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<br />Page 2 of6 <br /> <br />2. To reduce tenant displacement by encouraging ownership of lower cost residential units by prior <br />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 protect the living <br />environment of all residents of the community; and <br /> <br />2. That condominiums, community apartments, stock cooperatives, and townhouses differ from <br />apartments in numerous respects and, for the benefit of public health, safety and welfare, such projects <br />should be treated differently from apartments in order to protect the community and the purchasers of <br />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 met by every <br />condominium conversion project unless said requirement is waived by the approving body. In granting <br />conversion approval, the city council, planning commission, or staff review board shall ensure that the <br />provisions of this chapter relating to physical standards (Section 17.04.090) and tenant provisions (Section <br />17.04.100) are implemented in such a manner as to maintain the public health, safety and welfare. The <br />approving body, following its review of each submittal,may approve, conditionally approve, or deny a <br />project; it may also waive particular requirements of this chapter or any other sections of the code if it finds <br />that the conversion, despite the failure to meet all the requirements, is consistent with the general plan and <br />any specific plan policies governing conversions and conforms to the purposes of this chapter. The <br />approving body may deny a request for approval if (a) the proposed conversion fails to meet any of the <br />requirements of this chapter, (b) the conversion would be inconsistent with general or specific plan policies, <br />(c) the proposed conversion would be inappropriate as a condominium project due to its age, condition, <br />location, or any other matter affecting its continuing viability as an ownership project, or (d) the approving <br />body finds that the applicant for conversion evicted a tenant immediately before or during the condominium <br />conversion 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 approval <br />process contained in Section 17.04.060B 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 the total units <br />in the projects have consented to the conversion. For purposes of this section, the consent of heads of <br />household shall constitute consent for the entire household, and, when two or more cotenants reside in <br />a unit, the consent of a cotenant shall represent a percentage equal to the cotenant's proportional share <br />of the unit. Where a written lease still in effect exists, the tenant(s) of a unit shall be deemed to be only <br />those named in the lease. (Prior code ~ 2-25.05) <br /> <br />17.04.060 Procedures. <br /> <br />Every condominium project not exempted pursuant to Section 17.04.060 must secure city council approval <br />pursuant to this section prior to filing a subdivision map. Projects exempted from the required city council <br /> <br />http://66.]13.195.234/CAlPleasantonldocbar.htm <br /> <br />7/10/2006 <br />