Chapter 63. Housing Conversion and Eviction
§ 63-4. Eviction license system.
A.
The provisions of this section apply only to elderly tenants, handicapped tenants, and low or moderate income tenants, unless otherwise explicitly stated.
B.
Pursuant to the authority vested in this Town by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the owner of a housing accommodation shall be prohibited from instituting any condominium or cooperative conversion eviction as defined in Chapter 527 of the Acts of 1983, without first obtaining a license from the Condominium Conversion Board. Further, the eviction of a tenant by any other person who has purchased a housing accommodation shall be deemed a condominium or cooperative conversion eviction, if the tenant was a resident of the housing accommodation at the time that the master deed for the housing accommodation was recorded pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 183A of the General Laws, or at the time that the articles of organization for the cooperative were filed with the Secretary of State.
C.
The Board shall not license an eviction under this section until the accommodation of the tenant subject to that eviction has been sold, pursuant to the condominium master deed.
D.
The Condominium Conversion Board shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations for the enforcement of this section.
E.
The Board may not unreasonably withhold a license to evict, but may make the granting of a license subject to reasonable terms and conditions, which may include (but are not limited to):
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