)Unless tenants of the building proposed to be converted are given written notice of theintention to convert to condominiums by the owner or owner’s agent at the time a tenantsigns a rental or lease agreement, the subdivider shall compensate the tenant for theirrelocation not to exceed the fee set by City Council Resolution, to be paid at the time thenotice of termination (eviction) is presented to the tenant (if prior to the submittal of thefinal map); if termination of residency has not been noticed, and the relocation fee notpaid prior to the filing of the final map, the owner of the property shall submit writtenevidence to the City that he/she has entered into an agreement with each tenant to provideactual cost of relocation not to exceed the fee set by City Council Resolution to saidtenant at the time the notice of termination of eviction is served.Tenants with children may not be excluded from purchasing units being converted.The property owner shall allow tenants with children to extend their lease to the end ofthe current academic year.In addition to the relocation expense, the developer shall pay each tenant of a conversionrequired to move a relocation payment, as by City Council Resolution.9.5-15