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<br />Page 2 of7 <br /> <br />1. To minimize or avoid the hardship caused by the displacement of residents following the <br />, conversion of their dwellings, particularly senior citizens and the handicapped; and <br /> <br />2. To reduce tenant displacement by encouraging ownership of lower cost residential units <br />by prior renters. <br /> <br />B. The city council finds and declares: <br /> <br />1. That the city has adopted a comprehensive general plan that establishes policies to <br />protect the living environment of all residents of the community; and <br /> <br />2. That condominiums, community apartments, stock cooperatives, and townhouses differ <br />from apartments in numerous respects and, for the benefit of public health, safety and <br />welfare, such projects should be treated differently from apartments in order to protect the <br />community and the purchasers of condominiums. (Prior code ~ 2-25.03) <br /> <br />17.04.040 Requirements generally. <br /> <br />The physical standards and tenant provisions requirements contained in this chapter shall be <br />met by every condominium conversion project unless said requirement is waived by the <br />approving body. In granting conversion approval, the city council, planning commission, or staff <br />review board shall ensure that the provisions of this chapter relating to physical standards <br />(Section1Z.04.090) and tenant provisions (Section 17.04.190) are implemented in such a <br />manner as to maintain the public health, safety and welfare. The approving body, following its <br />review of each submittal, may approve, conditionally approve, or deny a project; it may also <br />waive particular requirements of this chapter or any other sections of the code if it finds that the <br />conversion, despite the failure to meet all the requirements, is consistent with the general plan <br />and any specific plan policies governing conversions and conforms to the purposes of this <br />chapter. The approving body may deny a request for approval if (a) the proposed conversion <br />fails to meet any of the requirements of this chapter, (b) the conversion would be inconsistent <br />with general or specific plan policies, (c) the proposed conversion would be inappropriate as a <br />condominium project due to its age, condition, location, or any other matter affecting its <br />continuing viability as an ownership project, or (d) the approving body finds that the applicant <br />for conversion evicted a tenant immediately before or during the condominium conversion <br />process in violation of Section 17,04.130B of this chapter. (Prior code ~ 2-25.04) <br /> <br />17.04.050 Exemptions. <br /> <br />Condominium conversion projects falling into the following categories shall be subject to the <br />approval process contained in Section t7.04.0606 and exempt from city council consideration: <br /> <br />A. Condominium conversion projects containing four or fewer units; <br /> <br />B. Condominium conversion projects in which the tenants representing eighty-five percent of <br />the total units in the projects have consented to the conversion. For purposes of this <br />section, the consent of heads of household shall constitute consent for the entire <br />household, and, when two or more cotenants reside in a unit, the consent of a cotenant <br />shall represent a percentage equal to the cotenant's proportional share of the unit. Where a <br />written lease still in effect exists, the tenant(s) of a unit shall be deemed to be only those <br />named in the lease. (Prior code ~ 2-25.05) <br /> <br />http://66.113.195.234/CAlPleasantonldocbar .htm <br /> <br />1/4/2005 <br />